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Best Shares

Best and worst performing ASX 200 sectors of 2025

| Bronwyn Allen

The best performing sector delivered quadruple the gains of the broader ASX 200.

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Share Market News

Is the share market going to crash in 2026? Here's what I plan to do

| Grace Alvino

Everyone’s talking about a 2026 crash. Here’s why I’m staying calm, staying invested, and sticking to my plan.

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Retirement

Retirement wealth plan: Create $1 million with a single Australian stock

| Sebastian Bowen

Compounding can help you retire early.

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Opinions

5 ASX shares I'd buy with $10,000 this week

| Samantha Menzies

These are the ASX stocks I have my eye on this week.

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Dividend Investing

3 Aussie passive income stocks delivering decades upon decades of dividends

| Tristan Harrison

Income-focused investors could benefit from these stocks.

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Share Market News

ASX 200 turbulent following the RBA interest rate decision

| Bernd Struben

ASX investors will need to accept plenty of uncertainty on the outlook for interest rates in 2026.

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Share Market News

The ASX 200 has taken a breather. Here's what usually happens next

| Leigh Gant

A soft patch reveals the market catching its breath rather than shifting course.

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Share Market News

ASX 200 vs US stocks: Where the next decade of big winners may come from

| Leigh Gant

The ASX 200 or the US? Strong cases exist for both, but disciplined diversification often wins over decades.

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Recent Share Market News

Share Market News

Here are the top 10 ASX shares today

| Mitchell Lawler

Here are your top 10 biggest gainers in the ASX 200 on Friday.

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Broker Notes

Brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy today

| James Mickleboro

Brokers are bullish on these ASX shares...

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Share Market News

Here are the 3 most heavily traded ASX 200 shares this Friday

| Sebastian Bowen

We take a look at the most active ASX 200 shares by volume…

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Share Gainers

149% in a month: Essential Metals (ASX:ESS) share price glides higher on lithium update

| Zach Bristow

The mineral explorer has had a great past month.

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Share Fallers

Why Afterpay, BWX, Pendal, and Temple & Webster shares are sinking

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are sinking more than most today...

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Share Gainers

Why AnteoTech, BrainChip, City Chic, and ResMed shares are charging higher

| James Mickleboro

In afternoon trade, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to end the week with a decline. At the…

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Growth Shares

Here's why the Pushpay (ASX:PPH) share price could be significantly undervalued

| Tristan Harrison

Pushpay shares could be an undervalued opportunity.

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BNPL shares

Is the slide in BNPL shares like Zip (ASX:Z1P) just getting started?

| Zach Bristow

What's in store for BNPL shares in 2022? Here's what the experts think

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Broker Notes

Is the Woodside (ASX:WPL) share price set for an "explosive performance" this year?

| Brendon Lau

The oil price and ASX energy shares may rally in 2022, according to this fund manager.

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Share Market News

This needs to change before the Bega Cheese (ASX:BGA) share price rerates

| James Mickleboro

Bega Cheese's shares have been downgraded...

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52-Week Highs

The Telstra (ASX:TLS) share price has already hit multiple 52-week highs this year. What's happening?

| Brooke Cooper

The telecommunications giant has hit yet another 12-month high today.

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Broker Notes

Why Liontown (ASX:LTR) could be a lithium share to buy in 2022

| James Mickleboro

This could be a lithium share to buy...

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Opinions

Why Scott Phillips says he will never sell this international share

| Mitchell Lawler

Warren Buffett's favourite holding period is forever. His company might make a good candidate...

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Share Market News

ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) midday update: Qantas cuts capacity, Afterpay hits 52-week low

| James Mickleboro

The ASX 200 is ending the week in the red...

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Share Market News

Why is Ellume hitting headlines today?

| Brooke Cooper

Brisbane-based diagnostics developer Ellume is back in the headlines.

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Record Highs

Why the BrainChip (ASX:BRN) share price is rocketing 21% to a new record high

| James Mickleboro

BrainChip is booming again...

