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…
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Investors asked to name ASX 200 stocks winning during the Iran war would likely think of oil and gas stocks, benefiting from soaring prices. This is not incorrect - oil stocks like Woodside, Santos and Karoon have grabbed the headlines as the obvious beneficiaries of the US-Iran conflict that erupted in late February 2026.
However, they'd…
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…
It is easy to think the Impact of The Iran War is simply businesses in the oil space or that use oil in their operations (for instance freight businesses). Or by extension, companies in the 'consumer discretionary' space that find due to higher energy prices (and interest rates), that their goods are more discretionary than…
Twice a year, specifically on the third Fridays of March and September, the list of ASX All Ordinaries Stocks changes as stocks are added and demoted. Their promotions and demotions happen for various reasons that all feed into an increase or decrease in the company's market capitalisation.
In this article, we look at 8 companies that…
Trek Metals Eyes High-Grade Manganese at Kuro, With Drilling the Next Test
Trek Metals (ASX: TKM) just delivered some eye-catching manganese results from its Kuro Prospect in Western Australia. Rock chip samples returned grades of up to 60.1% manganese, with an average of 50.7% across 36 samples. To put that in perspective, pure manganese oxide…
We often hear about Gen Z trends Reshaping Society. And this is not just speculation -there’s growing evidence Gen Z (short for Generation Z and compromising of people born roughly ~1996–2012) — are behaving in ways that are materially different from prior generations, and these shifts are beginning to challenge sectors built on habits and…
Today, on the first trading day of 2026, Stocks Down Under publishes its its 10 Hottest ASX Stocks to Look At in the year ahead!
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Stocks Down Under's Top 10 Hottest ASX Stocks to Look At in 2026!
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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…
On Monday December 22, the ASX quarterly rebalance will be effective. Stocks will be promoted into new indices, while others will be demoted. It is important to note from the outset the June and December rebalances only involve the ASX 50, ASX 100 and ASX 200 indices whilst the March and September rebalances also involve…
