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Brad Clibborn at BAEP.

Why CSL is the cheapest stock this fundie owns

Brad Clibborn at BAEP says Fisher & Paykel Healthcare surprised the most in reporting season, and outlines why he is bullish about the ASX’s plasma giant.

  • Joanne Tran

September

 Antipodes’ Vihari Ross.

Here’s one bank stock to own even with rate cuts coming

Ex-Magellan stock picker Vihari Ross names a US lender with the most near-term upside, says Amazon is still good value, and Hyundai is ripe for a re-rating.

  • Joanne Tran

Industry veteran builds ‘better’ model to pick ASX winners

Former Credit Suisse alumni John Birkhold has spent years developing a model that undoes traditional ways of investing – he’s now about to turn it on the ASX.

  • Joshua Peach
A rally in ASX small caps has so far been elusive, but that could be about to change.

ASX small caps to surge once Fed starts cutting rates

Bell Potter has revealed a list of “cheap” stocks that it believes will benefit from the world’s most important central bank finally lowering borrowing costs.

  • Alex Gluyas
Australian fund managers have named the ASX stocks they’re backing and the ones they’re steering clear of.

Three ASX stocks to buy today (and three more to avoid)

Australian fund managers have provided their take on the good, the bad and the ugly on the sharemarket after reporting season.

  • Joshua Peach and Jonathan Shapiro
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August

The Australian sharemarket resumed its decline on Thursday.

Brokers reveal ‘bargain’ stock picks after ASX meltdown

Analysts are hunting among the rubble of this week’s sharemarket crash, which they say has created an opportunity to snap up some growth and cyclical stocks at bargain prices.

  • Alex Gluyas

July

Perennial Capital’s head of Small Caps Andrew Smith with co-portfolio manager Julian Guido.

Perennial prepares to unleash war chest on small caps

After a bruising few years for the money manager’s smaller companies fund, Andrew Smith is readying his team for the next big buy: the August reporting season.

  • Sarah Jones

Here are two ASX small caps that could be set for a re-rating

Naos’ Sebastian Evans likes to take big stakes in smaller companies. He’s now betting on disruption to strata management and a solution to the housing shortage.

  • Joanne Tran
Societe Generale strategist Albert Edwards says the ingredients for a retreat in tech stocks are there.

This is what could spark the next market correction

Scepticism about how AI investment will translate into earnings is starting to build. That’s a worry given how heavily the market is invested in tech.

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  • James Thomson

The Aussie funds that beat bitcoin and big tech

It was often savvy bets at the smaller end of the market that shot the top-performing fund managers to the top of the leader table in the last financial year.

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  • Joshua Peach
James McDonald is a co-portfolio manager at Pengana.

Three little-known stocks driving this veteran’s mega returns

Pengana’s James McDonald discusses his blockbuster year and the ASX-listed stocks he is backing into the new financial year.

  • Joshua Peach

June

Kris Webster (L) and Michael Poulsen of Canopy Investors.

Ex-Magellan stock pickers partner with Bennelong to launch new fund

Kris Webster and Michael Poulsen each spent more than a decade at the investment firm before finally setting up their own shop last year.

  • Joshua Peach
Bank of American analyst David Errington.

What these veteran analysts focus on when valuing companies

“Don’t fill my head up with irrelevant nonsense,” says David Errington who, like Brian Johnson and Charlie Green, is focused strictly on the big picture: cost of capital.

  • James Eyers

January

Tim Carleton, Auscap’s chief investment officer, and Will Mumford, deputy portfolio manager.

Short nothing and long lithium: the hedge fund breaking all the rules

Auscap’s Tim Carleton and Will Mumford’s long-only bets generated strong returns for their fund last year. They are also not worried about the Pilbara Minerals short sellers.

  • Joshua Peach
FICO gets a royalty for the use of its credit score for just about every mortgage, credit card or auto loan origination in America.

The lone Aussie riding US credit monopoly sensation FICO

US credit growth has hit the brakes as higher interest rates bite, but the American credit rating agency’s share price has jumped 87 per cent this year.

  • Matthew Cranston
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December 2023

Yarra Capital’s Katie Hudson sees opportunities in small cap stocks.

Why it’s time to rediscover unloved assets

Debt markets, overlooked healthcare stocks and small caps are among the opportunities professional investors are betting on for the year ahead.

  • Joanna Mather

November 2023

Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity companies are growing their sales and sharemarket valuations at almost unprecedented rates.

Four stocks to rival the Magnificent Seven for abnormal returns

Palo Alto’s Nasdaq-listed stock is up 361 per cent in five years, and it boasts a $128 billion valuation, not far off the size of Commonwealth Bank.

  • Tom Richardson

September 2023

CEO pay has retreated in recent years.

Top fund managers share 11 stock picks for the long term

After a dramatic earnings season, fund managers are looking for long-term growth in a tricky environment. Here are some of their top picks. 

  • James Thomson

August 2023

Earnings season won’t be easy for investors to interpret.

A cheat sheet for investors this earnings season

Fund managers will be scrutinising profit results for signs that companies are struggling with inflation and a higher Australian dollar.

  • Mark Draper

Ord Minnett eyes bigger slice of small-cap equities, hires analysts

The broker wants to increase coverage to 150 public companies from 90 in 18 months, aiming to be the top small- and mid-cap broker within three years.

  • Aaron Weinman

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