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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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Investing Strategies

My top 5 ASX 200 shares I would buy with $10,000

| Grace Alvino

$10,000. Five ASX 200 shares. Here’s where I’d invest today to stack the odds in my favour for long-term returns.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Lessons from a 4-day long weekend

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Get your adrenaline shot somewhere else.

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Growth Shares

The best Australian stocks to buy in 2026

| James Mickleboro

Analysts are feeling bullish about these stocks for next year.

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Personal Finance

With no savings at 50, I'd follow Warren Buffett's method to build wealth

| Tristan Harrison

Warren Buffett has a number of useful lessons.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Merry Christmas

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Merry Christmas from The Motley Fool.

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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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Recent editor's choice News

Resources Shares

Iron ore prices poised to hit US$180 next month: Westpac

| Brendon Lau

The Chinese government’s attempt to cool the iron ore price has not stopped some experts from predicting another surge as…

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⏸️ Investing

Robinhood phenomenon lures Gen Z and Millennial investors, but will it continue?

| Mitchell Lawler

The Robinhood phenomenon has surged in 2020, with young investors leading the charge. We shine a light on the reasons…

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Technology Shares

The NBN is finally finished. Is Telstra (ASX:TLS) waiting in the wings?

| Sebastian Bowen

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is finally finished. Here's why Telstra Corporation Ltd (ASX:T LS) might buy it back and…

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Share Market News

With the ASX tipped to outperform in 2021, shares in this sector could rocket

| Bernd Struben

In a year dominated by the pandemic and unprecedented stimulus spending, are ASX shares over or undervalued heading into 2021?

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How to invest

What a 20x return on Afterpay (ASX:APT) shares taught me

| Mitchell Lawler

With the Afterpay (ASX: APT) share price up more than 280% in a year, I reflect on the lessons from…

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⏸️ Dividend Shares

Forget savings accounts and look at these quality ASX dividend shares

| James Mickleboro

Forget Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) savings accounts and look at these ASX dividend shares for income...

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⏸️ ASX Shares

3 of the best ASX shares to buy right now

| Sebastian Bowen

Xero Limited (ASX: XRO) is one of 3 ASX shares that broker Goldman Sachs says are the best shares to…

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Resources Shares

Are we heading for a new ASX resources 'supercycle'?

| Sebastian Bowen

Are ASX resources shares like BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) headed for a new resources 'supercycle'? These fund managers think…

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⏸️ Dividend Shares

These 4 ASX REITS are about to go ex-dividend

| Mitchell Lawler

These 4 ASX REITs are going ex-dividend soon. Here's a closer look at all 4 dividend shares, and how much…

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Energy Shares

Here's how ASX 200 energy shares have performed in 2020 so far

| Sebastian Bowen

Here's how ASX energy shares like Oil Seach Ltd (ASX: OSH) and Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ASX: WPL) have performed in…

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ASX IPO Expert Picks
Share Market News

Experts pick the best ASX IPO of 2020

| Tony Yoo

Three fund managers tell us the newly listed stock they think has the best chance of sustainable long-term returns.

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Best Shares

7 top ASX biomedical shares in 2020

| Kate O'Brien

We take a closer look at 7 top ASX biomedical shares in 2020 and how they delivered for shareholders this…

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Motley Fool Take Stock

How do you live on bank interest when rates are this low?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If you want a better solution to interest rates near zero, my answer is a well-balanced portfolio containing dividend shares.

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Share Market News

Why this fund manager prefers Transurban over Sydney Airport, Flight Centre and Qantas

| Bernd Struben

With 2021 just days away, all eyes are on the ASX 200 recovery trade. Here's why this fund manager has…

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Share Market News

Why ASX energy shares in this beaten down sector could rally in 2021

| Bernd Struben

ASX energy shares in this beaten down sector haven't had the best of years. But that could change in 2021…

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Resources Shares

How to get the best out of the 2021 mining boom

| Brendon Lau

ASX mining stocks are the second best performers in 2020, but they could take the top spot in 2021 thanks…

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Defensive Shares

Is this the perfect ETF to buy for 2021?

| Sebastian Bowen

With a year of uncertainty ahead in 2021, here's an ASX ETF that might be just what the doctor ordered…

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Share Market News

In a record-breaking year, here are some of the world's most popular shares

| Sebastian Bowen

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) was among the world's most popular shares on Saxo Markets. Here are some of the others,…

