Prime Value wins Zenith Small Cap Fund Award

2 October 2019

Prime Value Asset Management chief investment officer and portfolio manager of Australian equities ST Wong has experienced two major financial crises. He tells Karren Vergara how he keeps grounded in the midst of financial market upheavals. If there’s one trait an active fund manager needs at a time when cracks begin to form in the […]

1 October 2019

Market darlings – those stocks often discussed at dinner parties and rarely questioned as a good investment – can make investors a lot of money on the way up. But many market darlings over history have provided the costliest lessons for investors, reminders that choosing which company not to own is often more critical than […]

16 September 2019

Income is on everyone’s minds as the media runs riot with talk of negative interest rates and Quantitative Easing. And income investors have been given a clear message from the RBA – cash returns will become worse before they get better. The RBA’s October rate cut, coupled with its latest statement, suggests income-directed investors need […]

23 May 2019

Following the surprising Coalition win in the Australian Federal Election over the weekend, each of our portfolio manager’s has given a short summary of the implications for each of the main Prime Value Asset Management funds. Broadly speaking, it is considered positive for investment returns. CASH PLUS FUND – Matthew Lemke The unexpected Liberal/National Party […]

14 August 2018

Investing in the small and micro-cap sector is exciting but can be volatile at times. More important than the actual volatility is how we react to it. Keeping cool during price fluctuations often pays off, because today’s price falls could become buying opportunities which drive tomorrow’s returns. This reporting season has been no different, with […]

16 June 2018

What is the dilemma? Will interest rates rise in Australia any time soon? Cash investors would be helped if the RBA raised rates. Our view is that a rate hike will happen but not for many months and probably into 2019. In fact the longer the delay the more opportunity for other factors to intervene […]

16 April 2018

Stocks can switch from triumph to disappointment in myriad ways – CBL recently demonstrated how an irresistible stock may crash and burn, reminding investors about prioritising capital protection over soaring share prices. Yet there was always one key reason why CBL was a riskier stock than first appeared when it was flying high. CBL is […]

16 October 2017

Nobody in the investment industry will enjoy remembering the 1987 stock market crash, 30 years ago this month, yet this event still holds many valuable lessons for investors. Without wanting to frighten anyone, crashes are relatively common over history. At Prime Value, our team has experienced several crashes: Black Monday 1987 (which was actually “Black […]

28 August 2017

Given current market volatility, we thought it timely to provide a brief update as to our thinking with regards present market conditions. August has clearly been a challenging month for equity investors, with major sell-offs across global equity markets. With two trading sessions remaining, the Australian share market is down approximately 7% over the month, […]