On the Couch

In this very special podcast, I was lucky enough to interview Dr Francis Wedin, the founder and CEO of one of the hottest stocks on the ASX currently. Vulcan Energy (ASX: VUL) has had a meteoric rise in 2020 and has kicked off the new year with a bang as John Hancock has invested and the company has recently announced its PFS for its Zero Carbon Lithium Brine project in Germany. In this interview,...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST This week, we finish the year off with a sit down with an old favourite, Adam Dawes from Shaw and Partners. Adam and Henry chat about 2020, some of the lessons learned, his top three picks for 2021 and what the ‘Black Swan’ event could be to upset the Australian economy and the market in 2021...

This week a special ‘On the Couch’ with Chris Hall the CIO of Ellerston Low Volatility Income Strategy fund or ELVIS.  The ELVIS Fund has been a consistent outperformer and is made up of between 30-40 mid to large cap stocks with a focus on delivering low volatility consistent income returns. For any member looking at ways to maximise income On the Couch this week should be compulsory listening as...

CLICK HERE to sign up for a free trial of the Marcus Today newsletter including our daily STRATEGY PODCAST This week 'On the Couch' Henry chats to Greg McKenna the CEO of the multi award winning  Police Bank, a bank that serves those in Blue. Greg McKenna is a familiar face to Sky Business viewers with his expert take on the economy and the macro picture. Back in 2018 Greg swapped his ec...

On the Couch this week sees us head over the ditch to talk to two Kiwi fund managers, Mark Devcich and Chris Bainbridge from Pie Funds . Mark and Chris run a $130m Emerging growth fund focusing on companies below a $150m market cap and concentrated mainly on the ASX. The Emerging Fund is now close ended with a 24.64% annualised performance since inception .  In the podcast, we talk two stocks that...

In ‘On the Couch’ this week, Henry talks to serial technology entrepreneur and clean energy advocate, Eytan Lenko from Beyond Zero Emissions . Eytan talks us through his ‘million jobs’ plan for Australia, his thoughts on hydrogen and alternative clean energy sources and what sectors should do well as the global economy de-carbonises. Eytan Lenko is a founder of Outware, one of Australia’s most awa...

On the Couch with Henry this week are Ellerston Capital Australian Micro Cap Fund Managers David Keelan and Alexandra Clarke . The Fund has returned 24.10% pa since inception on May 1st 2017 - Click Here for the latest performance report . The Fund is an actively managed portfolio of Australian listed smaller company securities. The fund is made up of a portfolio of between 30 – 60 Micro Cap stock...

This week Henry is on the virtual couch with author and founder of ‘Shareplicity’, Danielle Ecuyer. Danielle has had a long career in broking having worked for some of the big names in investment banks both here in Australia and London. She has recently written a book ‘Shareplicity’ which aims to make share investing as simple as possible. Danielle brings a no-nonsense approach to the business of...

You cannot keep a good man down and this weekend in a departure from the usual Financial Education we indulge Henry as he indulges you with a chat on the Couch with Rock Legend Paul Christie from Mondo Rock. I could explain why, what its about and disclaim any advice but there is none, I don't know why and I suggest you just sit back and you'll find out what its about - Enjoy!

Vlado Bosanac the CEO has been kind enough to spend an hour with Henry chatting about the opportunities of this $100m ASX listed company that is starting to make waves. In fact, Vlado is proof of its impact having ‘dechunked’ during CV19 and losing 14kg with the help of the new technology. An unexpected consequence of using the technology. Vlado speaks to us from Perth. He is the CEO at Myfiziq Li...

After last week’s technology SNAFU and the end of the reporting season Henry is on the virtual couch again with stock broker Adam Dawes from Shaw and Partners talking through reporting season, the winners and losers, their top picks in the small-cap space for the next quarter and what just happened in the technology sector. 

This week On the Couch Henry is joined by not one but two guests with Bryce Leske and Alec Renehan the podcast doyens from EquityMates. Two great young guys starting out on their investment journey and sharing with the world. They have created a series of successful educational podcasts which interview industry experts on investing and all things finance. Marcus and I have both done interviews wit...

