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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

Why this ASX 200 share smashed the market with a 5% rally today

| Bronwyn Allen

United Malt Group was the second-best performer among the ASX 200 today.

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Blue Chip Shares

Buy NAB and this ASX 200 blue chip share: brokers

| James Mickleboro

Brokers say that these blue chip shares could give your portfolio a boost...

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Share Gainers

Here are the top 10 ASX 200 shares today

| Brooke Cooper

Guess which ASX 200 healthcare share defied the market's downturn on Friday.

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Share Market News

2 quality ASX 300 shares trading at bargain-basement prices today

| Tristan Harrison

These 2 stocks could be too cheap to pass up.

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Materials Shares

Own BHP shares? Here's what the market expects from its half year results

| James Mickleboro

Is this mining giant going to deliver another strong result later this month thanks to commodity price strength?

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Share Market News

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

| Sebastian Bowen

Massive losses for ASX 200 coal shares are driving volumes this Friday...

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Best Shares

Here's the next ASX share I'm going to buy

| Sebastian Bowen

Here are three reasons why I can't wait to add this ASX share to my portfolio.

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Broker Notes

Brokers name 3 ASX shares to buy now

| James Mickleboro

Here's why brokers rate this bank, biotech, and tech share as buys right now...

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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

Why has the Flight Centre share price soared 20% in a month?

| Bronwyn Allen

The Scott Dunn acquisition isn't the only tailwind for Flight Centre shares.

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Share Fallers

Why AGL, New Hope, News Corp, and REA shares are dropping today

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are out of form and ending the week in the red...

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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

Buy Woolworths shares today for 15% upside plus passive income: Goldman

| Sebastian Bowen

Woolworths shares could rocket in 2023, according to this broker.

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Dividend Investing

These 2 ASX All Ords shares will trade ex-dividend next week

| Brooke Cooper

Interested in these upcoming dividends? You might want to get in quick.

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Share Market News

Could an Aussie house price crash destroy the ASX 200 in 2023?

| Bronwyn Allen

Home values are falling at their fastest and steepest rate in 40 years. 

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Earnings Results

News Corp share price down 6% amid sliding earnings and planned job cuts

| Bernd Struben

News Corp expects to cut 1,250 positions, or 5% of its workforce, in 2023.

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Retail Shares

Earnings inbound: How could JB Hi-Fi shares respond on Monday?

| Mitchell Lawler

All the beans are about to be spilled, but what will be important?

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Share Gainers

Why Appen, Endeavour, Imugene, and Treasury Wine shares are pushing higher

| James Mickleboro

These ASX shares are defying market weakness and ending the week with a bang...

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Broker Notes

Do Wesfarmers shares really offer 13% upside AND passive income?

| Brooke Cooper

Is the Wesfarmers share price really on track to surpass $55?

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Technology Shares

Why has the BrainChip share price crashed 19% in 2023?

| James Mickleboro

Investors have been hitting the sell button again this year, sending this meme stock deep into the red...

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Consumer Staples & Discretionary Shares

Treasury Wine share price climbs on China tariff hopes

| Bronwyn Allen

Will Penfolds and Wolf Blass be back in Chinese bottle shops soon?

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Resources Shares

Own Pilbara Minerals shares? Here's why China is set to remain a 'key customer'

| Bernd Struben

In 2022, EV sales in China averaged more than 500,000 per month.

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Growth Shares

If I had a spare $1,000, here's where I'd invest in the stock market now

| James Mickleboro

I think these ASX shares could be great options for investors with cash burning a hole in their pocket.

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ETFs

2 fantastic ETFs for ASX investors to buy and hold

| James Mickleboro

These ETFs could be an easy way for investors to grow their wealth over the long term…

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Growth Shares

Expect big things from these ASX growth shares: analysts

| James Mickleboro

Pizza and furniture don't usually mix, but they could for a growth portfolio...

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Share Gainers

Why has ASX 300 rare earths stock Arafura rocketed 40% in 2023?

| Brooke Cooper

The last six weeks have been good to those invested in the rare earths favourite.

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Bank Shares

The CBA share price is trading near all-time highs. Should you cash in?

| Sebastian Bowen

Have CBA shares run up too far?

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Energy Shares

New Hope share price dives 9% as ASX 200 coal stocks get hit hard

| Bernd Struben

It’s not just New Hope shares that are sliding today. Whitehaven Coal and Yancoal are deep in the red as…

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Energy Shares

This ASX All Ords fundie just dumped $300 million of Whitehaven shares. Is this a red flag?

| Tristan Harrison

Are institutional investors starting to bail out of coal shares?

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin price slumps 5% amid regulation fears

| Mitchell Lawler

Did regulators just drive a stake through the heart of this crypto investment?

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Healthcare Shares

Guess which ASX 200 healthcare share is surging 5% on a new US patent?

| Brooke Cooper

The company has announced a "particularly important" intellectual property win.

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Energy Shares

Is the AGL share price sell off a buying opportunity?

| James Mickleboro

AGL has been sold off this week due to a very poor half year result. Time to buy?

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Resources Shares

Fortescue share price shrugs off layoff rumblings

| Bernd Struben

Employees potentially facing job losses include those at environmentally-focused Fortescue Future Industries (FFI).

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Technology Shares

Appen share price soars again, up 29% since Monday

| James Mickleboro

The dawning of a new age of artificial intelligence appears to have put a rocket under Appen shares this week...

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Dividend Investing

2 ASX shares with a dividend boost coming

| Tristan Harrison

Some businesses are about to hand investors a pay rise.

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International Stock News

Boom! Why has Tesla stock rocketed 68% so far in 2023?

| Brooke Cooper

It's already been a year to remember for the electric vehicle giant.

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Earnings Results

REA share price tumbles on half year earnings miss

| James Mickleboro

REA's profits are being impacted by the cooling housing market...

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Opinions

The top ASX 200 share on my watch list right now

| Tristan Harrison

I think this could be a top long-term pick.

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Dividend Investing

With no savings at 35, I'd buy this ASX 200 dividend stock to start earning monthly passive income

| Bernd Struben

If I was 35 with little to no savings, I’d be sure to run my slide rule across the range…

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Bank Shares

Are ANZ shares a buy after the bank's Q1 update?

| James Mickleboro

Is ANZ a big four bank to buy right now? Or should you give it a miss?

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Dividend Investing

Did you buy $1,000 of IGO shares 10 years ago? If so, here's how much dividend income you've earned

| Brooke Cooper

The mining giant has tripled investors' money in just 10 years.

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Travel Shares

These are the best ASX 200 travel shares to buy right now: broker

| James Mickleboro

If you want exposure to the rebounding travel market then this is how to do it...

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