Perpetual saves McGrath turkey

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From The Australian:

Fund’s manager Perpetual has taken advantage of a price slump in the recently listed real estate agency, McGrath Group, to expand its exposure to the stock.

A filing to the stock exchange shows Perpetual now holds 9 per cent of McGrath, which fell heavily in the wake of its debut this week.

…It is understood Perpetual’s move was motivated primarily by its confidence in McGrath’s management and business strategy rather than an expectation of a sustained boom in the housing market.

McGrath fell to a low of $1.72 on Tuesday but closed yesterday at $1.87.

Note to self. Sell Perpetual.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.