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IPOs

Can Beforepay replicate Afterpay when it lists on the ASX on Monday?

| Tony Yoo

Shares for the payday advance provider are available for trade soon. What's the business like and who is behind it?

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Technology Shares

2 exciting ASX tech shares that actually jumped last month

| Tony Yoo

Technology and growth stock prices have been rolling downhill the past couple of months, but this pair has defied the…

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Share Market News

How to invest in emerging markets on the ASX

| Sebastian Bowen

Here's an easy way to add some exotic shares.

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Technology Shares

Down 14% in 10 days, is the Xero (ASX:XRO) share price now an undervalued buy?

| Tristan Harrison

Xero shares have fallen this year. Is it now a buy?

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Broker Notes

Own Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) shares? Jefferies says they'll outperform 'in the near term'

| Zach Bristow

Own Rio Tinto shares? You might be interested in what Jefferies just had to say about the company and the…

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BNPL shares

Here's how the Afterpay (ASX:APT) share price performed in 2021

| Tony Yoo

The buy now, pay later provider has been the topic du jour for many get-rich barbecue stories the past few…

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Retail Shares

Here's why the Baby Bunting (ASX:BBN) share price is rated as a compelling buy

| Tristan Harrison

Baby Bunting shares are well liked by analysts right now.

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Growth Shares

Is it too late to invest in Temple & Webster (ASX:TPW) shares?

| Tristan Harrison

Are Temple & Webster shares still an opportunity? Or is it too late?

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Share Market News

5 things to watch on the ASX 200 on Friday

| James Mickleboro

It looks set to be a tough day for the ASX 200 on Friday...

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Share Market News

The Novatti (ASX:NOV) share price is up 20% so far this week. What's going on?

| Monica O'Shea

This buy now, pay later company is rocketing ahead...

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Share Market News

Here are the top 10 ASX shares today

| Mitchell Lawler

Here are your top 10 biggest gainers in the ASX 200 on Thursday.

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Share Gainers

How has the Green Technology Metals (ASX:GT1) share price surged 60% already this year?

| Monica O'Shea

This lithium miner's shares are in the midst of a terrific run...

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Broker Notes

ANZ (ASX:ANZ) will lag other majors on this key growth metric in 2022 says top broker

| Zach Bristow

This top broker reckons ANZ will lag its peers on a key growth metric in 2022 before making a mild…

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Share Market News

Why BWX, PolyNovo, Sandfire, and Sonic shares are tumbling today

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are falling on Thursday...

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Share Market News

Here are the 3 most heavily traded ASX 200 shares on Thursday

| Sebastian Bowen

We take a look at the most active ASX 200 shares by volume…

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Broker Notes

Top brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy today

| James Mickleboro

Brokers are feeling bullish about these ASX shares...

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Share Gainers

Why BrainChip, Crown, Objective, and South32 shares are racing higher

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are making their shareholders happy today...

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Share Market News

Here's why the Crown (ASX:CWN) share price jumped 9% today

| James Mickleboro

Crown shares are storming higher today. Here's why...

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Share Gainers

Why is the Origin (ASX:ORG) share price hitting new highs today?

| Zach Bristow

The Origin Energy share price is catching bids today amid sector-wide strengths and a rotation back into defensives.

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Share Gainers

Global Lithium (ASX:GL1) share price soars 13% to record highs

| Zach Bristow

New board appointments appear to have been well received by investors...

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Share Market News

ASX 200 (ASX:XJO) midday update: Crown jumps, miners rally, Sonic sinks

| James Mickleboro

At lunch on Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on form again and pushing higher. The benchmark index…

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Small Cap Shares

2 unloved ASX growth shares that have good potential: expert

| Tristan Harrison

Naos has revealed two unloved ASX growth shares that it likes right now.

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Broker Notes

Own Suncorp (ASX:SUN) shares? Here's what top analysts are saying

| Zach Bristow

Here's what these leading analysts are saying about the outlook for the company and its share price

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Broker Notes

PointsBet (ASX:PBH) share price falls on mixed broker note

| James Mickleboro

Here's why PointsBet's shares are falling...

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