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Gaurav Sodhi, the stories we tell & profiting from ESG | The Australian Investors Podcast

Australian Investors Podcast
Australian Investors Podcast
Episode • Jun 15, 2022 • 1h 1m
Gaurav Sodhi is Deputy Head of Research at Intelligent Investor, an investor and prolific investment writer. Given that I have followed him for many years, speaking to Gaurav Sodhi on The Australian Investors Podcast was a real treat for me.

Note: given that Gaurav wanted to walk around to make cups of tea and do a family puzzle while being interviewed by me, we did this interview as audio-only. I'm incredibly surprised he could answer some of my most difficult questions while doing such things! I think it goes to show well Gaurav can juggle multiple ideas at one time!

Gaurav Sodhi is Deputy Head of Research at Intelligent Investor, arguably Australia's leading independent ASX stock research and membership program.
Gaurav started his working career as a researcher and then, through a chance interview, he came across while driving across New Zealand with a friend (featuring Platinum's Kerr Neilson), Gaurav's spark for investing took flight. It then took him two years to land a job at Intelligent Investor.

In this episode, I -- Owen -- and Gaurav talk about:
  • The power of economics in explaining the world
  • How drug cartels are similar to McDonalds
  • The power of writing for investors
  • The tricks and games used to recruit analysts
  • Why Guarav isn't fazed by ESG and ethical investing
  • Why value investing needs to evolve to include storytelling

Some of the stocks mentioned in the discussion include:
  • Whitehaven Coal Ltd (ASX: WHC)
  • New Hope Corporation Ltd (ASX: NHC)
  • Uniti Group (ASX: UWL)
  • Telstra Corp (ASX: TLS)
  • Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META)
  • McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD)
  • Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO)

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Date recorded: 15th of June 2022

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