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Jeremy Siegel on why you need dividends

January 16, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

Here's why you should still love high dividend-paying stocks.

Leighton Holdings returns to profit, but remains a high risk investment

January 16, 2012 | Mike King

Leighton Holdings Limited shares jump as the company returns to profit. The shares look cheap, but are one of the…

Iluka Resources: Revenues jump by 75%, but I'm steering clear

January 16, 2012 | Mike King

Iluka Resources Limited revenues are growing quickly, but lower zircon production and sales levels in 2012 is the warning sign…

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Why I'm buying QBE Insurance shares next week

January 13, 2012 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

For those who hold QBE Insurance, the huge profit warning was as welcome as a January hailstorm. Rather than running…

Calm descends on world markets as Europe crisis deferred

January 13, 2012 | Bruce Jackson

Spain and Italy spread cheer through world sharemarkets, which is more than can be said for QBE Insurance and ANZ.…

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One MAD stock still on our radar

January 13, 2012 | Dean Morel

For the second time since listing in 2010, Maverick Drilling and Exploration Limited has doubled its reserves. The shares jumped…

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Super Retail Group: The super retailer?

January 12, 2012 | Mike King

Super Retail Group Ltd seem to be bucking the trend of falling sales and falling share prices that are apparent…

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Two dire warnings and one moment of brilliance

January 12, 2012 | Bruce Jackson

Fitch's warning of a cataclysmic collapse of the euro is outdone by QBE's dire profit warning.

Boom Logistics shares soared: What you need to know

January 11, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

Boom Logistics Limited (ASX: BOL) soared close to 20 per cent higher after the company responded to an ASX share…

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Barbarians back at the gate

January 11, 2012 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Private equity is circling ASX-listed businesses - just one more sign that today’s market is cheap

Seeds of a new boom for shares?

January 11, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

One thing is certain: We are closer to the next bull market today than we were a few years ago.

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S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index P/E (PER) 1974-2011

January 11, 2012 | Dean Morel

The All Ordinaries long-term P/E chart closed 2011 at 12.21. Here are the last three years. What do you think?…

Jeremy Siegel on why so many experts missed the crash

January 11, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

How did so many expects miss the GFC? In this short video, The Motley Fool asked famed Wharton finance professor…

Platinum Asset Management: Not FUM anymore

January 10, 2012 | Mike King

A bet on Platinum Asset Management is a bet on a rising sharemarket. Do you feel lucky?

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Rediscover that winning sharemarket feeling

January 10, 2012 | Bruce Jackson

People are running away from shares, but there are great growth opportunities, especially in the overlooked small cap sector.

Kathmandu Holdings: A Wall To Climb

January 10, 2012 | Jonathan Lee

Kathmandu shares hit a wall just prior to Christmas. The road ahead could be rocky.

6 reasons you're a bad sharemarket investor

January 9, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

These mental traps may be killing your portfolio

My 2012 investing resolutions

January 8, 2012 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Make yourself the best investor you can be. Make each new purchase decision better than the last - by being…

Half way through the ASX's lost decade

January 6, 2012 | Bruce Jackson

Half way through the ASX's lost decade, investors could be forgiven for throwing in the towel. If nothing else, in…

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3 reasons I'm avoiding China

January 6, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

The emperor may, in fact, have no clothes. On the heels of the European debt crisis comes a deepening fear…

Why the ASX's big new year rally means nothing

January 5, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

For many investors, there's no better way to start off a new year than to have a nice big share…

The January sharemarket effect: Enjoy whilst it lasts

January 5, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

The ASX is off to a flying start in 2012, writes The Motley Fool. Could it be the January effect…

An investing resolution that will pay off

January 4, 2012 | Motley Fool Staff

The new year is the traditional time to make resolutions on things we'd like to do better. And unless you've…

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Five Big Threats In 2012

December 30, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

2011 was all about the eurozone crisis. And 2012 could be as well. But it isn't the only threat out…

Robert Shiller on Why Home Prices Could Fall for Several Decades

December 24, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

No one knows what will happen, but it's not hard to argue that the U.S. housing market is nearing a…

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's lackluster 2011

December 24, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

Even the best investors struggled in 2011. Shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fell 5 per cent, even though the…

Not standing in AWE at this special dividend

December 23, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

The market yawned at AWE's special dividend. Has this oil and gas company run out of ideas?

PaperlinX Limited: The pain could be almost over

December 23, 2011 | Bruce Jackson

For long-suffering PaperlinX shareholders, this could finally be the end-game. It's been a painful ride.

Fitch threatens to downgrade U.S. debt from AAA

December 23, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

Is another credit rating downgrade for the U.S. economy on the cards? Whatever happens, investors are rightly shrugging their shoulders…

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Investing lessons for a more prosperous 2012 and beyond

December 23, 2011 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Rather than wallow in the opportunities lost and the portfolio values that seem to have gone up in smoke, instead…

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Cool summer wreaking havoc on these ASX stocks

December 22, 2011 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

When sales growth for these ASX stocks hits an unusual bump in the road, the reason is likely to be…

Matrix Composites & Engineering: Results trumps potential

December 22, 2011 | Mike King

Matrix Composites and Engineering Limited (ASX:MCE) has been awarded a cooperation agreement by a leading European oil services company potentially…

5 safe haven ASX stocks for 2012

December 21, 2011 | Mike King

2012 might be grim. These 5 ASX shares offer some protection

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I Can't Stand It Anymore

December 20, 2011 | Dean Morel

Billabong International Limited (ASX:BBG) wiped out yesterday, and still hasn't come up for air. Billabong continues to get dragged against…

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MF Global: How the Trade Actually Went Down

December 20, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

Regulators, credit ratings agencies, and investors became increasingly concerned regarding the size of MF Global's exposure to European sovereign debt.…

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MF Global Disaster: How the Trade Was Supposed to Work

December 20, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

Beginning in 2010, MF Global put on a series of European sovereign bond trades ("repo-to-maturity" transactions). MF Global borrowed money…

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Has Macmahon constructed a solid base?

December 20, 2011 | Dean Morel

MacMahon Holdings Limited (ASX: MAH) was a shining beacon cutting through the economic fog, as it pre-announced better than expected earnings…

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The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global

December 20, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

"You can't just look at what is good in the moment, what feels good, what works for today may not…

Kim Jong Il dies and the S&P/ASX 200 slumps 2.3 per cent as Billabong wipes out

December 19, 2011 | Motley Fool Staff

Kim Jon Il, the North Korean dictator who allegedly shot 11 holes-in-one in the first round of golf he ever…

What Kim Jong Il's death means for investors

December 19, 2011 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, has apparently died of a heart attack, aged 69. World sharemarkets were already falling,…

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Jeremy Siegel on why so many experts missed the crash

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Platinum Asset Management: Not FUM anymore

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Rediscover that winning sharemarket feeling

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