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Tony Yoo

Tony Yoo is a senior journalist at The Motley Fool Australia. He formerly wrote for Yahoo Finance, Business Insider and Guardian Australia. Please send story tips to tony.yoo(at)foolcontractors.com.

Recent Articles

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Share Market News

Why ASX shares are in awesome shape vs overseas markets

| Tony Yoo

Local companies will survive and thrive as the COVID-19 pandemic passes. Here is the reason why.

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Share Market News

Revealed: Shares that'll shoot up with a COVID-19 recovery

| Tony Yoo

Two fund managers pick which shares they think will go gangbusters after a coronavirus vaccine comes to rescue the world.…

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Share Market News

Tech shares could crash 40%, warns fundie

| Tony Yoo

Professionals are warning 2020's winners won't be smiling as we transition to a post-COVID recovery. How will this impact ASX…

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Technology Shares

I have too many tech shares: Do I sell, buy or hold?

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A basic axiom of investing is diversification. So what do you do if technology stocks are dominating your portfolio?

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Share Market News

IAG (ASX:IAG) shares halt trading after court rules COVID-19 claims valid

| Tony Yoo

Do insurance companies like IAG have to pay out on COVID-related losses? New South Wales court says yes, and it…

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Share Market News

Like oysters? New ASX company forecasts 300% growth

| Tony Yoo

East 33's initial public offering in December will revolutionise a cottage industry, its executive chair says.

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Federal police arrest former CIMIC executive Russell Waugh over bribery allegations
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Former exec of ASX giant arrested over bribery scandal

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Australian Federal Police charge ex-CIMIC managing director over alleged kickbacks for Iraqi oil construction deals.

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Share Market News

ASIC rips into ASX again as more systems go down

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The market operator's competence again questioned as more systems go down on Tuesday after the forced closure on Monday.

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Share Market News

Average Aussie needs 22 weeks to earn what Elon Musk does in 5 minutes

| Tony Yoo

CEO pay is always a touchy subject. A new study puts their remuneration into perspective against the average Joe and…

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Share Market News

What COVID-19? World's 5 most valuable brands are up 54%

| Tony Yoo

The club has changed dramatically in the last 10 years, with only Microsoft and Google holding on to their spots…

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⏸️ Growth Investing

Buy up this sector that has tech-like growth: fundie

| Tony Yoo

Technology shares have passed their peak, so this is where Frazis Capital Partners is turning to for the next big…

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Coronavirus News

Aussie companies blast 'knee-jerk' COVID-19 border closures

| Tony Yoo

A new outbreak in Adelaide has freaked out some states. But businesses say clusters can be managed locally without ruining…

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Share Market News

ASIC to investigate if ASX is fit to hold market licence

| Tony Yoo

Outage that caused trading day cancellation is of "significant concern" to the corporate watchdog.

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Ask a Fund Manager

This cheap ASX share is supplying US giants: fundie

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Ask A Fund Manager: Cyan Investment Management's Dean Fergie talks about the ASX shares he likes and those his company…

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Share Market News

$278m fashion retailer debuts on ASX today

| Tony Yoo

Billionaire Brett Blundy turns around youth clothing chain Universal Store and is set to do pretty well out of its…

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Share Market News

10 hottest (and coldest) Aussie ETFs right now

| Tony Yoo

Let's take a look at the Australian ETFs that are attracting the most investor money. And the ones where shareholders…

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Share Market News

Best performing Aussie ETFs right now

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Australian exchange-traded funds were on fire in October. Here are the EFTs that provided the best returns for the month.

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Share Market News

Australian ETFs just broke an all-time record

| Tony Yoo

Aussie exchange-traded funds went absolutely gangbusters last month, breaking their own historic high set in September.

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Investing Strategies

The irresistible urge that costs retail investors 3% a year

| Tony Yoo

Losses will be even greater in 2020 because of COVID-19 market volatility. So how can you overcome natural human tendencies…

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Mergers & Acquisitions

ASX small cap RXP (ASX:RXP) is up 54%: Here's why

| Tony Yoo

Australian small fish to be swallowed by a French big fish in a massive deal for existing shareholders.

