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Share Market Greats – Warren Buffett

Warren Buffett is arguably the world’s greatest investor. His US$30b fortune certainly makes him one of the world’s richest men. But alongside the enormous... read more »

How To Invest

How to invest in the ASX sharemarket

With a little investing education, some common sense, and desire to save relatively small amounts of money over a long period of time, just... read more »

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Choosing An Online Share Broker

Why Do I Need a Share Broker? If you want to buy shares, you’re going to need a share broker. And who wouldn’t want... read more »

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Getting Started In Investing

If you’ve read our 13 Steps To Financial Freedom, you’ll already know a lot about the Motley Fool, and particularly our love affair with... read more »

Part 7: Going Beyond Index Trackers

If you want to try to beat the ASX sharemarket, and have some fun along the way, you’ll have to do a little more... read more »

Part 6: The Benefits Of Regular Investment

An excellent way of pacing your investments is by regular investment of say $100, $150 or $200 a month into a sharemarket fund read more »

Part 5: Why We Love Index Tracking Funds

For your first investment, you want to keep things both simple and cheap. We think that means some sort of index tracking fund read more »

Part 4: Why Shares Are Best

So which asset should you go for as a long-term investment? The asset that has generated the best returns over the long term is... read more »

Part 3: Your Four Investing Options

Despite the thousands of financial products on offer, they all consist of just four basic investments read more »

Part 2: Why You Need To Invest

The first step in choosing an investment is deciding what you what to achieve read more »

Part 1: The Difference Between Saving And Investing

Welcome to the Motley Fool's guide on 'Getting Started in Investing' in which we look at what makes an ideal first investment. read more »