This week Marcus presents the first of a new series called In the Boardroom which this week takes us into the boardroom of listed company Poseidon Nickel (ASX Code: POS ) accompanied by its CEO Peter Harold. POS is sitting on nickel resources that at some point, with a bit of exploration success and a higher nickel price, will become an operating mine, at which point the share price would no longe...

This week Henry is on the Couch with the Chief Economist of Betashares, David Bassanese. David is a seasoned media veteran and has had an illustrious career at Treasury, the OECD and Macquarie Bank. In a wide ranging podcast, David and Henry talk about the direction of the local economy, the AUD and the US economy, and why he sees the US as still the place to be, despite some asset valuations bein...

Henry's Guest this week is Hedley Widdup , an executive director at Lion Selection Group (LSX). LSX is a listed specialist investor in small and mid-cap gold miners and explorers. Hedley started life as a geologist on some of the country’s most iconic projects including Olympic Dam, Mt Isa (Black Star open cut), and St Ives Gold Mine. In 2012 Hedley joined the board of Lion and is a regular c...

This week on the couch Henry has an old buddy Andrew Weilandt from DP Wealth Advisory in Toowoomba. Some of you will have seen Andrew on the TV, he is a regular guest on Ausbiz and used to do shows with Henry at Sky Biz and Yourmoney. Andrew is the managing partner at DP and is always great value with an in-depth knowledge of equities, ETFs and portfolio management. DP has over half a billion doll...

This week on the Couch Henry hosts a very topical analyst from Shaw & Partners - Jonathon Higgins who covers the Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology sector which includes the very topical Buy Now Pay Later sector as well as stocks exposed to Cloud Computing . Jonathon joined Shaw and Partners in July 2017 as an Analyst in the Small-Cap team. Jonathon previously worked as an equit...

On the Couch with Henry this week is Kerry Stevenson -  Kerry is the founder of the Gold and Alternative Investments Conference as well as her new you tube channel of the same name. Kerry is passionate about helping people understand the gold and precious metals sector as well as looking at other alternative investments. She emphasises that she is not a qualified financial planner rather someone w...

This week On the Couch Henry talks ETFs with the Head of Content at ETF Securities Sara Allen. Sara is responsible for content creation and curation for ETF Securities. She has more than 10 years of experience in content and marketing across investments, superannuation, insurance and financial advice. Prior to joining ETF Securities in December 2019, Sara held content and marketing roles at BT Fin...

 This week we have another returnee to the couch, consummate professional and great friend of Henry - Julia Lee. Julia Lee is the Chief Investment Officer at Burman Invest . She has 20 years of experience in financial markets. Her passion in markets is in combining fundamental and technical analysis to analyse companies. Julia is one of Australia’s best-known financial experts and a frequent speak...

Back on the couch this week Henry is talking to his old buddy and long time stockbroker Adam Dawes from Shaw and Partners. A repeat offender on the couch, but a popular request to come back. This week Adam and Henry talk some stocks he likes, his views on the market at this level and specifically a look at Wisr (WZR), a neo-bank I have followed for some time, so it’s interesting and timely that Ad...

This week Henry has another good friend of his from the old Sky Business days, Adam Dawes one of Shaw and Partners Senior Investment Advisors and long time stockbroker. Adam is a very successful private client broker that many of you will have seen on TV - he is a familiar face. In this podcast Henry spends 30 minutes picking his brain as they talk all things from iron ore and Fortescue Metals to...

This week Henry's guest is a technical analyst with a serious pedigree. Most members of Marcus Today will know that Henry is not a technical analyst. Being colour blind does not help. But many follow Technical Analysis and it is a significant part of investment timing. Regina Meani is one of Australia’s best-known technical analysts and had a career working for some of the biggest brokers and...

In this week’s podcast, Henry is On the Couch with Martin Crabb , the CIO of one of Australia’s broking success stories Shaw and Partners. Martin talks about why we have such a disconnect between economic reality and the market rally. He also talks about the sectors and stocks that he believes will continue to do well as we return to normal. Martin is a very experienced strategist and is instrumen...

This week in ‘On the Couch’, Henry is chatting to Alex Pollak the CIO and founder of a global technology fund, Loftus Peak. Alex has over 25-years experience in investing in disruptive business models and was instrumental in bringing both SEK and CAR to the market. He joins Henry On the Couch to talk disruptive technology and where he sees the opportunities and why his fund has returned around 15%...