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The longest race

What can the Tour de France teach us about investing? We explore why patience, discipline and a long-term mindset remain essential in markets increasingly driven by momentum and leverage.

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Why face-to-face beats AI: the value of leaving the desk

High-turnover, high-volume strategies might rely on algorithms and AI for their trading ideas. But at FSSA Investment Managers, we believe the key to building conviction in our investment ideas is having face-to-face conversations with the people and companies we invest in.
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The key to success in emerging markets: investing in quality

At FSSA Investment Managers, we take a patient, long-term approach when investing in global emerging markets, with a concentrated portfolio of high- quality companies. We examine why this philosophy has endured for the past quarter-century.
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Our views on US tariffs

News about US reciprocal tariffs have rocked global markets, as President Trump announced sweeping import taxes that were far higher and affected a much broader swathe of countries than expected.
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Focused on the fundamentals

Our Asian equity strategies delivered reasonable returns in 2024, and our long-term track record remains solid. Despite the prevailing uncertainty and an uneven recovery across the region, our portfolio holdings were generally resilient.
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Navigating uncertainty

The American economist Frank Knight once observed that uncertainty, unlike risk, cannot be quantified or predicted.
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India Monthly manager Views - Jan 2022

Land, Labour, Capital and Entrepreneurship. These are the well-known “Factors of Production” as defined by classical economists. The Entrepreneur (or Company) is the one that combines these factors to earn a profit.
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India Monthly Manager Views - Dec 2021

50x P/E! 70x P/E! 100x P/E! Valuations that were outrageous just a few years ago are commonly bandied about by most of the investment community these days.
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Regional India Strategy - Nov 2021

We have written about the spate of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) in India and our reasons for staying away from them, for the most part. This time, we want to talk about why new listings are important to keep the market vibrant and to keep the entrepreneurial spirit in the country alive.
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Regional India Strategy October 2021

Our investment philosophy is to back owners and managers with whom we feel strongly aligned. These owners typically have track records of treating all stakeholders fairly, in both good and bad times.
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India Monthly Manager Views - Sep 2021

As the saying goes, “There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don't know, and those who don't know they don't know.” Recently, we have seen hordes of the latter kind, garbed as analysts, Unicorn founders, freshly-minted CEOs and so-called “experts”, as they engage in modern-day snake oil salesmanship, which is what seems to pass for Fundamental Equity Research these days.
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Global Emerging Markets Equities update - September 2021

Since our last update, global markets have not been short of action and the manic behaviour characterising today’s markets has taken investors on another rollercoaster ride. While not quite comparable to the market movements seen during the dark days of March 2020, the recent correction — especially in China-related companies — has been notable.
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