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Active Income Portfolio

For those seeking a sustainable income strategy, with a difference.

About The Active Income Portfolio

About the Active Income Portfolio

Our philosophy at Market Matters has always been around active management, and our income portfolio stays true to label. Combining an active approach to income producing equities, ETFs and listed Income Securities such as Hybrids, the portfolio will satisfy those looking for sustainable income with significantly less volatility than the market.

Portfolio Performance
Portfolio 1M 3M 6M 1y 3y 5y pa ITD pa*
ACTIVE INCOME -1.23% 7.53% 12.31% 9.52% 12.97% 12.51% 9.12%
RBA CASH RATE +4% 0.61% 1.92% 3.90% 8.08% 7.69% 6.17% 5.51%
VALUE ADD (1.84%) +5.61% +8.41% +1.44% +5.28% +6.34% +3.61%
* Inception date 05/07/2017
Portfolio Holdings trade now
CODE NAME WEIGHT (%) RISK TERM BUY DATE BUY PRICE ($) LAST PRICE ($) DIVIDENDS ($) DAILY CHANGE (%) GAIN / LOSS (%)
AGL AGL Ltd 4 Moderate Long 23/02/2023 7.50 8.90 1.13 0.23 33.73
ANZ ANZ Group 5 Moderate Medium 18/12/2024 29.36 34.86 1.08 0.17 22.41
ANZPI ANZ Capital Notes 6 6 Low Long 8/07/2021 100.33 103.46 23.25 0.00 26.29
APA APA Group 5 Moderate Medium 26/05/2023 9.82 9.05 1.44 0.44 6.82
BHP BHP Group 8 Moderate Long 11/12/2019 40.38 42.22 15.95 -2.06 44.06
CNI Centuria Capital Group 4 Moderate Medium 29/07/2022 2.065 2.28 0.27 0.88 23.49
DBI Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure 4 Moderate Medium 10/10/2024 3.37 4.43 0.28 1.14 39.76
DDR Dicker Data 3 High Medium 03/07/2025 8.28 10.28 1.98 24.15
DN1 Dominion Income Trust 1 5 Low Medium 18/06/2025 101.40 100.20 1.84 -0.22 0.63
FMG Fortescue Metals 4 Moderate Medium 27/06/2024 21.62 19.16 2.55 -1.54 0.42
GQG GQG Partners 3 Moderate Medium 08/08/2025 1.75 1.60 0.04 -0.62 -6.29
HLI Helia Group 2.5 High Medium 03/07/2025 4.46 5.56 0.50 1.83 35.87
MTS Metcash 4 Moderate Medium 9/12/2020 3.50 3.79 1.16 0.26 41.43
NABPI NAB Capital Notes 6 5 Low Long 13/07/2022 98.94 104.80 22.97 -0.33 29.14
NHC New Hope Coal 4 High Medium 22/11/2022 5.55 3.92 1.83 0.00 3.60
NSR National Storage REIT 5 Moderate Medium 16/05/2024 2.28 2.36 0.11 0.43 8.33
PCI Perpetual Credit Income Trust 5 Low Long 17/07/2024 1.11 1.19 0.10 -2.06 16.22
SIQ Smart Group 4 Moderate Medium 21/05/2025 7.65 7.92 0.28 0.76 7.19
SUL Super Retail Group 4 Moderate Medium 07/05/2024 13.97 16.55 2.61 2.22 37.15
SUNPI Suncorp Hybrid 5 Low Medium 09/04/2024 101.51 102.85 1.67 -0.05 2.97
WBCPK Westpac Hybrid 5 Low Long 7/09/2022 100.40 104.40 24.43 0.00 28.32
Portfolio cash position: 5.5%
Recent Sales trade now
Company code STOCK NAME ACTIVITY RISK TIME HORIZON EXIT DATE ENTRY PRICE ($) CLOSE PRICE ($) DIVIDENDS ($) GAIN / LOSS (%)
MFG Magellan Financial Group Sold 4% position High Medium 04/08/2025 8.17 10.34 26.56
MTS Metcash Trimmed 1% Moderate Medium 03/07/2025 3.5 4 1.27 50.57
CBA Commonwealth Bank Sold 5% position Moderate Medium 03/07/2025 61.33 180.26 32.4 246.75
TLS Telstra Corp Ltd Sold 5% position Moderate Medium 18/04/2025 3.43 4.9 1.07 74.05
CBAPG Commonwealth Bank Redeemed 5% position Low Long 15/04/2025 100 100 41.26 41.26