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Coronavirus News

History tells us 2 investment sectors will take off post-COVID

| Tony Yoo

A 90% effective vaccine has everyone excited. Now where do investors go from here? This is what some of experts…

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Coronavirus News

COVID-19 over? Credit and debit card spend surges

| Tony Yoo

Commonwealth Bank research shows Australians have started splashing the dollars around. Is the coronavirus recession over?

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Share Market News

Aussies going crazy for electric car maker, but it's not Tesla

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Wondering who or what is Nio Inc? And why are its shares on absolute fire among Australian investors? Let's take…

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Share Market News

News Corp-backed $319m tech company lists on ASX

| Tony Yoo

Hipages has been 17 years in the making, and on Thursday, investors can join News Corp's Rupert Murdoch as fellow…

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Ask a Fund Manager

Don't fall in love with a charismatic CEO, says fundie

| Tony Yoo

Ask A Fund Manager: Nucleus Wealth's Damien Klassen predicted a COVID-19 financial crisis in January. Now he's sitting on a…

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Share Market News

Qantas (ASX:QAN) to replace airport service desks with kiosks, app

| Tony Yoo

Airline continues its post-COVID-19 cost-cutting drive, but how will customers feel when there are delays and cancellations at the terminal?

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Financial Shares

Big 4 banks' own customers don't trust them

| Tony Yoo

CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ have been accommodating during COVID-19, but years of damage has resulted in negative perceptions that…

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Share Market News

ACCC investigates shareholder of ASX company

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The competition watchdog starts probe into whether a company buying up 35% of iSelect should really be doing that. Simples.

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Share Market News

Melbourne man found guilty of lying to ASX

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He was caught trying to manipulate ASX IPO requirements. Now he's disqualified from managing corporations for 5 years and $30,000…

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Share Market News

AMP (ASX:AMP) shuts down ETFs

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Not enough people are interested, so AMP Capital and Betashares are liquidating the funds. Here's the lowdown on these three…

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Share Market News

Qantas (ASX:QAN) and Jetstar add 48,000 seats, 282 flights a week

| Tony Yoo

The border between Australia's two most populous states are opening and Qantas could not be happier. Here's the lowdown...

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Communication Shares

Government declares 2021 as 'Year of 5G'

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Two 5G spectrum auctions are scheduled for next year. Is this good news for ASX-listed companies like Telstra and TPG…

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⏸️ Online Brokers

Share trade platform provides free $1 million protection for clients

| Tony Yoo

Think your online broker can't collapse? Many Australians have lost their life savings from their share trading platform going broke.

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Share Market News

World's biggest ever IPO stopped by regulators

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'From the deal of the century to the shock of the century': The Communist Party shows Jack Ma who's boss…

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Coronavirus News

COVID-19's hitting Europe and US hard, so where to invest?

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There are parts of the world where COVID-19 is under control, you know. What does this mean for deciding where…

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Coronavirus News

CBA (ASX:CBA) bans forced home sales until September

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CBA becomes the first of the big four banks promising not to foreclose on homeowners who fall behind on their…

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Investing Strategies

How to prepare your portfolio for economic recovery

| Tony Yoo

Bad times will eventually give way to good times. And this is what you need to do to cash in.

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Share Market News

Glory days of ASX bank shares are gone: fundie

| Tony Yoo

The Big Four used to deliver fat dividends and maintain solid stock prices. One expert says those days are past…

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Investing Strategies

Are ASX growth shares the new way to get yield?

| Tony Yoo

Experts say the days of 'set and forget' income investing is over. Now you have to be active and willing…

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Share Market News

RBA taps bank partners for crypto Australian dollar project

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Digital Australian dollar research steps up to the next level with major banks collaborating on a wholesale Etherium solution.

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