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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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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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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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How to invest

Can someone invest like Warren Buffett with a spare $500?

| Sebastian Bowen

You don't have to be rich to invest like Uncle Warren.

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Warren Buffett
Investing Strategies

With 2026 approaching, Warren Buffett is sending investors 3 clear signals

| Leigh Gant

Warren Buffett’s restraint may be the clearest signal investors should pay attention to heading into 2026.

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Broker Notes

What are Macquarie's top ASX stock picks for the final week of earnings season?

| Tristan Harrison

These stocks could deliver reports worth watching this week.

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What goes down… has always gone up

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Stay the course, we must.

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Opinions

3 ASX stocks to build generational wealth your grandchildren will thank you for

| Tristan Harrison

These investments offer investors a lot of growth potential.

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Superannuation

Here's the average Australian superannuation balance at age 52

| Bronwyn Allen

Is it enough to ensure a financially comfortable retirement down the track?

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Dividend Investing

Here's how to target a $50,000 annual second income, starting from zero

| Sebastian Bowen

Read on to see how it's done.

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Best Shares

Prediction: Buying Soul Patts shares today could set you up for life

| Sebastian Bowen

This ASX stock is a rare winner in my view.

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Economic roundtable or maturity test?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

My take on the Treasurer's economic roundtable.

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How to invest

How to target a $50,000 passive income starting from zero

| Leigh Gant

Turn small savings into a powerful income stream with discipline, smart investing, and time on your side.

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Opinions

I just sold my best-performing stock of all time. Here's why

| Sebastian Bowen

This stock was a 5-bagger for me, but I sold out.

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Retirement

Pension boost: Here's how much extra you'll get from next month

| Bronwyn Allen

The next round of indexation changes to the age pension will come into effect on 20 September.

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Record Highs

Big news: ASX 200 hits 9,000 point record for the first time ever

| Sebastian Bowen

The ASX 200 has never seen 9,000 points... before today.

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Superannuation

Here's the average Australian superannuation balance at age 60

| James Mickleboro

How does your balance stack up against the average?

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AI Stocks

3 ASX AI companies set to gain from pipes, power and property boom

| Leigh Gant

The AI revolution is creating huge demand for infrastructure, from data centres to electricity networks and industrial land.

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Personal Finance

Here's how to target a $10,000 second income starting from zero

| Tristan Harrison

ASX shares are a great way to start making a second income.

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Share Market News

Why are wealthy investors offloading CBA shares and buying up CSL?

| Bronwyn Allen

It's out with the big ASX 200 bank and in with the healthcare blue-chip.

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Retirement

The average Australian super balance at age 55 and 3 ways to close the gap

| Leigh Gant

Here's three simple steps to boost savings and strengthen financial confidence before leaving the workforce.

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Retirement

No growth, no retirement: The harsh truth for ASX investors

| Leigh Gant

Relying on dividends alone could leave your nest egg short.

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Superannuation

Here's the average Australian superannuation balance at age 49

| Bronwyn Allen

We reveal the average balance and whether it's enough to ensure a comfortable lifestyle in retirement.

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Dividend Investing

I'd buy 7,143 shares of this ASX 200 stock to aim for $100 a month of passive income

| Tristan Harrison

This business is delivering growing and resilient passive income.

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Share Market News

Which ASX shares are wealthy investors buying in FY26?

| Bronwyn Allen

Which stocks are attracting the 'smart money'?

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Happy Vanguard Index Chart Day

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The most important chart in investing.

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Dividend Investing

Interest rates are falling. Here's why you should be buying ASX dividend stocks

| Sebastian Bowen

Dividend shares can run rings around cash investments.

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Share Market News

Top 10 ASX shares being bought by Aussie investors in the new financial year

| Bronwyn Allen

Are other ASX investors seeing the same opportunities as you?

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Superannuation

Are your superannuation contributions as high as other Australian workers?

| Bronwyn Allen

Here's the average personal superannuation contribution in Australia. Are you putting in more, or less?

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Tax

Tax refund season: Common mistakes to keep in mind to maximise your refund in FY26

| Samantha Menzies

Many Aussies are hoping for a tax refund this year.

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ETFs

Why investors ploughed a record $5.82 billion into ASX ETFs last month

| Bronwyn Allen

ASX ETFs enable investors to buy a basket of shares in a single trade for one brokerage fee.

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How to invest

Revisiting the case for investing in US shares

| Sebastian Bowen

American shares have beaten all others, but is it time to sell out?

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Share Market News

ASX 200 lifts to new record high as unemployment falls

| Bronwyn Allen

Unemployment fell to 4.2% amid record-high female participation in the labour force last month.

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Growth Shares

The best Australian growth shares to buy and hold for 10 years

| James Mickleboro

Let's see why analysts think these shares could be top long term picks.

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Dividend Investing

$10,000 in savings? Here's a smart passive income plan for investors to consider

| Sebastian Bowen

You only need one ASX share to start receiving passive income.

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Share Market News

ASX 200 lifts as RBA delivers interest rate relief

| Bernd Struben

ASX 200 investors are celebrating what's only the third RBA interest rate cut since December 2020.

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Superannuation

How much will your superannuation go up in FY26?

| Bronwyn Allen

Will it be another year of double-digit returns for Australian superannuation funds?

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A rates day (non)-prediction

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Most talking heads have a view, a forecast or a prediction. Not me.

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Dividend Investing

A 4.5% ASX dividend stock paying cash every single month

| Sebastian Bowen

This ETF plans on paying 12 dividends a year.

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Broker Notes

Earnings season: Macquarie reveals 6 ASX stock picks ahead of upcoming results

| Bart Bogacz

Let’s find out what they are.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Is the ASX M&A market heating up in 2025? Here's what investors should know

| Laura Stewart

2025 could be one of the busiest years for Australian corporate dealmaking in over a decade.

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Retirement

Do you really need over $1 million in superannuation to retire?

| Leigh Gant

The $1 million superannuation figure is often quoted as the magic retirement number.

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Superannuation

Here's the average Australian superannuation balance at age 50

| James Mickleboro

How do you compare? Let's see what the average Aussie's nest egg looks like.

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Dividend Investing

The easiest way to receive dividends every month

| Leigh Gant

Most ASX shares pay dividends only twice a year, but some ETFs are designed to deliver income every month. Here’s…

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Gold

Is gold still a safe haven asset?

| Sebastian Bowen

Doses gold still glitter as an investment in 2025?

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