Some investors have written China off. Some even consider the country uninvestable. However, many Chinese companies now lead their global sectors with promising prospects.

Equity markets globally reacted abruptly on Monday, 27 January, due to the introduction of the DeepSeek language model.

This paper discusses how passive investment strategies have driven the market narrowness and increased equity markets’ price inelasticity.

CEO and Portfolio Manager Bo Knudsen reflects on the investment year 2024 and assesses the outlook for the coming year.

While some companies are favourably positioned to capture long-term value from a data-driven business model, for the majority, data will be a prerequisite to remain competitive and not necessarily a long-term driver of shareholder value.

The dominance of today’s largest companies has led to extreme market concentration, but this is not historically unique. CEO and Portfolio Manager Bo Knudsen takes a deep dive into Superscaling in the 2020s and beyond.

The dominance of today’s largest companies, particularly tech giants like Apple and Microsoft, has led to an extreme market concentration. However, as this paper shows, this is not historically unique.

Avoiding the worst days is appealing – however, catching the good days in the stock market is crucial, and they often tend to follow close behind the worst days.

We emphasise the sustainability of earnings growth over the magnitude of earnings growth. Consumer Staples companies are increasingly challenged as they face cost inflation and increased sustainability costs.

2024 is the biggest election year the world has ever experienced, with about half of the world population voting. Why is this important to longer-term investors?