February
Why this fundie would rather get it wrong than sell too soon
Australian Eagle’s Sean Sequeira is optimistic about Silex Systems and Dexus, but regrets selling Technology One too early.
Global stockpicker Peter Rutter ponders future of AI riches
Peter Rutter and his team are back in Australia, and they are trying to solve the investing question of our time: data centres or software?
‘Very high risk, very volatile’: Why this fundie went nuclear
The Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is the latest event to send uranium stocks sinking. But this long-time energy market guru says investors have little to fear.
Ex-L1 fundie catches big fish with rival long-short strategy
Lev Margolin managed a similar fund at his old employer for seven years before starting his own. The stellar performance has caught the attention of Fidante.
January
Jun Bei Liu ready to open doors of new start-up
The star stockpicker and her co-founder, Jason Todd, have struck out on their own with new investment firm TenCap.
Why Tim Toohey is switching to cash
Tim Toohey from Yarra Capital says fewer RBA board meetings will mean less policy agility to react to monetary turning points.
How this $159b fund is profitably riding the ‘untethered’ sharemarket
Colonial First State’s head of investments Al Clark says a sharemarket bubble is brewing. But rather than selling, it is staying invested and ready for “damage control”.
December 2024
CBA, the next 10-bagger, founder woes: The best of Monday Fundie 2024
The fund manager profiles that resonated the most with readers this year were rich in speculative stock tips, but it’s the deep insights that have made this column a hit.
How Milford trebled its money on this ASX tech darling
Fund manager Roland Houghton talks Life360, painful trades, and what he’s expecting for the year ahead.
This market guru learnt from Buffett and Soros. These are his big bets
Kiril Sokoloff has been calling market turning points for half a century. While he’s looking for his next big prediction, here are three of his current picks.
November 2024
Meet the ‘emotionless’ fundies that keep outperforming
Pengana portfolio managers Ed Prendergast and Steve Black don’t agree on everything, but after 20 years, the pair continue to outperform the markets.
The world according to Coppo and why he thinks MinRes is a ‘screamer’
The sharemarket veteran talks the best and worst calls of his career, what he’s been buying and selling, and where to next for the ASX mining giants.
This climate fund returned 74pc while preparing for Trump
As climate stocks plunged on news Donald Trump will be president, Munro Partners’ Nick Griffin remained unflappable as its climate fund extended its rally.
A hedge fund manager’s four tips for avoiding death by shorting
“Stocks that are 80 or 90 per cent down, they can get just a little bit of good news and then double,” Plato’s David Allen warns hedge fund hopefuls.
October 2024
The investment firm with no stars that resents ‘frothy’ markets
Lazard Asset Management’s Rob Osborn has an enviable track record of market-beating returns. As sharemarket highs tumble, he’s sitting out winners like Guzman y Gomez.
Chris Kourtis is on a winning streak. Here’s his next ASX pick
The renowned value investor is preparing his stock selection for the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference. It’s not Star Entertainment.
This mining fundie says lithium is a better bet than iron ore
Janus Henderson’s Darko Kuzmanovic says China’s stimulus boost will no longer be a huge driver of iron ore and coal profits. He’s looking at battery mineral stocks instead.
Why CSL’s earnings outrun CBA, according to this value investor
Investors Mutual’s Daniel Moore says there aren’t too many ASX-listed companies like blood plasma giant CSL that can compound their earnings at such a rate.
September 2024
Missed out on Nvidia and Ozempic? This fundie says it’s never too late
Northcape Capital’s Fleur Wright may have missed out in the early AI and GLP-1 investor frenzy, but she made other good calls that were perfectly timed.
Ophir’s prediction for the ASX’s next 10-bagger
Shares in a2 Milk, Afterpay and Northern Star earned the coveted status for Ophir and its co-founder Andrew Mitchell. He predicts Life360 will be next.