About this podcast
Your direct connection to some of Fidelity Australia's leading portfolio managers. Listen in every month as they tell you what’s on their mind when it comes to markets and, their portfolios, as well as special topical bonus episodes.
Episodes
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- Where to invest in the new Japan · 28 minWhy this comeback story is gathering momentum. For years, Japan was seen as a slow-growth market defined by deflation and cautious corporate behaviour. Now, that narrative is…
- BONUS | Dividends, data centres and dirt: Inside the resources rally · 13 minBHP has delivered a record result, copper has overtaken iron ore as its largest earnings contributor, and resources have become one of the market's strongest-performing sectors…
- 2026 reporting season: The great divide · 32 minReporting season exposed a market moving in two very different directions. While resources and AI-linked infrastructure businesses continue to benefit from powerful global…
- The wolf in sheep’s clothing: Is momentum hiding in your portfolio? · 18 minMomentum has been one of the market's biggest winners in recent years. But what happens when the trade everyone loves starts to unwind? In this month's episode of Sound Bites…
- Inside AI: What 30+ ASX boardrooms reveal · 23 minAI is reshaping business faster than most investors realise, and Fidelity is on the front line. In this episode, Lukasz de Pourbaix speaks with Sam Heithersay and Sue Lyn Stubbs…
- Asia’s tech trade: Powered by a few, missed by many · 15 minAsia’s returns are being driven by a narrow group of semiconductor giants at the centre of the global AI boom raising real questions around concentration, valuation and what…
- Diversification hasn’t disappeared. It’s evolving. · 19 minDiversification has long relied on bonds offsetting equity risk. That relationship is proving less reliable, with recent shocks exposing how quickly correlations can move…
- It’s uncomfortable to be in quality right now · 20 minQuality hasn’t failed. It’s cyclical. Over the past 40 years, quality investing has delivered strong long‑term outcomes, yet it has underperformed roughly a third of the time…
- What the growing IPO pipeline in Asia is telling investors · 17 minIPO activity in Asia is picking up, but the real story starts well before companies reach the market. Strong pipelines often reflect confidence from founders and improving…
- Navigating a multipolar world · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 46Geopolitics, policy and markets are colliding, but what does a multipolar world mean for portfolios, and why should investors be looking to true, multi‑dimensional…
- 2026 Outlook: Rotations, resources and re-ratings · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 45Will sector rotations and AI themes reshape global markets in 2026? And how will valuation shifts and re-ratings influence where investors find growth and opportunity? In this…
- Open AI, Amazon, NVIDIA: Bubble or breakthrough? · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 44Everyone’s calling this the bubble before it bursts - and that’s a first. In this episode, Maroun Younes joins Lukasz de Pourbaix to unpack the AI boom led by mega-cap giants…
- Asia: From factories to tech powerhouse · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 43Twenty years ago, Asia was the world’s factory floor. Today, it’s powering the future of EVs, semiconductors, and AI. Join Fidelity’s Gary Monaghan and Lukasz de Pourbaix as they…
- BONUS | Australia's banking giant: Why CBA continues to lead · 14 min · Season 1 Episode 42CBA took centre stage in the 2025 reporting season and is top of mind for many Australian investors. Sell or buy more? As part of this reporting season’s recap, we’ve asked our…
- Reporting season recap: Decoding market dispersions · 31 min · Season 1 Episode 41Results are in, and dispersion is rewriting the rules on the ASX. We’ve brought together an expert panel to unpack what’s fuelling the wild swings between winners and losers this…
- Beyond human bias: The systematic advantage · 17 min · Season 1 Episode 40Systematic investing often gets lumped in with opaque, black-box quant models that seem impossible to explain. But the best strategies can be anything but mysterious. At their…
- Asia vs the world: Why liquidity could shift East · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 39With Japan shifting monetary gears and global liquidity in flux, could capital rotate from developed markets back into Asia? We’re very lucky this month to have special host…
- CIO Outlook: The global rewiring is underway · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 38From shifting tariff regimes to the end of US exceptionalism, and the real-world impact of AI — markets are being reshaped in real time. Staying ahead means understanding how…
- Bonds are back: The Fed may cut more than you think · 20 min · Season 1 Episode 37Bonds are back in the spotlight—and this time, they’re offering more than just stability. With global volatility rising, U.S. tariffs in play, and the Fed’s (Federal Reserve)…
- The end of US exceptionalism: Myth or reality? · 21 min · Season 1 Episode 36As markets begin to breathe a little easier on the news of a pause on tariffs, many investors may be looking into the intriguing narrative surrounding the end of US…
