Active Growth Portfolio

For those seeking an active approach to investing in large cap ASX stocks

About The Portfolio

The Market Matters Active Growth Portfolio provides an active exposure to Australian large-cap shares, aiming for reduced volatility. Returns will be achieved through a combination of capital appreciation and income with an overall objective of outperformance of the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index over the medium term (3 years).

**Portfolio Performance** UPDATED 31/10/2025 17:00
Portfolio	1M	3M	6M	1y	3y	5y pa	ITD pa*
ACTIVE GROWTH	2.57%	5.61%	15.67%	(0.36%)	14.30%	15.10%	13.51%
ASX 200 ACCUMULATION	0.39%	2.70%	11.09%	12.46%	13.08%	12.64%	9.77%
VALUE ADD	+2.18%	+2.91%	+4.58%	(12.82%)	+1.22%	+2.46%	+3.74%

* Inception date 10/05/2016

**Portfolio Holdings** 20 MINUTES DELAYED trade now
CODE	NAME	WEIGHT (%)	RISK	TERM	BUY DATE	BUY PRICE ($)	LAST PRICE ($)	DIVIDENDS ($)	DAILY CHANGE (%)	GAIN / LOSS (%)
ANZ	ANZ Bank	6	Moderate	Long	08/02/2023	25.29	35.12	6.56	-2.04	64.81
APA	APA Group	4	Moderate	Medium	12/12/2024	7.38	9.35	0.54	0.54	34.01
BHP	BHP Group	8.5	Moderate	Long	27/08/2019	39.06	40.95	10.14	0.12	30.80
CAR	CAR Group	4	High	Medium	14/11/2025	33.37	33.05		1.63	-0.96
CSL	CSL Limited	5	Moderate	Medium	09/07/2025	239.65	179.22	2.48	-0.48	-24.18
GMG	Goodman Group	5	Moderate	Medium	21/02/2025	34.16	29.14		1.08	-14.70
GQG	GQG Partners	3	Moderate	Medium	08/08/2025	1.75	1.63	0.04	9.06	-4.57
HUB	HUB24	4	Moderate	Medium	05/03/2025	71.36	101.19	0.73	-1.10	42.83
JHX	James Hardie Industries	5	High	Medium	12/12/2024	51.22	26.91		-3.69	-47.46
MIN	Mineral Resources	3	High	Medium	16/03/2023	44.12	48.59	0.25	-0.33	10.70
NEM	Newmont Corporation	3	High	Medium	28/10/2025	118.51	133.06		1.28	12.28
NSR	National Storage REIT	5	Moderate	Medium	11/08/2023	2.22	2.27	0.22	0.44	12.16
PDN	Paladin Energy	4	High	Medium	06/06/2024	11.20	8.00		2.17	-28.57
SFR	Sandfire Resources	3	High	Medium	07/04/2025	8.32	15.30		-2.55	83.89
SUL	Super Retail Group	4	Moderate	Medium	06/12/2024	15.20	16.14	1.37	-0.19	15.20
WBC	Westpac	5	Moderate	Medium	21/02/2025	31.08	37.34	2.19	-1.40	27.19
WHC	Whitehaven Coal	4	High	Medium	15/11/2022	8.18	7.00	1.85	0.43	8.19
WOR	Worley	5	High	Medium	08/05/2023	15.66	13.65	1.20	-0.15	-5.17
WTC	WiseTech Global	5	High	Medium	20/05/2025	94.91	62.88	0.16	0.40	-33.58
XRO	Xero	5	Moderate	Medium	18/07/2025	171.24	118.62		0.31	-30.73

