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NEWS

Insights, January 2018

MONTH TO 30 NOV 2017 |

The local share market moved higher in November and subject to performance in the coming days, looks set to deliver double-digit gains for the calendar year. Up until the end of November, the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index is up 14.7% for the calendar year to date. While the smaller companies equivalent, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index, is up 20.5% for the same period.

Ralton Australian Shares portfolio

The S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index added to October’s gains, finishing up 1.69% for November, with Energy and REITs the top performers. Key contributors to the portfolio for the month were Vicinity Centres, Boral and Santos.

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Ralton High Yield Australian Shares portfolio

Boral, Vicinity Centres and Japara Healthcare all added value to the portfolio during the month with Vicinity posting gains from its mid-year lows and management highlighting progress toward its planned sale of $300m of non-core assets in the current financial year.

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Ralton Smaller Companies portfolio

Melbourne IT, Speedcast and NextDC were key contributors to the portfolio during the month. NextDC has been a long-term portfolio holding and again, was a strong contributor to portfolio returns in November with the stock now up 84% rolling year.

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Ralton Leaders portfolio

The Ralton Leaders portfolio added 0.77% in the month, underperforming the benchmark by 0.67%. For November, our overweight to Consumer Staples added value to the portfolio, however our underweight to Financials and stock selection within Financials weighed on portfolio returns.

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