August 2015
Unlike the hordes of sellers who seemingly wanted out at any price, two of the country’s best-known value investment managers – Prem Watsa from Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and Kim Shannon from Sionna Investment Managers Inc. – were spectators to the dramatic turn in global stock markets on Monday.
June 2015
For the second time in the past few years, Kim Shannon, a relative value manager who formed Sionna Investment Managers a dozen years back, has revisited an old essay whose central thesis is there’s no point in being afraid of the local stock market.
April 2015
How do you know if you should invest in a company or if it’s overpriced? Pricing power—the ability to increase prices at least above cost, in real terms—is critical in determining a company’s value, said Marlena Zabielska, an associate portfolio manager with Sionna Investment Managers, at the firm’s spring market review.
April 2015
Oil prices have tumbled recently—a drop of this magnitude hasn’t been seen since 2008/09. Headlines point to both supply and demand concerns, including increases in non-OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) supply; Saudi Arabia’s decision to keep producing despite lower prices; and lower short-term demand due to economic weakness in China and Europe.
March 2015
Smart use of capital is an important company attribute that value manager Kim Shannon looks for in building her stock portfolios. "We actually think that the topic of capital allocation is right on the money," says Shannon, president and chief investment officer of Toronto-based Sionna Investment Managers Inc.
December 2014
If you’ve bought any stocks this year, you’ve probably noticed that it’s a bit of an odd time to be an investor. For most of 2014, Canada’s market did well—between January and September our main market index, the S&P/TSX Composite, was up by nearly 15%. But it’s been another story since then.