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Retail Shares

Michael Hill (ASX:MHJ) share price gains on 1,382% profit increase

| Brooke Cooper

Financial year 2021 was a good one for Michael Hill.

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Small Cap Shares

3 exciting small cap ASX shares to watch right now

| James Mickleboro

Booktopia Group Ltd (ASX:BKG) and these small cap ASX shares could be worth watching very closely. Here's what you need to…

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Technology Shares

Analysts rate these ASX tech shares as buys

| James Mickleboro

Here a couple of highly rated ASX tech shares...

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Financial Shares

Here's why the AMP (ASX:AMP) share price is down 9% in a week

| Brooke Cooper

Let's take a look at what's been weighing on the financial services provider's shares.

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Share Market News

Why the Woodside (ASX:WPL) share price is down 11% in a week

| Brooke Cooper

In case you missed it, here's what went down with Woodside (and its share price) this week.

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Travel Shares

What can we learn from the Qantas (ASX:QAN) share price history?

| Sebastian Bowen

What can we learn from the flying kangaroo's recent share price performance?

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Financial Shares

What happened to the NIB (ASX:NHF) share price last earnings season?

| Aaron Teboneras

The NIB share price is closing in on its all-time high of $8.20 achieved in July 2019. How will it…

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Dividend Investing

2 ASX shares with generous fully franked dividend yields

| James Mickleboro

Looking for fully franked dividends? Check out these shares...

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Healthcare Shares

How did the Sonic Healthcare (ASX:SHL) share price respond last earnings season?

| Bernd Struben

The ASX 200 healthcare company will report its full year results tomorrow.

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Growth Shares

Why Zip (ASX:Z1P) and these growth shares could be buys

| James Mickleboro

Check out these ASX growth shares...

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Broker Notes

Top brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy next week

| James Mickleboro

Brokers are feeling positive about these ASX shares...

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Technology Shares

The Audinate (ASX:AD8) share price tanked 7% last time the company reported

| Nikhil Gangaram

Investors will be hoping the audio tech company doesn’t repeat its 2020 earnings performance this reporting season.

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Broker Notes

Top brokers name 3 ASX shares to sell next week

| James Mickleboro

Brokers aren't feeling overly positive on these shares...

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Share Market News

Here's what has been moving the A2 Milk (ASX:A2M) share price in August 2021

| Tristan Harrison

A2 Milk shares have gone up more than 10% in August 2021.

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Energy Shares

How does the AGL (ASX:AGL) earnings result compare to Origin?

| Brooke Cooper

Did AGL come out on top during financial year 2021?

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Dividend Investing

2 top ASX dividend shares that just delivered big growth

| Tristan Harrison

Adairs and Inghams just delivered big growth in FY21 with a higher dividends.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Can the Western Areas (ASX:WSA) takeover prompt BHP (ASX:BHP) to go nickel shopping?

| Brendon Lau

A takeover battle for Western Areas may only be just heating up as two new potential suitors enter the field.

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Resources Shares

After ASX mining shares crashed last week, top brokers are backing this miner

| Brendon Lau

ASX mining shares took one of their biggest drubbings last week, but top brokers reckon this is the time to…

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Dividend Investing

Analysts name 2 ASX dividend shares with attractive yields as buys

| James Mickleboro

Analysts are tipping these dividend shares are ones to buy...

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Share Market News

3 of the best ASX results from week three of reporting season

| James Mickleboro

These results were among the best from week three of reporting season...

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Bank Shares

August has been a good month so far for the Westpac (ASX:WBC) share price

| Marc Sidarous

Shares in the bank are up almost 5% so far in August. We take a closer look

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Technology Shares

2 ASX shares that may be worth looking at this weekend

| Tristan Harrison

BetaShares Asia Technology Tigers ETF and Volpara could be two ASX shares to think about.

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Share Fallers

August hasn't been a great month for the Mineral Resources (ASX:MIN) share price

| Kerry Sun

From record highs to 2-month lows. What happened to the Mineral Resources share price?

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Bank Shares

How does the CBA (ASX:CBA) earnings result compare to Bendigo Bank?

| Brooke Cooper

Did Australia's fifth largest bank outperform CBA in FY21?

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Share Market News

These were the best performing ASX 200 shares last week

| James Mickleboro

These ASX 200 shares were on form last week...

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Share Fallers

These were the worst performing ASX 200 shares last week

| James Mickleboro

These ASX 200 shares had a bad week...

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Travel Shares

How do the Sydney Airport (ASX:SYD) results compare to Auckland Airport?

| Aaron Teboneras

We take a look at how the airport operators' figures stack up against each other.

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⏸️ Investor Education

How is the ASX 200 Index (ASX:XJO) share list compiled?

| Sebastian Bowen

How does the ASX 200 Index work exactly?

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⏸️ Dividend Shares

The Adairs (ASX:ADH) dividend more than doubled in FY21

| Kerry Sun

A record financial result will see a generous dividend paid out to Adairs shareholders.

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BNPL shares

August has been a great month so far for the Afterpay (ASX:APT) share price

| Tristan Harrison

The Afterpay share price has performed strongly in August 2021.

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Healthcare Shares

What happened to the Next Science (ASX:NXS) share price last earnings season?

| Ken Hall

Shares in the Aussie biotech were smashed on Friday before recovering late in the day

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Bank Shares

August has been a great month so far for the NAB (ASX:NAB) share price

| Marc Sidarous

Shares in the banking giant are up almost 6% in the month

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Growth Shares

Brokers name 2 mid cap ASX shares as buys

| James Mickleboro

Nuix Limited (ASX: NXL) and these mid cap ASX shares could be great long term investments for investors. Here's why they…

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Growth Shares

Here are 3 buy-rated ASX growth shares

| James Mickleboro

These growth shares are rated as buys...

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ETFs

3 popular ETFs that could be top options for ASX investors

| James Mickleboro

These ETFs are popular for a reason...

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Share Market News

The ASX reporting wrap-up: Cochlear, Sydney Airport, TPG

| Mitchell Lawler

Just what the investor ordered. Here’s a recap of the companies that reported on Friday...

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Share Market News

BCI Minerals (ASX:BCI) share price advances following 108% increase on revenue

| Aaron Teboneras

How did the company perform for the 2021 financial year?

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Dividend Investing

2 ASX dividends shares with attractive yields

| James Mickleboro

These dividend shares offer investors attractive yields...

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Share Market News

Here are the 3 top trading ASX 200 shares this Friday

| Sebastian Bowen

Which ASX 200 share was the most heavily traded this Friday?

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Share Market News

Here are the top 10 ASX 200 shares today

| Mitchell Lawler

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

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