Founder Evidente. Top rated quantitative analyst, Evidente

Sam Ferraro

Founder Evidente. Top rated quantitative analyst

Evidente

Evidente is an independent financial education firm that delivers innovative financial advice to wholesale investors, including active long only funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds, in Australia and globally.  Drawing on academic research in asset pricing, behavioural finance and portfolio construction, Evidente provides wholesale investors with commercial solutions to stock selection and asset allocation decisions across equities and other asset classes.

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<ul><li>During the reporting season, Evidente will be providing regular updates of the key themes emerging from company announcements,&nbsp;as well as communications from the government and central bank.</li><li>In this post, I suggest that investors should remain overweight the richly valued defensive sectors, due to the fact that the economy continues to suffer from a shortfall in aggregate demand and the RBA confirmed in its Statement of Monetary Policy that the economy is expected to operate with a fair degree of spare capacity for some time yet.&nbsp;</li><li>Any persistent price weakness amongst the major banks on the back of (misplaced) concerns about higher capital requirements should be seen as a buying opportunity, while investors should beware around the regulatory machinations surrounding ASX listed shadow banks.&nbsp; The only domestic cyclical sector I prefer is discretionary retail, while RIO&rsquo;s interim result suggests that it is well placed to continue to surprise investors on cost control, CAPEX and dividends.</li></ul>

During the reporting season, Evidente will be providing regular updates of the key themes emerging from company announcements,&nbsp;as well as communications from the government and central bank.In this post, I suggest that investors should remain overweight the richly valued defensive sectors, due to the fact that the economy continues to suffer from a shortfall in aggregate demand and the RBA confirmed in its Statement of Monetary Policy that the economy is expected to operate with a fair degree of spare capacity for some time yet.&nbsp;Any persistent price weakness amongst the major banks on the back of (misplaced) concerns about higher capital requirements should be seen as a buying opportunity, while investors should beware around the regulatory machinations surrounding ASX listed shadow banks.&nbsp; The only domestic cyclical sector I prefer is discretionary retail, while RIO&rsquo;s interim result suggests that it is well placed to continue to surprise investors on cost control, CAPEX and dividends.

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