Portfolio cash position: 9.5%

**Recent Sales** UPDATED 14/11/2025 17:00 trade now
Company code	STOCK NAME	ACTIVITY	RISK	TIME HORIZON	EXIT DATE	ENTRY PRICE ($)	CLOSE PRICE ($)	DIVIDENDS ($)	GAIN / LOSS (%)
MIN	Mineral Resources	Trimmed 1%	High	Long	14/11/2025	44.12	50.47	0.34	15.2
MGR	Mirvac Group	Sold 5% position	High	Long	30/11/2025	2.08	2.3	0.09	14.9
EVN	Evolution Mining	Sold 4% position	High	Long	16/09/2025	8.15	9.44	0.19	18.2
CAR	CAR Group	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	20/03/2025	34.45	37.54	0.47	10.3
HUB	HUB24	Trimmed 1%	Moderate	Medium	09/07/2025	71.36	95.68	0.34	34.6
XRO	Xero	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Long	18/06/2025	101.29	193.5		91
SFR	Sandfire Resources	Trimmed 1%	High	Medium	18/06/2025	8.32	11.68		40.4
ALL	Aristocrat Leisure	Sold 5% position	High	Long	20/05/2025	65.13	62.55		-4
ILU	Iluka Resources	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	20/05/2025	6.02	3.85	0.06	-35
BHP	BHP Group	Trimmed 2%	Moderate	Long	07/04/2025	39.63	34.31	11.18	14.8
NXT	NEXTDC	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Medium	02/04/2025	17.06	11.39		-33.2
EVN	Evolution Mining	Sold 3% position	High	Long	31/03/2025	2.94	7.1	0.25	150
SFR	Sandfire Resources	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	28/03/2025	6.44	10.85		68.5
TWE	Treasury Wine Estates	Sold 5% position	High	Medium	12/03/2025	13.6	9.8	1.23	-18.89
CSL	CSL Limited	Sold 6% position	Moderate	Medium	24/02/2025	277	259.25	2.2	-5.61
HLS	Healius	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	24/02/2025	1.72	1.29		-25
AGL	AGL Energy	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	12/12/2024	10.22	10.79	0.35	9
S32	South32	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	12/12/2024	3.28	3.46	0.07	7.6
MFG	Magellan Financial Group	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	06/12/2024	9.15	11.22	0.43	27.3
CAR	CAR Group (CAR)	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	06/12/2024	33.13	40.1	0.47	22.5
GPT	GPT Group	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	07/11/2024	4.66	4.45		-4.5
SFR	Sandfire Resources	Trimmed 1%	Moderate	Medium	30/10/2024	6.44	10.31		60.1
S32	South32	Trimmed 1%	Moderate	Medium	30/10/2024	3.28	3.71	0.07	15.2
EVN	Evolution Mining	Trimmed 1%	Moderate	Medium	20/08/2024	2.94	4.26	0.08	47.6
JBH	JB Hi-Fi (JBH)	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	13/08/2024	56.8	75.44		32.82
NAB	Nation Australia Bank	Sold 6% position	Moderate	Medium	05/08/2024	30.33	35.06	3.59	27.43
GMG	Goodman Group	Sold 3% position	High	Medium	01/08/2024	21.15	36.44	0.36	73.99
RHC	Ramsay Healthcare	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Long	17/07/2024	68.86	47.25	0.93	-30.03
GMG	Goodman Group	Trimmed 1%	High	Medium	12/07/2024	21.15	35.58	0.36	69.92
XRO	Xero	Trimmed 1%	Moderate	Long	12/07/2024	101.29	140.35		38.56
PLS	Pilbara Minerals	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	12/06/2024	3.48	3.44		-1.15
CTD	Corporate Travel	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	30/05/2024	16.46	13.06		-20.66
ILU	Iluka	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	10/05/2024	7.2	7.68	0.06	7.5
RMD	ResMed	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Medium	19/04/2024	33.23	27.92	0.39	-14.81
EVN	Evolution Mining	Trimmed 1%	Moderate	Medium	5/04/2024	2.94	3.85	0.016	31.5
PDN	Paladin Energy	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	5/04/2024	1.18	1.42		20.33
ORA	Orora	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Medium	3/04/2024	2.8	2.24	0.05	-18.21
LLC	Lendlease	Sold 5% position	High	Medium	6/03/2024	7.2	6.18		-14.14
ALU	Altium	Sold 5% position	High	Medium	31/01/2024	42.53	49.27		15.85
MQG	Macquarie Group	Sold 6% position	Moderate	Medium	31/01/2024	177.99	189.41	13.29	13.88
NST	Northern Star	Sold 5% position	High	Medium	18/01/2024	11.14	12.16	0.16	10.59
PDN	Paladin	Trimmed 3%	High	Medium	15/01/2024	0.83	1.31		57.83
MFG	Magellan Financial Group	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	08/01/2024	9.22	9.09	0.93	8.68
WDS	Woodside	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	24/10/2023	35.66	35.23	1.78	3.79
CWY	Cleanaway Waste Management	Sold 5% position	High	Medium	05/10/2023	2.69	2.34	0.02	-12.27
NCM	Newcrest Mining	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Medium	25/08/2023	29.35	25.42	2.52	-4.8
ELD	Elders	Sold 3% position	High	Medium	25/08/2023	7.11	6.47		-9
SEK	Seek	Sold 3% position	High	Medium	17/08/2023	24.29	23.35	0.34	-2.47
GMG	GMG	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Medium	11/08/2023	23.43	20.17	0.3	-12.63
ILU	Iluka	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Medium	21/06/2023	10.74	11.66	0.64	14.53
JHX	James Hardie	Sold 4% position	High	Medium	21/06/2023	31.2	39.89		27.85
CSL	CSL Limited	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	15/06/2023	260.92	279.41	3.82	8.55
JHX	James Hardie	Trimmed 1%	High	Medium	26/05/2023	31.2	37.83		21.25
XRO	Xero	Trimmed 2%	High	Long	22/05/2023	92.85	108.79		17.16
WDS	Woodside	Sold 3% position	Moderate	Medium	08/05/2023	30.23	34.05	5.28	30.1
IGO	Independence Group	Sold 3% position	Moderate	Medium	28/04/2023	10.66	13.61	0.27	30.21
SFR	Sandfire Resources	Sold 3% position	High	Medium	20/04/2023	4.1	6.93		69.02
CSL	CSL Ltd	Trimmed 2%	Moderate	Medium	20/04/2023	260.92	300.94	3.82	16.8
REA	REA Group	Sold 2% position	High	Medium	20/04/2023	120.42	140.69	1.07	17.72
ALU	Altium	Sold 5% position	High	Medium	12/04/2023	28.8	37.65	1.08	34.48

