Earnings season for the third calendar quarter of 2019 is well under way. While the team at Montaka are busy analysing the results of many global businesses, here are five key numbers that have stood out to us over recent days.

The new low interest rate world in which we find ourselves is strange. Why does it make sense that an investor should have to pay for the privilege of lending to the German government for 20 years, for example? And yet, the yield on German 20 year bunds is negative – effectively implying exactly this.

Avita Medical (AVH:AU) is a regenerative medical device company that produces the RECELL device for the treatment of burns. It is a company I have written about previously  and whilst being a recent addition to the Montgomery fund’s portfolios, it has been one of its better performers.