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Bruce Jackson

Bruce co-founded The Motley Fool UK in 1997. Now back in his native Australia, Bruce is the General Manager of the Motley Fool's Australian operations. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and a Diploma of Financial Services. He writes The Motley Fool's popular and widely read Take Stock free email newsletter. He is a keen investor himself, and particularly enjoys picking up stocks during the market's periodic but regular periods of panic.

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Downer EDI shares trade ex-dividend

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Downer EDI shareholders can look forward to receiving their 11 cents partially franked final dividend

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GUD Holdings shares trade ex-dividend, down 30% YTD

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GUD shareholders can look forward to receiving their 36 cent fully franked dividend

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Tabcorp shares trade ex-dividend

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Tabcorp shareholders can look forward to receiving their 8 cent fully franked final dividend

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Rio Tinto shares trade ex-dividend

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Rio Tinto shareholders can look forward to receiving their 93 cents interim dividend

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BHP Billiton. The bird has flown, but never say never

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If it's an investing philosophy that's good enough for Warren Buffett, it's good enough for me.

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The indisputable pathway to ASX 6,000

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Yesterday's market sell-off wasn't part of the plan...

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All I want for August is a fully franked dividend

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The world's billionaires have it a bit different than the rest of us

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Please don't make this crucial mistake next Tuesday…

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strong hint the Reserve Bank will cut official interest rates

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Your term deposits are living on borrowed time

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Get out of term deposits and into something that will pay you a decent income

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I really LIKE my Facebook shares now

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Form is temporary, class is permanent

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Your $15,427 investment question answered

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Our own share market was actually the world’s best-performing share market from 1900 to 2009

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The slow, boring, inevitable death of gold

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It's about as exciting as watching Ian Bell batting

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It's our 20th birthday | Be happy with your money

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It's our birthday!

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The bad news about your investment returns

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Do you want the good news or the bad news first?

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Damn you BHP Billiton, but not you Ashton Agar

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A timely reminder... 2013 has been a very good year

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Two surprising ASX buy ideas for July

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Now could be the perfect time to get back on the path to long-term wealth

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Disney: It's not the next Sirius Resources, but it is safe as houses

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It's never too late to invest in a high quality company

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How you can beat the investing professionals

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You have the opportunity to focus on the long term. The question is, Will you?

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My stock for "the next great resources boom"

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Oil and gas exploration is a risky, and costly business

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Oh so close, BHP Billiton

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"After the election" just got a whole lot closer

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As the ASX corrects… three flashing buy signals

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As the ASX officially corrects, this Fool is taking advantage of the market's fall and buying shares on the cheap

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Newcrest tumbles and the mining boom quickly becomes a distant memory…

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If you thought term deposit rates were low now, look out below...

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Aussie dollar 'massacred' – further falls predicted

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The Aussie dollar has slumped to a 30-month low

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What have you done for me lately, Telstra, Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarmers?

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The recent stock market sell off has been hard on some of the ASX's biggest and most popular shares

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3 things smart investors do in a falling market

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A falling share market brings attractive valuations and an opportunity to buy cheap stocks... just as I've done today

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Telstra's juicy dividend yield sure beats term deposits

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Asbestos fears have seen Telstra shares fall 10%. The juicy 6% dividend yield may not last long

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

What's gone wrong with Telstra shares?

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Telstra shares have fallen 8% from their May high. What's up?

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National Australia Bank goes ex-dividend

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NAB shares fall as they trade ex-divided

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3 reasons to be an ASX bull

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Buying good companies in falling markets is good for your wealth

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If you only know 5 things about stock market investing, make it these…

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Stock market investing need not be complex.

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

What's wrong with Buru Energy?

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Buru Energy shares might be worth a bet

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ASX 5,000 and falling faster than the dying Aussie dollar

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Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices

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Stock market shock: Bank shares go down as well as up

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Money can and is being made outside the banks and big supermarkets

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BHP slashes, and the last thing investors should do now

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It’s never been a better time for stock picking

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The biggest prize in investing

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Mining is a cyclical business, prone to boom and bust

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Aussie dollar – the most overvalued currency ever.

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George Soros thinks the Aussie dollar will come down hard. Here's one way to play the plunging currency

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The interest rate cut and Warren Buffett's advice for your cash

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With interest rates potentially falling to 2%, sitting in cash for too much longer could be a seriously wealth destroying…

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Crying into your term deposits as interest rates head towards 2%

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has piled more pain onto weary savers, cutting interest rates to 2.75%. At this rate…

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Telstra – Fully franked and fully on fire

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Telstra shares jump above $5, with one leading broker putting a $5.80 price target on the ASX's most popular stock

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We interrupt ANZ's juicy fully franked dividend for some urgent and grave news…

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The great dash for fully franked dividends continues unabated. But for how much longer?

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