SIQ Smart Group Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 19/02/2025 8.96 7.81 0.25 -10.04
CBA Commonwealth Bank Trimmed 1% Moderate Medium 18/12/2024 61.33 159.96 28.19 206.77
MFG Magellan Financial Group Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 06/12/2024 9.42 11.22 0.43 23.67
NAB National Australia Bank Sold 7% position Moderate Medium 08/05/2024 29.64 35.06 2.39 26.35
OZBD Composite Bond ETF Sold 5% position Low Long 17/07/2024 45.28 44.04 3.07 4.04
GSBG25 Govt Bond Sold 6% position Low Medium 27/06/2024 100.54 99.8 5.41 4.64
DXS Dexus Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 16/05/2024 8.02 7.26 0.56 -2.49
NABPF NAB Hybrid Sold 5% position Low Long 7/05/2024 100 106.46 27.61 34.07
ORA Orora Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 3/04/2024 2.56 2.24 0.05 -10.55
MFG Magellan Financial Group Sold 4% position High Medium 08/01/2024 8.73 9.09 0.93 14.78
WES Wesfarmers Ltd Sold 4% position Moderate Long 16/11/2023 47.85 53.94 4.16 21.42
GEM G8 Education Sold 3% position Moderate Medium 22/08/2023 1.29 1.08 0.06 -11.63
PPT Perpetual Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 27/06/2023 24.7 25.4 2.83
MXT MCP Master Income Trust Sold 5% position Low Long 15/06/2023 2 1.91 0.49 20
AGL AGL Energy Trimmed 1% Moderate Medium 21/04/2023 6.95 8.59 23.6
TLS Telstra Corp Ltd Trimmed 2% Moderate Medium 21/04/2023 3.43 4.27 0.3 33.24
WES Wesfarmers Ltd Trimmed 2% Moderate Medium 21/04/2023 47.85 52.01 2.69 14.32
SGP Stockland Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 08/02/2023 4.18 4.01 0.26 0.22
PDL Pendal Group Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 12/01/2023 4.2 3.61 1.67 25.71
BHP BHP Group Trimmed 2% Moderate Long 08/12/2022 38.56 46.42 10.16 46.73
AGL AGL Energy Sold 3% position Moderate Medium 08/12/2022 6.83 8.07 18.15
APA APA Group Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 08/12/2022 9.75 11.03 13.12
SSM Service Stream Sold 4% position High Medium 22/11/2022 1.565 0.745 0.05 -49.2
BOQ Bank of QLD Sold 6% position Moderate Medium 17/08/2022 8.7 7.37 0.31 -11.72
APA APA Group Sold 4% position Low Medium 10/08/2022 8.59 12.14 0.53 47.5
CWNHB Crown Resorts Hybrid Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 29/07/2022 98.26 102.75 3.02 7.64
IFL Inisgnia Financial Sold 5% position Moderate Medium 13/07/2022 3.59 2.73 0.4 -12.81
MFG Magellan Financial Group Sold 3% position Moderate Medium 13/07/2022 33.85 12.15 1.57 -59.47
SIQ Smart Group Sold 5% position Moderate Medium 13/07/2022 6.98 6.62 1.43 15.19
WDS Woodside Sold 1% position High Medium 15/06/2022 29.76 32.54 2.3 17.05
IGL IVE Group Ltd Sold 3% position Moderate Medium 11/05/2022 2.28 1.8 0.66 7.89
AGL AGL Energy Sold 3% position Moderate Long 03/05/2022 5.35 8.38 0.16 59.63
NSR National Storage REIT Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 13/04/2022 2.04 2.65 0.09 34.31
XARO ActiveX Ardea Real Outcome Bon Sold 5% position Low Long 13/04/2022 26.47 25.28 1.6 1.55
AWC Alumina Ltd Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 24/02/2022 2.2 1.95 -11.36
DXS Dexus Sold 4% position Low Long 25/11/2021 9.2 11.27 0.23 25
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Recent Opinion for the Income Portfolio

