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The Iran Ceasefire Rally Is On! But Investors Aren’t Responding In the Right Way

Add a new term to your vocabulary: The Iran Ceasefire Rally. The rally on the ASX yesterday, that saw our bourse rise over 2.5% in its best day in several months, occurred amidst a 2 week suspension of hostilities in Iran. And the ASX was not alone with Asian markets and North American futures rallying,…

ByNick SundichApril 9, 2026

The Long Goodbye: Why Australian Active Fund Managers Are Running Out of Road

Australian Active Fund Managers are struggling, make no mistake. Hitting home the point yesterday were reports that Ox Capital Management — a boutique emerging markets specialist led by veteran investor Joseph Lai; had entered formal wind-up proceedings on March 27 2026. This wind up was not the first, and likely won't be the last. So each…

ByNick SundichApril 2, 2026

Here Are 6 Questions Investors Need To Ask About Their Portfolio To Get The Best Possible Returns!

There are hard questions investors need to ask about their portfolio every now and again, because anyone telling you there's such a thing as a 'set and forget' investment is wrong. Markets evolve, company fundamentals shift, and macro conditions change, yet many portfolios are left largely unchecked. The most rational approach is to periodically interrogate…

ByNick SundichMarch 31, 2026

ASX Cannabis Stocks in 2026: Is the risk worth the reward?

It has been a while since we've looked at ASX Cannabis Stocks, and we are sure we are not the only ones to have paid little attention to it. Nonetheless, there were times when we paid closer attention - who could forget late 2020 when the TGA declassified low-dose CBD products, allowing them to be…

ByNick SundichMarch 5, 2026

The 50% CGT discount on shares: Here’s how it works, and if it is under threat

The 50% CGT discount on shares is one of the key mechanisms that helps investors keep as much of their cash as they have earned on their investments. We felt that it was time to write a stand-alone article about this in light of the inflation crisis and how it could lead to investors seeking…

ByNick SundichFebruary 5, 2026

Our 5 ASX Predictions for 2026!

This article outlines 5 ASX Predictions for 2026 that Stocks Down Under puts its neck on the line to assert will happen. It has become an annual tradition of ours, and some of these calls we get right, others we don't. Arguably our boldest call in suggesting ANZ would be the best performing big 4…

ByNick SundichDecember 24, 2025

Activist investors: Here’s what you need to know about them and 4 famous Australian activists to watch out for

Hear the term 'Activist investors' and you might think of GetUp, the progressive activist group that forced Woolworths to hold an EGM in 2014 in an attempt to limit the maximum bets on poker machines to $1. Or perhaps even of ESG-focused fundies like Australian Ethical (ASX:AEF). The reality is a lot more complicated and…

ByNick SundichOctober 8, 2025

Emyria’s (ASX:EMD) commercial breakthrough in psychedelic medicine

When Perth-based Emyria (ASX:EMD) announced on 18 June that Medibank would be funding eligible customer participation in Emyria's Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder care programme, with no out-of-pocket costs, investors who know the Life Sciences sector needed to sit up and take notice. Here was Australia's largest health insurer, with over 4.2 million customers, saying that it…

ByStuart RobertsSeptember 10, 2025

Here Are 4 Dogs of the ASX that will Bounce Back With a Vengeance in FY26, and 4 That Won’t

Have you ever heard the term Dogs of the ASX? It can either allude to the worst stocks in the ASX generally, or perhaps the investment strategy of buying these worst performing shares at the start of a new year (either a calendar or financial year), thinking they will rebound. Many will be considering this strategy,…

ByNick SundichJuly 14, 2025

Here are Our 11 Top ASX Stocks to Buy in FY26: 1 From Each Sector!

It is a New Financial Year, so it's time to outline 11 Top ASX Stocks to Buy in FY26. Why 11 you might ask? Because 11 is the number of 'GICS' (Global Industry Classification Sectors) on the ASX, and we're picking one from each sector. Our 11 Top ASX Stocks to Buy in FY26! Energy: Ampol…

ByNick SundichJuly 7, 2025