What Charles Heenan is saying
Investment Director, Kennox Asset Management
4 dated public stances tracked since 2025-01-27, most recently 2025-01-27. Each line carries the date and the venue it came from; quotation marks mean verbatim. Methodology.
The stances below are c8alpha's editorial distillation of Charles Heenan's public commentary — television, podcasts, and interviews — compiled by automated transcript analysis and dated to the episode they came from. They may lag the speaker's current view and may contain extraction errors. Text in quotation marks is verbatim from the episode; everything else is our paraphrase. Charles Heenan is not affiliated with c8alpha and has not endorsed this page. Nothing here is investment advice.
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bullish / bearish is a view they argued; owns / short is a position they said they hold.
2025-01-27
GOLD
owns
Hidden Forces · video
Counter-cyclical store of value that rises when geopolitical and financial system stress peaks — held as portfolio insurance against the macro risks (high debt, currency debasement, geopolitical disruption) the fund views as structurally elevated
“we have had and still hold some gold miners... that is a classic counter cyclical when stuff gets tough”
90d +22.2% · 180d +20.7% · 1y +88.2%
Finding Value in an Upside-down World | Charles Heenan & Geoff Legg
2025-01-27
ENERGY
bullish
Hidden Forces · video
Prolonged underinvestment via the energy transition narrative has constrained supply while demand persists, creating durable pricing power that protects margins regardless of inflation — the capital cycle is the hedge
“if we still need the stuff and we've been underinvested small recovery in demand can lead to a very high increase in profits”
90d -7.4% · 180d -1.0% · 1y +13.6%
Finding Value in an Upside-down World | Charles Heenan & Geoff Legg
2025-01-27
STELLA INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS
bullish
Hidden Forces · video
Niche luxury footwear manufacturer with concrete moat in high-design, small-run production for luxury brands — a sticky reputation advantage that commands premium pricing from clients who can't easily switch suppliers, supported by a 12% dividend yield during…
“yielded 12% for about 18 months and a dividend yield of 12%... a lot easier to be patient”
Finding Value in an Upside-down World | Charles Heenan & Geoff Legg
2025-01-27
UK DISCOUNT RETAILER (UNNAMED, ~10X EARNINGS, ~10% HISTORIC DIVIDEND YIELD)
owns
Hidden Forces · video
Deep-value UK dollar-store-equivalent retailer trading at ~10x earnings with a ~10% historic dividend yield — low valuation provides a margin of safety that compensates for acknowledged China import/supply-chain risk
“on about 10 times earning has about a 10% historic dividend yield so we're saying as a midsize holding that's a risk we're willing to take”
Finding Value in an Upside-down World | Charles Heenan & Geoff Legg
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