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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 6M 1y 3y 5y pa ITD pa Total
ACTIVE INCOME 1.26% 4.61% 16.62% 11.83% 10.01% 9.67% 129.1%
RBA CASH RATE +4% 0.67% 3.94% 7.84% 7.82% 6.66% 5.59% 63.0%
VALUE ADD +0.59% +0.67% +8.78% +4.01% +3.35% +4.08% +66.1%
* Inception date 05/07/2017
Portfolio Holdings trade now
CODE NAME WEIGHT (%) RISK TERM BUY DATE BUY PRICE ($) LAST PRICE ($) DIVIDENDS ($) DAILY CHANGE (%) GAIN / LOSS (%)
AGL AGL Energy 4 Moderate Long 23/02/2023 7.50 8.23 1.13 -0.48 24.80
AMC Amcor 4 Moderate Medium 27/10/2025 62.70 67.16 1.84 -1.29 10.05
ANZ ANZ Group 5 Moderate Medium 18/12/2024 29.36 37.73 3.26 -1.00 39.61
AN3PI ANZ Capital Notes 6 6 Low Long 8/07/2021 100.33 102.85 26.45 -0.18 28.87
APA APA Group 5 Moderate Medium 26/05/2023 9.82 9.91 1.44 -0.90 15.58
BHP BHP Group 8 Moderate Long 11/12/2019 40.38 62.97 17.42 0.24 99.08
CLW Charter Hall Long Wale REIT 4 Moderate Long 06/05/2026 3.55 3.84 0.79 8.17
DBI Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure 4 Moderate Medium 10/10/2024 3.37 5.55 0.40 -2.46 76.56
DN1 Dominion Income Trust 1 5 Low Medium 18/06/2025 101.40 99.50 6.62 0.40 4.65
FMG Fortescue Metals 4 Moderate Medium 27/06/2024 21.62 18.02 2.55 -2.33 -4.86
GQG GQG Partners 3 Moderate Medium 08/08/2025 1.75 1.44 0.10 -0.35 -12.00
JBH JB Hi Fi 4 Moderate Medium 26/02/2026 83.98 84.36 3.00 -0.27 4.02
MGR Mirvac 4 Moderate Medium 10/03/2026 1.875 1.81 0.05 -0.28 -0.80
MTS Metcash 4 Moderate Medium 9/12/2020 3.50 3.15 1.28 0.96 26.57
NABPI NAB Capital Notes 6 5 Low Long 13/07/2022 98.94 105.80 26.49 -0.06 33.71
NHC New Hope Coal 4 High Medium 22/11/2022 5.55 5.21 1.97 0.77 29.37
PCI Perpetual Credit Income Trust 5 Low Long 17/07/2024 1.11 1.10 0.12 -0.45 9.91
SOL Soul Pattinson (W.H) 4 Moderate Long 05/02/2026 37.68 46.74 0.68 0.19 25.85
SUN Suncorp Group 5 Moderate Medium 11/12/2025 17.07 19.34 0.24 -0.26 14.70
SUNPI Suncorp Hybrid 5 Low Medium 09/04/2024 101.51 102.98 5.92 -0.02 7.28
WBCPK Westpac Hybrid 5 Low Long 7/09/2022 100.40 104.75 26.06 -0.14 30.29
Portfolio cash position: 3%
Recent Sales trade now
Company code STOCK NAME ACTIVITY RISK TIME HORIZON EXIT DATE ENTRY PRICE ($) CLOSE PRICE ($) DIVIDENDS ($) GAIN / LOSS (%)
CNI Centuria Capital Group Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 06/05/2026 2.06 1.69 0.27 -4.9
SUL Super Retail Group Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 26/02/2026 13.97 14.01 2.61 19
DDR Dicker Data Sold 3% position High Medium 21/01/2026 8.28 10.04 0.15 23.1
SIQ Smart Group Sold 4% position Moderate Medium 21/01/2026 7.65 8.75 0.25 17.6
NSR National Storage Sold 5% position Moderate Long 11/12/2025 2.28 2.79 0.11 27.2
HLI Helia Group Sold 2.5% position High Medium 27/10/2025 4.46 5.66 0.5 38.12
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

Korean KOSPI Index

The KOSPI fell more than -5% on Monday, giving back part of Friday's record +18% bounce as traders locked in short-term profits and further unwound leverage-driven positions. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each dropped around 9%, while foreign investors were net sellers, retail investors bought the dip.

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BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) $60.15

We continue to believe BHP and RIO are well positioned to benefit from higher Cu prices, EV Truck adoption (reduced fuel bills) and AI efficiencies, but as there are always two sides to a coin, we’re also conscious this view is a consensus one. Hence, we are likely to remain active around our exposures towards the miners, trimming strength so we have the capacity to buy bouts of weakness.

