Analysis performed by investment services provider Ausiex has identified the stocks most popular among advised SMSFs in the month of November.
To this end, the top five shares advised SMSF members purchased last month were Sandfire Resources, Stockland, Woolworths, Nextdc and Wesfarmers.
This sentiment was comparable to the general populous of advised investors where the top five stocks acquired were Sandfire Resources, Stockland, Nextdc, Wesfarmers and CSL.
At the other end of the spectrum, the shares SMSFs sold off in the highest numbers were nab, BHP, Westpac, Scentre Group, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).
During the month, trading volume and value fell as did the number of accounts trading.
“We saw more buying by retail investors,” Ausiex strategic relationships national manager Chris Hill said.
“[Also] there was strong net outflows from advised investors in November.”
The data shows sentiment shifted a little among advised SMSFs since September.
In that month, the top five stocks SMSF members purchased were Xero, APA Group, Woodside, CBA and CSL.
Again this was very close to the equities advised retail investors on the whole liked, only in a different order, with the top five shares purchased ranked as Xero, Woodside, CBA, CSL and APA Group.
The stocks advised SMSFs sold off the most in September were Westpac, Wesfarmers, nab, Telstra, ANZ, Brambles and Reece.
With regard to October, Ausiex identified the most popular exchange-traded funds (ETF) among all investors.
Here the top five ETFs purchased were the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF, iShares S&P500 AUD ETF, Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF, Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF and Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF.
According to Hill, the data indicated advised investors employed greater diversity in their ETF selections and advised SMSFs preferred an even broader range of offerings.
“When it comes to advisers and advised investors, there was a wider mix of stock sectors among their purchases, including some fixed income and infrastructure,” he noted.
“Advised self-managed super fund investors also favoured international shares.”