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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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⏸️ Alternative Assets

ASIC slams funds for misleading investors

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Retail investors rely on the name of the product to see what they're investing in. But watchdog finds labels sometimes…

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REITs

Why REITs have outperformed despite COVID-19

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Pengana (ASX: PCG) fund manager tells The Motley Fool why the real estate sector has been so resilient the past…

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⏸️ ASX Shares

How ASX shareholders are dudded by quarterly reports

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Well-known businessman David Gonski says excessive focus on quarterly reports comes at the expense of long-term goals

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Growth Shares

Atlassian is as big as top 15 ASX tech companies combined

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The Australian tech sector has many spectacular growth stories but the biggest of all dwarfs the rest.

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Share Market News

New ASX tech company warns customers it can't cope

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AI-Media (ASX: AIM) listed just one week ago, but already workload is killing it.

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Share Market News

CBA, Macquarie face new $167m dirty cash allegations

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Foreign banks warned of potentially criminal transactions, but the two banks accused of still allowing money to flow in and…

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Share Market News

New $280 million ASX tech share listing Wednesday

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Will this fintech be the next Afterpay? Demand has already pushed the IPO for Plenti Group Limited (ASX: PLT) from…

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Share Market News

Aussies trading this US share 5700% more than Uber

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It's not just US investors going crazy for Snowflake. Remarkable numbers are coming out of Australia for the new technology…

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Investing Strategies

4 words that frighten a $180 billion fund manager

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AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney shakes his head whenever he hears this at a barbecue.

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Share Market News

Macquarie (ASX:MQG) to earn $1 billion from a company you never heard of

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The Millionaires' Factory invested in a little-known software maker 9 years ago. Now it's about to list on the ASX.

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Coronavirus News

The moment Virgin Australia CEO knew the airline was in trouble

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The boss of Australia's second carrier recalls when he realised the year 2020 was going to be awful. Really awful.

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Growth Shares

3 ASX tech shares that are still in the buy zone

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If you think ASX tech shares are now overvalued, here are some less-known ones that might take your fancy.

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Share Market News

Fortescue (ASX:FMG) rejects ban on blowing up cultural sites

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Iron ore company, Fortescue, declines to put shareholder advocacy group's proposal on the agenda for its AGM on 11 November.

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⏸️ Growth Investing

Apple, Amazon, Microsoft are bigger than EVERY unicorn combined

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Do you have FOMO about startups? Check out this chart that shows how small unicorns really are.

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Value Investing

Is value investing dead?

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Growth stocks have easily outperformed value shares for the last 10 years. Will that continue or is it now value's…

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Coronavirus News

CBA (ASX:CBA) employees angry at 'disrespect'

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Major bank faces staff and union revolt as they fail to match the post-COVID pay rise of Westpac and NAB.

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Coronavirus News

Qantas (ASX:QAN) considers leaving Sydney

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The Aussie airline's headquarters has been in the harbour city for 82 years. But COVID-19 could drive Qantas out.

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Coronavirus News

Are telco shares winners now that everyone's staying home?

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Telstra and TPG shares are struggling. So are they bargains with Australians now using home and mobile internet like there's…

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Share Market News

NAB (ASX:NAB) penalised $57.5 million for ripping off customers

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Two wealth management businesses in the big bank charged $105 millon of fees without providing any service in return.

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Share Market News

ASX welcomes $180 million tech player on Tuesday

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Sydney company is already taking on the world, and retail investors are set to gain access this week.

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Share Market News

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) could pull a shock move to end crisis

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Shareholders are still fuming even after 3 executives were sacked. But one massive change could bring permanent change to its…

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Share Market News

Suncorp cuts 550 jobs

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The bank lops off 4% of its headcount after earlier announcing it would close 20 branches.

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Share Market News

BHP's climate plan is rubbish: shareholder group

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Mining giant criticised for not matching BP's promise and using a low-energy 2020 as a reference point for emissions reduction.

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Share Market News

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) heads roll, but investors want more

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Mining company does stunning backflip the envy of Olympic gymnasts, but shareholders demand permanent attitude change.

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⏸️ Investor Education

$1.1 billion pot: Do you have lost shares to claim?

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Lost stocks, dividends and bank accounts are just sitting there. Here's how to get your hands on your piece of…

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⏸️ ASX Shares

This ASX tech share is still cheap to buy

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Here's one Australian fintech that's still good value, according to a fund manager. And another that's popular but not worth…

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⏸️ ASX Shares

The biggest threat to tech shares

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Technology stocks have carried markets this year – but this single event will kill them, according to one fund manager.

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Share Market News

This LIC will be shut down if it doesn't meet target share price

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New manager Wilson Asset Management makes an Australian-first promise to attract and assure Blue Sky shareholders.

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Investing Strategies

This devastated sector is ripe for buying: fundie

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Travel shares will pick up faster than you realise, and the market is underappreciating them, according to Oscar Oberg at…

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Investing Strategies

'We could be heading for a lot of pain'

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Veteran investment executive Geoff Wilson tells shareholders to brace themselves and picks out the sector that's most in danger of…

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Coronavirus News

How long can capitalism be paused before it kills us all?

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We're currently living in a strange but necessary world of government subsidies. How long can we stay this way without…

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Share Market News

ASIC sues ASX company for more than $100 million

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Evans Dixon in hot water over financial advice given to clients regarding ASX-listed US Masters Residential Property Fund Unit.

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Share Market News

Another buy now, pay later company is listing on Monday

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Laybuy is crossing the Tasman to list on the ASX. What is the business about and how is it different…

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Investing Strategies

The one type of ASX company that outperforms all others

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These businesses provide higher returns to investors in the long term, finds Credit Suisse study. Here we take a look…

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Share Market News

QBE's silence triggers shareholder outrage

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Insurance giant sacked its CEO this week without any details on the reasons. Now investors and analysts call for transparency…

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Share Market News

Woolworths quietly launches new business

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Woolworths launch targets new grocery market expected to earn the supermarket giant $1 billion in revenue by 2024.

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How to invest

Revealed: Risk-reward myth shattered

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Large cap companies beat small cap companies each and every time: short-term, long-term, and after market trauma.

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Share Market News

Former BlueScope exec pleads guilty to inciting false evidence

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Former Bluescope exec, Jason Ellis, told colleagues to lie to the ACCC about conversations they had with other steel companies.

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Bank Shares

This chart shows why big banks are in trouble

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As COVID-19 struck, the big banks were quick to provide flexibility for customers in trouble. But that hasn't improved their…

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Share Market News

This ASX-listed company makes $5.7 million per employee

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It must be great to make millions of bucks for each staff member hired. Here are the top 10 on…

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