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Korean KOSPI Index

The Korean KOSPI experienced another wild ride on Wednesday before finishing the session down 6%, extending its brutal two-day selloff. Despite SK Hynix reporting a record quarterly operating profit of ₩60.5 trillion, the result missed consensus expectations (₩64.2 trillion), and its announcement of at least US$31 billion in capital expenditure sparked concerns that AI spending will not deliver returns.

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Korean KOSPI Index

Not surprisingly, the KOSPI was the most volatile major index globally last week, swinging in a nearly 12% range. The index closed the week down just ~1.7% but it felt far worse at times. This time the sell-off was driven by a global reassessment of AI valuations following the launch of China's Moonshot Kimi K3 model, with the KOSPI hit particularly hard due to its heavy exposure to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Also, the rise of leveraged ETFs tracking both stocks intensified the move, forcing mechanical selling into a falling market and accelerating the broader rout. 

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Centuria Capital (CNI) $1.455

CNI - 8.01%: It's been a terrible week for Centuria Capital (CNI), with the stock hitting a fresh 52-week low today. The sell-off has been driven primarily by a damaging private-credit controversy, amplified by the recent capital raising, with a deteriorating Australian property backdrop putting the cherry on a very sour tasting cake.

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BHP Group Limited (ASX: BHP) $59.76

BHP’s revision profile is a classic commodity leverage story, with broad-based earnings upgrades driven more by stronger spot prices than any single corporate catalyst. The standout is earnings (EBITDA), which has been revised up around 26% compared with a 16% lift in revenue, highlighting the operating leverage coming through the portfolio and the growing importance of copper ahead of the FY26 result on 18 August.

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Semiconductors

Semiconductors have dominated the financial press this month, as the “AI Trade” unwound dramatically  with the Korean KOSPI correcting more than 30% in a few volatile weeks. Leverage has been a huge issue here after South Korea introduced single-stock leveraged ETFs on SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics in late May. The products attracted huge inflows into the “Hot Stocks”, with leveraged ETF assets in South Korea more than tripling to KRW 35.4 trillion by end of May 2026.

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BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) $60.69

BHP has regained its “mojo” in the last five trading sessions after being weighed down by a soft copper price as tensions flared between the US and Iran, plus a strike set to commence at BHP's Port Hedland Bulk Export Terminal. Unfortunately, we can see plenty of industrial action over the coming years, with AI set to replace thousands of jobs. BHP is already well underway in reducing its headcount at its Escondida copper pit in Chile; the site went fully autonomous in January 2026 with 33 autonomous trucks and 11 autonomous drills operating around the clock.

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Fortescue Ltd (ASX: FMG) $19.08

FMG (-23%) has corrected deeper than most ASX miners in 2026 as iron ore dipped below US$100/MT, but we think it represents good value at current levels, especially for income, with the miner forecast to yield ~6% fully franked over the next 12-monmths - MM holds FMG in the Income Portfolio.

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GQG Partners Inc (ASX: GQG) $1.40

This week GQG reported FUM of $156.0bn as at June 30, 2026, down 4.5% month-on-month, and down 9.5% year-on-year from $172.4bn at June 2025. Net outflows of $3.2bn in June were the largest monthly outflow in 2026, marking 12 consecutive months of net redemptions  a significant redemption cycle for a business whose revenue is almost entirely management-fee driven. Like all fund managers, GQG generates earnings from the money it manages, and as this falls, so does the company's profitability, but with the stock trading ~20% below its long-term valuation, it's priced for more bad news, and too pessimistically in our opinion, assuming it can stem the outflows.

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History of Actions for the Income Portfolio

SEMI
UPDATED 04/08/2026 09:38
MM is neutral towards the Korean KOSPI around 6250
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BHP US
UPDATED 04/08/2026 09:37
MM is long and bullish towards BHP around $60
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SEMI
UPDATED 30/07/2026 09:52
MM is now neutral towards the KOSPI around 5700
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SEMI
UPDATED 27/07/2026 17:20
MM is bullish towards the KOSPI around 6700
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CNI
UPDATED 25/07/2026 09:06
MM has turned neutral on CNI ~$1.50
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BHP
UPDATED 23/07/2026 12:59
MM is long and bullish towards BHP around $60
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SEMI
UPDATED 20/07/2026 09:11
MM is now bullish towards the KOSPI around 6800
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BHP
UPDATED 16/07/2026 09:23
MM is long and bullish towards BHP around $60.50
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FMG
UPDATED 16/07/2026 09:22
MM is long and bullish towards FMG around $19
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GQG
UPDATED 15/07/2026 09:58
MM is long and cautiously bullish GQG ~$1.40
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