OPINION
ACTION

Opinions for stocks held in the Growth Portfolio

18/11/2025 16:58

James Hardie (JHX) $27.94

JHX +9.8%: One of the few positive stocks on the ASX today with the index down ~2% - the building and construction business jumped after lifting its FY26 EBITDA guidance to US$1.20–1.25bn (from US$1.05–1.15bn), as they signaled improved execution in their U.S segment. Shares in the US overnight rallied as much as 16% following the news, suggesting growing confidence that Hardie’s cyclical low may be behind it.

18/11/2025 09:29

Whitehaven Coal Ltd (WHC) $7.05

WHC delivered a decent operational quarter in October given the challenging conditions, though near-term earnings headwinds will persist while coal prices remain subdued leaving the stock short of a catalyst to push significantly higher.

18/11/2025 09:28

Paladin Energy (PDN) $8.17

MM has discussed PDN and uranium at length through 2025 with an oversubscribed equity raise and a solid September quarter update lifting confidence in their operations, sending the heavily shorted stock up towards $10 - not as dramatic as gains across the lithium names but impressive all the same.

14/11/2025 16:51

Active Growth Portfolio – Amendments

We are making two changes to the growth portfolio

13/11/2025 17:03

GQG Partners (GQG) $1.45

GQG flat: Released an October funds under management (FUM) update yesterday which came in at US$163.7bn, basically bang in line with expectations, but still down 2.1% for the month. The decline was split between client outflows (-1.6%) and softer investment returns (-0.5%).

13/11/2025 17:02

Xero (XRO) $127.38

XRO -9.03%: not a good day for the accounting platform, with weak price action ahead of today’s 1H numbers proving to be on the money.

13/11/2025 10:00

Mineral Resources (MIN) $51.27

We’ve gone off-piste for our last stock, though we’re using it to highlight an important theme. Yesterday, we saw South Korean POSCO pay Mineral Resources $1.2bn for 30% of its operational lithium business. Importantly, this values MIN’s existing 50% interest in Wodinga and Mt Marion Lithium mines at $3.9bn – well north of what many in the market had their value pegged at (MM included).

13/11/2025 09:41

APA Group (APA) $9.42

APA plays a pivotal role in Australia’s energy transmission and infrastructure network, sitting right in the “middle layer” between generation and consumption. It owns and operates over 15,000 km of gas transmission pipelines, along with electricity transmission assets, renewable energy farms, and emerging battery storage projects.

12/11/2025 17:08

Mineral Resources (MIN) $51.23

MIN +9.19%: Struck an important deal bringing much needed cash in the door to reduce debt, agreeing to sell 30% of its operational lithium business to South Korea’s POSCO Holdings for US$765m (A$1.2b) in cash. This looks good on a few fronts:

11/11/2025 09:41

Mineral Resources Ltd (MIN) $44.22

Monday was case of two out of three’s not bad for MIN with its lithium and mining services divisions delivering strong tailwinds while iron ore has weighed slightly over the last week. However, the stock still advanced over +4% on Monday with fresh 2025 highs looking likely if our bullish outlook for Li proves on point - MIN still has an almost 7% short position, but notably it's more than halved since June.