Finding growth businesses with a long runway of opportunity, that can also grow independent of the economic cycle, can feel a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack. But we think PointsBet Holdings (ASX:PBH) is one of those businesses. PointsBet Holdings is at the ground floor of the commercialisation of legal online sports betting in the US.

There is no doubt that Australia’s small companies market has the ability to generate significant wealth. This is because stockbrokers don’t earn enough revenue from brokerage on small companies and therefore don’t research them, leaving them undiscovered and potentially very cheap.

In this interview for ABC The Business, Roger joined Julia Lee to discuss the market outlook and whether markets reflect current economic conditions. We think volatility will pick up in the next 12 months, which is something to be considerate of. Listen here.

Back in November 1990, with the Australian economy deep in the doldrums, Treasurer Paul Keating uttered his now famous remark that this was “a recession that Australia had to have”.   It was, remarkably, Australia’s last recession.