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 30/06/2026 17:00
Portfolio	1m	6m	1y	3y pa	5y pa	ITD pa	Total
ACTIVE GROWTH	-0.87%	-2.11%	7.37%	8.12%	8.23%	12.30%	223.4%
ASX 200 ACCUMULATION	0.67%	2.37%	6.11%	10.62%	7.76%	9.21%	144.3%
VALUE ADD	(1.54%)	(4.48%)	+1.26%	(2.50%)	+0.47%	+3.09%	+79.1%

* 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 (%)
AMC	Amcor	4	Moderate	Long	06/02/2026	69.24	61.31	1.84	0.74	-8.80
ANZ	ANZ Bank	6	Moderate	Long	08/02/2023	25.29	35.96	7.65	0.64	72.44
BHP	BHP Group	8.5	Moderate	Long	27/08/2019	39.06	60.63	11.61	1.46	84.95
EVN	Evolution Mining	4	High	Medium	23/03/2026	12.24	11.57		1.85	-5.47
GMG	Goodman Group	5	Moderate	Medium	21/02/2025	34.16	29.39	0.30	1.45	-13.09
GQG	GQG Partners	5	High	Medium	08/08/2025	1.75	1.36	0.10	1.49	-16.57
HUB	HUB24	4	High	Moderate	08/07/2026	82.01	83.92		-1.63	2.33
JBH	JB Hi Fi	5	Moderate	Medium	26/02/2026	81.25	76.71	3.00	-1.83	-1.90
LNW	Light & Wonder	4	High	Medium	11/12/2025	143.35	108.86		-1.48	-24.06
MGR	Mirvac	4	Moderate	Medium	10/03/2026	1.875	1.70	0.05	-1.74	-6.67
PDN	Paladin Energy	4	High	Medium	06/06/2024	11.20	10.19		11.61	-9.02
PME	Pro Medicus	4	High	Medium	02/06/2026	156.72	162.13		-6.53	3.45
REH	Reece	4	High	Medium	25/06/2026	16.74	15.65		-1.14	-6.51
S32	South32	4	Medium	Medium	18/06/2026	4.27	4.66		2.42	9.13
SFR	Sandfire Resources	4	High	Medium	07/04/2025	8.90	19.36		3.58	117.53
WBC	Westpac	5	Moderate	Medium	21/02/2025	31.08	36.64	3.29	0.83	28.47
WHC	Whitehaven Coal	4	High	Medium	15/11/2022	8.18	7.81	1.85	2.23	18.09
WOR	Worley	5	Moderate	Medium	08/05/2023	15.66	10.73	1.20	0.47	-23.82
WTC	WiseTech Global	5	High	Medium	20/05/2025	75.52	31.48	0.16	-6.97	-58.10
XRO	Xero	5	Moderate	Medium	18/07/2025	140.93	64.45		-5.01	-54.27

Portfolio cash position: 6.5%

**Recent Sales** UPDATED 08/07/2026 17:00 trade now
Company code	STOCK NAME	ACTIVITY	RISK	TIME HORIZON	EXIT DATE	ENTRY PRICE ($)	CLOSE PRICE ($)	DIVIDENDS ($)	GAIN / LOSS (%)
QBE	QBE Insurance	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	08/07/2026	20.11	25.28	0.88	30.1
JHX	James Hardie	Sold 5% position	High	Medium	25/06/2026	51.22	37.06		-27.6
APA	APA Group	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	18/06/2026	7.38	10.45	0.54	48.9
RMD	ResMed	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	02/06/2026	35.53	26.05	0.06	-26.5
NEM	Newmont Corp	Sold 3% position	High	Medium	03/03/2026	118.51	182.05	0.27	53.8
SUL	Super Retail Group	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	26/02/2026	15.2	14.01	1.37	1.2
CSL	CSL Limited	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Medium	26/02/2026	239.65	145.18	2.48	-38.4
HUB	HUB24	Sold 4% position	Moderate	Medium	06/02/2026	71.36	83.59	0.73	18.2
CAR	CAR Group	Sold 4% position	High	Long	05/02/2026	33.31	25.64		-23
MIN	Mineral Resources	Sold 3% position	High	Long	21/01/2026	44.12	60.44	0.25	37.6
NSR	National Storage	Sold 5% position	Moderate	Long	11/12/2025	2.22	2.79	0.22	35.6
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	30/10/2025	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		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

23/07/2026 09:49

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.

22/07/2026 17:30

Paladin Energy (ASX: PDN) $9.13

PDN +6.66%: completed the ramp-up of the Langer Heinrich uranium mine during FY26, with production reaching the upper end of revised guidance and sales accelerating strongly through the June quarter.

20/07/2026 16:46

South32 (ASX: S32) $4.08

South32 (S32) +4.62%: delivered a solid finish to FY26, with improved fourth-quarter production across alumina, manganese and Cannington, while several key operations exceeded full-year guidance. Fourth-quarter alumina production increased 4.6% to 1.29Mt, including a 6.4% lift at Worsley to 943,000 tonnes. Manganese production rose 20% to 1.31Mwmt, while Cannington payable zinc-equivalent production increased 29% to 57,800 tonnes.

16/07/2026 09:09

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.

16/07/2026 09:06

South32 Ltd (ASX: S32) $4.06

S32 has transformed itself in recent weeks after selling off its aluminium value chain, including Worsley Alumina, Hillside Aluminium and its Brazilian bauxite and alumina assets, to Alcoa for an implied US$5.6bn. The package comprises US$3.1bn in cash, around US$1bn in Alcoa shares, assumed liabilities and contingent payments linked to future aluminium prices. The assets accounted for around 60% of group earnings, making this a transformational portfolio reshaping.

15/07/2026 09:45

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.

15/07/2026 09:44

Light & Wonder Inc (ASX: LNW) $111.60

Yesterday saw Light & Wonder surge as much as 10%, its biggest intraday gain since early May, after reassuring investors on both earnings and growth - these gains were maintained in US trade overnight. The catalyst for the gains was management reaffirming FY26 guidance for mid-to-high single-digit earnings (AEBITDA) growth, while reiterating plans to reduce leverage below 3x net debt/EBITDA in the first half of FY27 and confirming US$180m remains under its share buyback program.

14/07/2026 09:51

Xero Ltd (ASX: XRO) $70.24

On Monday, Xero shares came under pressure after CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy sold her remaining shares on-market for ~$2.2 million at $74 per share, leaving her (currently) with no directly held ordinary shares. The company said the disposal was undertaken to manage personal tax obligations, and Cassidy continues to hold a substantial economic interest through 171,381 restricted stock units (RSUs) and more than 1.0 million unlisted options. However, the sale caught our eye because it follows $5.4 million of share sales between late May and early June.

14/07/2026 09:49

Light & Wonder Inc (ASX: LNW) $103.55

Light & Wonder (LNW) director Jamie Odell sold approximately $2.7 million worth of shares last month, just two days after the company’s AGM. Odell has now sold on at least two occasions over the past 12 months, having also disclosed a sale in August 2025 during the stock’s previous drawdown.

10/07/2026 09:36

BHP Group (ASX: BHP) $56.87

The correlation between BHP and Spot LME Copper over the last 2-years is 0.91, a very high positive correlation, reflecting BHP's significant copper exposure and the market's tendency to price the stock as a copper proxy. BHP's copper assets, including Escondida (the world's largest copper mine) and Olympic Dam, make it one of the most copper-leveraged large-cap miners globally. And as BHP continues to grow its copper revenue, this correlation is likely to remain elevated or even strengthen over time.