I’ll pass that on to them and tell them they are probably well positioned as well.
Hopefully now springs here they’ll spend more time playing bowls than worrying about trying to beat the market
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Mowing lawns is good for you eh.
Even though my lawn mowing is actually with a line trimmer (no pristine lawns like you percy) and I generally end up cutting the berms in the whole street it is good thinking time.
Kids say get Mr Green in to do them .....lazy buggers .,,...but I say I wouldn’t have any thinking time if I didn’t do the ‘lawns’
Must go and check on the rata soon.
Its funny isn't it how insights come to you while you're away from the market. The other day it occurred to me that TNR are the exact opposite of the retirement industry. The long term trend is what I'm referring too. Massive long term tailwinds through demographic trends in the retirement industry and massive long term headwinds for Turners due to technology, (widespread pooled use of self driving electric cars is inevitable), not a question of if, just when. I have four times the value in OCA than I do in TRA because, amoung other reasons I like tailwinds a lot more than headwinds. Be interesting over the years ahead to see who gets their call right. I also think Earl Gasparich has the makings of an extremely good leader. There's something about him that I really like.
I have spoken with a few people in the know about these electric vehicles that are going to be soon is all in a hurry and they all say the same thing don’t expect it for at least another 15-20 years. We just don’t have the infrastructure to do it unless the Government helps with the rollout of it. TRA will still do well for at least another 10 years and I don’t think at that stage Percy will even care where his money is invested and by that stage TRA will have adapted. I am not a holder of TRA and love the dividend yield, but not the capital decreasing taking place over the years.
I have SUM (up 58%) and OCA (up 9%) and the two combined are double my TRA (Down 6%) holding
(plus Ryman in another portfolio)
A pool of self driving electric cars, can you imagine the cleaning and fixing involved? (Mile high type club, drunks, nutters, etc) not a car I'd like to take my commute in. Could work if you have your own seat that just plugs in, or seat covers or something, maybe...
The technology is there, the need is there, the people are not. It's a nice idea though.