This Month
This short seller is scooping up ASX stocks amid the mayhem
Blackwattle hedge fund manager Ray David has been snapping up cheap companies after US President Donald Trump unleashed a wave of new tariffs last week.
This former short seller backs some of the ASX’s most unloved stocks
Northcape Capital’s Paul Parsons is weighing his options amid James Hardie’s slide, but he’s holding firm on others that may be out of favour with the market.
March
This fundie shorted WiseTech and Tesla while loading up on war stocks
Betting against Richard White and Elon Musk while going long on defence companies are among this year’s hottest trades. Minotaur’s Tom Rice did it all.
Here are four ASX stocks that are tipped to go on a tear
Deana Mitchell at Australian Ethical is not worried about US President Donald Trump’s frantic policies and is instead busily deploying cash into the market.
Chris Stott is ‘leaning into’ tariff chaos and buying these shares
1851 Capital’s chief investment officer says now is the time to be ‘holding your nerve’ and putting money back to work.
Victor Smorgon’s star fundie eyes 50pc returns for new fund
The family office is so bullish on gold that it’s tasked Cameron Judd with launching a second strategy, which they expect to outperform its high-flying counterpart.
Secretive hedge fund Arnott reveals its stock picks
Kenny Arnott and Yianni Gertos are betting big on Airbus and pick Ryanair over Qantas for the year ahead. They’ve also opted out of China, for now.
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.