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Share Market News

You might have missed these top performing ASX IPOs of 2020  

| Lina Lim

These stellar ASX IPOs delivered triple digit returns for shareholders in less than 12 months. Here's the rundown on these…

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Gold

Here's why a big broker thinks you should avoid these ASX gold shares 

| Lina Lim

Citi thinks gold prices will peak in 2021 and fall in 2022. These ASX gold mining shares were downgraded to…

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Share Market News

ASX ordered to take a good look in the mirror

| Tony Yoo

Broking firms have also been told off by ASIC for solely relying on ASX and not having alternatives like Chi-X…

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Share Market News

Why shares are less risky now than 30 years ago

| Tony Yoo

Tesla is now as big as 8 biggest petrol car makers and Afterpay is larger than Coles. How can this…

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Share Market News

New BNPL enters ASX: How it promises to be different

| Tony Yoo

There's another buy now, pay later provider on the market. Here's how it's different from Afterpay, straight from the co-founder's…

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Share Market News

3 top ASX retail shares for your 2021 portfolio

| Bernd Struben

It's time to put 2020 behind us and look ahead to 2021. Here's why these 3 ASX 200 retail shares…

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Best Shares

5 top ASX cannabis shares in 2020

| Kate O'Brien

We take a closer look at the 5 top ASX cannabis shares in 2020 and how they delivered for shareholders…

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International Stock News

What will happen when Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) joins the S&P 500 today?

| Sebastian Bowen

Elon Musk's Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) will officially join the United States' S&P 500 Index tonight. Here's how that works and…

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Technology Shares

The most crazy ASX chart of 2020

| Regan Pearson

From AfterPay (ASX:APT) to the Xero (ASX:XRO) share price, we look at one chart that sums up the year: ASX…

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Share Gainers

Here's how rich Afterpay (ASX:APT) shares have made shareholders

| Sebastian Bowen

How rich have Afterpay Ltd (ASX: APT) shares made their shareholders exactly? Here is a breakdown of this FOMO-inducing question…

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Share Market News

Forecast double-digit surge in Aussie dollar could put brakes on ASX rally in 2021

| Brendon Lau

Investors who have yet to factor the Australian dollar into their ASX investment decisions should pay heed.

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⏸️ ASX Shares

These are the 10 most shorted shares on the ASX

| James Mickleboro

A2 Milk Company Ltd (ASX:A2M) and Webjet Limited (ASX:WEB) shares are among the most shorted shares on the ASX...

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Share Market News

ASX 200 Weekly Wrap: ASX hits new post-March high

| Sebastian Bowen

Here on our ASX 200 Foolish Weekly Wrap, we look at the things that moved the S&P/ASX 200 Index and…

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How to invest

How useful is the P/E ratio in assessing ASX shares?

| Sebastian Bowen

Here are some do's and don'ts when it comes to using the popular metric, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, to assess…

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Share Market News

2 ASX dividend shares for 2021's zero interest rate world

| Bernd Struben

With Australia's interest rates effectively zero – or even negative – ASX dividend shares are in the spotlight for 2021.

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Share Market News

US fundie predicts 25% share market gain in 2021

| Sebastian Bowen

Could we be seeing a 25% gain for US shares or the ASX 200 next year in 2021? This US…

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Share Market News

Could this be the saving grace for the Zip Co Ltd (ASX:Z1P) share price?

| Lina Lim

Could the Zip Co Ltd (ASX: Z1P) share price finally make a breakthrough after a successful capital raising this week?…

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Personal Finance

How wealthy are you compared to the average household?

| Sebastian Bowen

How wealthy is your household compared to the average Australian? The answer might surprise you, since wealth inequality is pervasive

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Share Market News

Qantas (ASX:QAN) dobbed in to ACCC by rival

| Tony Yoo

Independent airline accuses giant rival of flooding the market with below-cost flights to kill off competition.

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Share Market News

World's 10 biggest companies are now worth 12% of Earth's GDP

| Tony Yoo

The dominance of these multinationals has finally been quantified in the most dramatic way. Check out the numbers.

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Share Market News

27 ASX companies just got an unwanted knock on the door

| Tony Yoo

Four listed businesses had $60 million of profit wiped after they were forced to amend their 30 June 2020 financial…

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Cryptocurrencies

What stigma? Why the wealthy are loading up on bitcoin at all-time highs

| Sebastian Bowen

Bitcoin has just hit a new all-time high above US$22,000. Here are some reasons it's losing its stigma amongst wealthy…

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