The investment strategies employed by fund management firms in 2024 illustrate their adaptability and sensitivity to fluctuations in Vietnam’s financial market. By reshaping portfolio compositions to emphasize promising sectors like technology, banking, and retail, these funds successfully maximized profits while minimizing risks. Their approach offers valuable insights for investors as they prepare for 2025. Vietnam’s stock market has faced a challenging year in 2024, with the 1,300-point threshold proving elusive. Factors such as the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary tightening, foreign capital outflows, and uneven economic growth have pressured market liquidity. In response, “smart money” shifted from passive exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to active investment funds, focusing on stocks with strong growth potential rather than banking on a VN-Index breakthrough. Major investment funds, including DCDS and VESAF, have adjusted their strategies significantly in 2024. They turned their attention to sectors with stable short- and long-term growth prospects, particularly technology, banking, and retail. This shift is evident in the increasing allocation of their portfolios from defensive assets, such as cash and bonds to bank stocks, especially those from retail banks such as ACB, MBB, and VIB. These changes reflect optimism for a recovery in domestic consumption and retail credit in 2025. Changes in […]