APA Group (APA) $9.02

APA continues to trade around the psychological $9 area, near its 2-year high, and almost 40% above its 2025 low. The stock is well supported by its sustainable yield of more than 6.5%, part franked.

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BHP Group (BHP) $41.89

The “Big Australian” has started to play some performance catch up over recent months although its been a laggard of late as it arm wrestles with Beijing around future contracts and pricing. With iron ore continuing to look comfortable above $US100/mt and copper nudging new all-time highs, we believe broker upgrades are a matter of time, with its 4% fully franked yield a bonus, i.e. we like BHP for growth and yield.

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National Storage REIT (NSR) $2.36

As we mentioned earlier the real estate sector has come off the boil of late with NSR trading 7% below its 2025 high, nothing dramatic but noticeable. This storage company has been in and around M&A activity in recent times, which rarely hurts and combined with the trend towards higher density living, increasing the demand for storage, we like NSR, supported by its 4.8% unfranked dividend.

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BHP Group (BHP) $41.47

BHP and China are negotiating around the price of contract renewals. China needs BHP’s ore, and BHP needs to sell it to them,  so we expect a resolution in the next week or so, hopefully it doesn’t squeeze BHP too hard.

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Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure (DBI) $4.41

There has been a lot going on in DBI in recent months, with its inclusion in the ASX 200 index and the complete sell-down by its largest shareholder, Brookfield. The exit played out in two blocks. The first came in June, when Barrenjoey handled the sale of 115m shares for $428m at $3.72, a ~7% discount to the prevailing price.

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Super Retail (SUL) $16.52

SUL -4.29%: Shares were soft today after the board sacked CEO Anthony Heraghty after admitting his disclosures about a relationship with senior executive Jane Kelly were “not satisfactory.” CFO David Burns steps in as interim CEO.

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BHP Group Ltd (BHP) $40.46

BHP has retreated 6.6% from its late August high, a deeper pullback than the index's 3.6% retreat. However, the “Big Australian” has also paid a 60c fully franked dividend, reducing the short-term underperformance to just 1%.

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Helia (HLI) $5.79

HLI has been a good position in the Income Portfolio over a short time frame, having only entered the stock in July after a sharp ~26% fall on news it lost the ING mortgage insurance contract – the second major lender to walk in short succession after CBA earlier in the year.

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History of Actions for the Income Portfolio

APA
UPDATED 09/10/2025 10:00
MM is long and bullish towards APA for yield
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BHP
UPDATED 09/10/2025 10:00
MM is long and bullish BHP
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NSR
UPDATED 09/10/2025 09:59
MM is cautiously bullish towards NSR
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BHP
UPDATED 07/10/2025 18:03
MM remains long and bullish towards BHP
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OZBD
UPDATED 07/10/2025 08:55
MM is cautiously bullish on US and Australian bonds (yields lower), medium/long term
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DBI
UPDATED 01/10/2025 16:59
MM remains long & bullish DBI
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OZBD
UPDATED 25/09/2025 08:56
MM is cautiously bullish towards the 3s (yields lower), medium-term
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FMG
UPDATED 23/09/2025 09:51
MM is long and bullish FMG
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NHC
UPDATED 16/09/2025 18:23
MM remains long & bullish NHC for income
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SUL
UPDATED 16/09/2025 18:23
MM remains long & bullish SUL
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