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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
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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
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
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
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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

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