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Hugh Lam

πŸ‘€ Speaker
582 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

Yeah, absolutely.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

Look, I'm still relatively young, I'd say, if you can tell by my baby face.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

But my first investment was back in 2018 to 2019.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

It was A2 Milk.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

So at the time, I was in my university days and I was doing a double degree in economics and finance.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

Everyone was talking about stocks and whatnot, and I thought I had to dip my toes in.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

At the time, the Chinese economy was really revving up.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

They were growing quite fast.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

The consumer was really driving the local economy.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

Part of that was infant milk formula, which is what A2 Milk provides.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

The share price, I think, really had a strong run throughout my uni days, effectively, so 2016 to 2019.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

And I thought, oh, it's a pretty good business.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

So Jane, I think she was a CEO at the time, and she was doing some incredible things in the business.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

So, you know, fast forward, the stock went really, really well.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

And then as we know what happened in COVID, we effectively shut down and the export of infant milk formula to China effectively stopped.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

And so the tank just absolutely crashed.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

I think I sold out at the peak, actually, not just because I timed it right, but I needed the funds for a holiday in Mexico.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

So...

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

It worked out for me, but A2 Milk was my first investment.

Equity Mates Investing Podcast
The $1.8 Trillion Space Opportunity with Hugh Lam

Awesome.