Focusing on fundamentals amid volatility (Matt Fist of Firetrail)

Matthew Fist, Portfolio Manager of the Firetrail Small Cap fund, breaks down how he’s making sense of markets, his preference to focus on bottom-up fundamentals in times of macro volatility, and how he’s positioning the fund across commodities, including detailed thoughts on a host of gold, copper, lithium and uranium miners.

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Chapters:

(0:00) Introduction

(3:01) How to feel about markets right now

(11:58) Impact of a trade war?

(15:45) Lithium reflections from China visit

(19:23) Lithium exposure interest

(22:58) GOLD bullishness

(24:20) Genesis (GMD)

(30:46) Greatland Gold (GGP)

(34:54) PRU, WAF

(36:23) Management and Balance sheet

(40:27) Bellevue (BGL) and Spartan (SPR)

(45:00) Gorilla Gold (GG8)

(46:19) AIC Mines (A1M) and Sandfire (SFR)

(49:23) Aurelia (AMI)

(50:54) Cobar consolidation? (PEX)

(52:24) Nexgen (NXG)

(56:16) Boss (BOE) and Paladin (PDN)

(59:12) Met coal and Whitehaven (WHC)

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