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The Best ETFs For The Global Investor

An easy way to invest in the world's biggest and best

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Catapult Shares In Bargain Territory

A falling price signifies earlier exuberance, not a business in trouble

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Three Stocks For A Recession

These stocks are well placed to ride out any economic turbulence

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Avoid The Banks, For Now

Banks have been incredible creators of wealth, but now is not the time to load up

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Is The Yield Trade Dead?

Interest rates are on the rise, but that doesn't mean you should dump your income stocks

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Why investors should look beyond the numbers

What the company said -- and what the market thinks -- are two different things.

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Ripoff Or Bargain?

If you want to be a successful sharemarket investor, you must be able to assess the value of a business.

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Fortune Favours The Brave

There are few guarantees with investing in shares; even the bluest of the blue chips can prove poor investments in…

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Fortune Favours The Brave

It’s about buying quality companies, at sensible prices, and giving them time to deliver on expectations.

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Pundits And Prices

Why is it impossible to predict short term share prices?

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Whitehaven no safe haven

Opinions vary, but don’t rush in

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Malcolm and the market

What a new PM means for the market

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A Matter Of Perspective

Remember, the sharemarket (like property) is only as risky as you make it.

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Keep Calm… And Invest On (Foolishly)

We can’t know what the future will bring. But we can apply timeless investing rules and put ourselves in a…

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A Man And His Dog

It’s the 64 million dollar question when it comes to buying shares -- and one that we all ask.

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Profit from pay-day lending

It’s a necessary service, but can it be market-beating?

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Beyond The Banks

With interest rates at record lows — and likely to drop lower — high yielding, dividend paying shares have never…

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Smart, But Not Infallible

Don’t let yourself be distracted by the seemingly compelling patterns seen on markets

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Why Did You Buy Those Shares..?

What do you know about your shares?

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Please Don't Invest, If…

There will always be news that makes it seem like now isn’t the right time to invest.

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An Investing Survival Guide

At The Motley Fool we don’t get caught up in sharemarket scaremongering. We invest in a manner that prepares us…

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Profit Is Just The Beginning

If you prefer to avoid excessive risk, and if you like the idea of receiving regular dividends, focusing on established…

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The Magic Money Box

For the true investor, the value of a company comes from its ability, or potential, to deliver you cold hard…

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Godfreys: Value trap or dirt cheap

The iconic vacuum store should be on your watchlist

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The Mystery Of Share Prices

We have to endure some volatility in the short term, and that can sometimes be a little uncomfortable, but it’s…

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Yield Is Just The Beginning

Investors are right to consider dividend yields when deciding what companies to invest in, but there is much more to…

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Less Taxing Taxes

With term deposits pitifully low, and rental yields dropping, shares have never been more attractive for those seeking a reliable…

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How To Avoid The Cash Crash

Shares may be volatile, but for the long term investor, they are certainly far lower risk than cash, and offer…

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Can AGL reinvent itself?

Solar is in the ascendancy… is AGL too late?

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⏸️ Lessons From Investing Greats

Bored, Idle and Rich

Can you get rich doing nothing? It's the best way!

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Here's how you earn $60,000 in retirement

The goal of of $60,000 in after tax income in retirement isn’t as farfetched as you might imagine — provided…

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Dividend Shares to Beat A Share Market Crash

At times like these, when market corrections seem imminent, it can be tempting to sell out and wait for the…

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Waiting For Certainty

Sitting on the sidelines may sound like a sensible thing to do, but there is danger in waiting for certainty…

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The Best Way To Beat The Market

A focus on quality dividend paying shares will ensure you have every chance of achieving a solid market beating return.

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Lower Rates Are Bad News, But There Is Hope…

As investors look farther afield for decent income returns, the sharemarket offers an attractive alternative — though one that is…

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You are at serious risk of profiting… and why CSL is a better dividend stock than Rio Tinto

Shares are a great investment for those looking to safely build long term wealth — in my mind the best…

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Trouble Ahead? Buy Shares!

As long as there are great companies, with attractive potential, offering great dividend yields, I’ll be a buyer.

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Is Woodside a bargain?

Not all dividends are created equal

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You probably didn't know this about term deposits (Risk)

By reinvesting interest income, the risk averse investor has generated a healthy 232% gain over the period.

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Two ASX dividend stocks to buy now, before the RBA slashes interest rates to just 2%

Pass on term deposits at 3%. Buy high quality dividend paying stocks.

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