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The best and worst ASX stocks of 2024

The stocks that did the most damage in 2024 – and the ones that ruled

One fintech darling has more than tripled in the past 12 months, but the same can’t be said for lithium stocks on the front line of the EV slowdown.

  • Joshua Peach and Joanne Tran
Maple Brown-Abbott portfolio manager Phillip Hudak named Qualitas as his micro-cap pick for 2025.

Five ASX micro-cap stocks fund managers are buying

A miner, a telco and two technology darlings are among the micro-caps stocks fundies have named for 2025.

  • Joshua Peach
From left: Vihari Ross from Antipodes Partners, Chanel Stuart-Findlay from Plato Investment Management, Julia Weng from Paradice Investment, First Sentier’s Dawn Kanelleas, Airlie’s Emma Fisher, Northcape Capital’s Fleur Wright, Jun Bei Lei from Tribeca Investment Partners, Catherine Allfrey of Wavestone Capital and Armina Rosenberg from Minotaur Capital.

Why Australia’s newest fund may have an edge over rivals

Some of the nation’s best money managers have lined up to drive Future Generation’s latest vehicle, which Geoff Wilson tips could gather billions in assets.

  • Joshua Peach

November

A tourist takes a photo in front of the Sydney Opera House. A rebound in travel has not been reflected in the share price of local travel companies.

Travel stocks are in the bargain bin. Is it time to buy?

For investors looking for good opportunities in an expensive market, this sector provides a compelling hunting ground.

  • Kelli Meagher
Lithium carbonate prices have dived 86 per cent from the record $US78,200 a tonne reached in 2022, according to S&P Global Commodity Insights.

MinRes named the best stock to ride 2025 lithium bull run

Morningstar says now is the time to pile back into these shares before prices of the battery material go on a tear next year.

  • Alex Gluyas
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Chris Kourtis, of Ellerston Capital, says things will improve at embattled fund manager Perpetual.

Eleven stock tips from Sohn to get you through 2025

Presenting in Adelaide on Friday, top investors pitched their ideas for how to make big returns from the sharemarket over the next 12 months.

  • Joshua Peach, Jonathan Shapiro and Daniel Arbon
Markets should be nervous about a contested election.

The only election outcome that matters (and 10 ASX stocks to watch)

This presidential race is simply too close to call. And that might be the big problem for sharemarkets that are all-in on the rally continuing.

  • James Thomson
Vihari Ross of Antipodes.

Antipodes’ Ross says short-term wealth hinges on US election

The portfolio manager says defensive stocks pose a bigger risk than the magnificent seven for investors that are overexposed to the American sharemarket.

  • Jonathan Shapiro

October

Strategies ran by John Deniz, Jeremy Bendeich, James McDonald topped returns in the third qaurter.

These stock pickers are beating the investment behemoths

Boutique funds have come out on top for returns in the third quarter, posting gains up to 40 per cent as rate relief and China stimulus sent stocks soaring.

  • Joshua Peach
Roger Walling.

The ASX retailer on its way to becoming a category killer

ICE Investors’ Roger Walling says online furniture and homewares merchant Temple & Webster is the stock to watch in the hobbled discretionary sector.

  • Joanne Tran
The local sharemarket opened lower on Thursday before reversing higher in the afternoon.

Here’s where analysts see value in an expensive market

With the ASX 200 trading near record levels but offering little profit growth, investors are finding it harder to nab opportunities. Here’s where to look.

  • Alex Gluyas
Chris Kourtis, portfolio manager at Ellerston Capital, is on a hot streak.

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.

  • Joshua Peach
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
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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

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

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