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Superannuation

Superannuation check up: Here's how much you should have saved by age 40, 50 and 60

| Samantha Menzies

Here’s how much super other Aussies have by your age.

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Dividend Investing

Passive income: How much would I need to invest in ASX shares to earn $1,000 every month?

| Samantha Menzies

Passive income is every investor's dream.

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Retirement

How much would I need to invest in ASX shares for a retirement income of $100,000 per year?

| Grace Alvino

With the right yield and portfolio size, a six-figure income from ASX shares is achievable.

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Growth Shares

2 ASX 200 shares that turned a $5,000 investment into $10 million

| Samantha Menzies

These shares have generated enormous returns.

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Dividend Investing

No savings at 30? Here's how I'd aim for an extra $24,600 a year in retirement boosting passive income buying ASX shares

| Bernd Struben

Regular investments in quality ASX shares can lead to life-changing passive income by retirement.

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How to invest

The $10,000 ASX share portfolio I'd build for a 25-year-old today

| Grace Alvino

Here’s how I’d invest $10,000 with decades of compounding ahead.

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How to invest

Diversification: Why earnings geography matters more than company location

| Melissa Maddison

Build a diversified portfolio without leaving the ASX.

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Share Market News

The one question I always ask before buying an ASX share

| Grace Alvino

If a stock stopped moving for three years, would you still want to own it?

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International Stock News

Nvidia share price adds $190 billion overnight. Where to from here?

| Sebastian Bowen

Just how much further can NVIDIA stock climb?

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Dividend Investing

Share buybacks or dividends: Which are better for ASX investors?

| Sebastian Bowen

Who doesn't love a dividend? Warren Buffett, who reckons share buybacks are better.

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Broker Notes

Inflation isn't dead. Here are 3 ASX 200 shares to 'protect your wealth'

| Tony Yoo

One expert reckons the Reserve Bank is giving up too early on the fight against inflation.

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ETFs

Better ASX ETF to buy: Vanguard VGS or VAS?

| Sebastian Bowen

VGS or VAS: Which ETF comes out on top for ASX investors?

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Dividend Investing

Is it time to stop looking at ASX 200 mining stocks for your dividend income?

| Bernd Struben

Janus Henderson reveals global dividends increased 12% in Q1 2023. But ASX 200 mining stocks didn’t join the party.

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Dividend Investing

How much would I need to invest in ASX dividend shares for $50,000 a year in passive income?

| Bernd Struben

With many top dividend-paying ASX stocks providing full franking credits, I’ll pay less tax on that passive income than I…

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Opinions

Around the world: My top buys from 7 global share markets

| Mitchell Lawler

I've searched far and wide to find what I believe to be great opportunities from all corners of the investing…

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Opinions

Is it time to be a bull or a bear on Harvey Norman shares?

| Motley Fool Staff

The iconic retailer has taken a hit post-pandemic but should investors go, Harvey Norman, go?

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How to invest

How investing in ASX shares could help me live out my modern Australian dream

| Brooke Cooper

Australians are now more likely to aspire to be financially free than to own their own home.

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Dividend Investing

Warren Buffett will earn $9 billion in dividend income this year: Be like Warren

| Sebastian Bowen

Is it possible to get a 56% dividend yield? Warren Buffett has.

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Dividend Investing

Want safe income? This ASX 200 stock has raised its dividend every year since 2000

| Sebastian Bowen

This dividend share has no equal on the ASX 200.

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Dividend Investing

Turning a $10k ASX investment into a second income worth $8k a year!

| Brooke Cooper

It could take less effort than you might think.

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Opinions

3 areas of the Aussie stock market I think could outperform this year

| Tristan Harrison

I’ve picked out three sectors that could do well over the rest of 2023.

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Superannuation

Worried you won't have enough superannuation for retirement? You're not alone

| Sebastian Bowen

Do you have a plan for retirement yet?

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Share Market News

Should ASX 200 investors be freaking out about the US debt ceiling?

| Tony Yoo

The financial world is anxious that the world's biggest economy could self-implode.

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Dividend Investing

Interest rates at 3.85%! Can I now earn more with a term deposit than ASX shares?

| Sebastian Bowen

Is your money better off in a bank than bank shares?

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Dividend Investing

Here's how I'd start earning passive income by investing $5 a day in ASX shares

| Bernd Struben

Anyone can start earning a passive income stream from ASX dividend shares for as little as $5 a day, or…

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Energy Shares

Why the Fortescue share price could be a winner following Joe Biden's extraordinary G7 statements

| Bernd Struben

In the wake of the Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima, Japan on Saturday, the longer-term outlook for the Fortescue…

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Are you getting value for what you're paying?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

There are some financial planners who seem to view their clients as meal tickets.

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Opinions

Is it time to be a bull or a bear on Core Lithium shares?

| Motley Fool Staff

After achieving first production earlier this year, is it worth buying shares in this perennial short-seller target?

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Dividend Investing

Is this the ASX 200's greatest dividend share?

| Sebastian Bowen

Find a dividend share that can top this one, I dare you.

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Opinions

No savings? Here's how I'd target a second income of $1,000 per month from scratch

| Tristan Harrison

These are the areas I’d think about to create a stream of passive income.

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Materials Shares

ASX 200 lithium shares could be winners as Biden calls critical clean energy metals the 'third pillar of the Australia-US alliance'

| Bernd Struben

ASX 200 lithium shares are well-positioned amid the US push to diversify the West’s critical metal supplies away from China.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Mike Tyson on investing

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Mike Tyson more than anyone, understands ‘no pain, no gain’.

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Share Market News

3 things ASX investors should watch this week

| Tony Yoo

If you only pay attention to three events in the coming days, these are the ones that could most influence…

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Share Market News

New ASX investor? 5 things I wish I'd known before I bought my first stock

| Sebastian Bowen

I wish I knew these five things when I started investing in ASX shares...

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Dividend Investing

Are Woodside shares the greatest dividend buy of the ASX 200?

| Bronwyn Allen

If more of our returns are going to come from dividends in this high interest rate climate, then which ASX…

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Share Market News

If I invest $10,000 in Pilbara Minerals shares, how much passive income will I receive?

| Brooke Cooper

Have the lithium stock's dividends already peaked?

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Investors 1: 'Permabear' forecasters 0

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

When the ASX stock market gets volatile and the permabears come out, choose very carefully who you listen to.

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Economy

Here's what the latest jobs data could mean for interest rates and the Aussie stock market

| Sebastian Bowen

Here's why higher unemployment can be good news for ASX shares.

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Energy Shares

'Technically feasible': This ASX energy giant is preparing to be a hydrogen highway

| Tristan Harrison

APA has taken one step closer to hydrogen success.

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Dividend Investing

How I'd invest $20,000 today for a $3,370 passive income

| Bernd Struben

If I were aiming to invest $20,000 for passive income right now, I’d aim for bigger companies paying fully franked…

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Broker Notes

4 ASX 200 shares to buy if they plunge from June tax-loss selling

| Tony Yoo

Pick up these unloved bargains next month if they fall even further, according to one expert.

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Share Fallers

With interest rates rising, why have ASX 200 bank shares been pummelled in 2023?

| Bronwyn Allen

It may seem counterintuitive, but rising rates present pros AND cons for ASX 200 bank shares.

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How to invest

Here's how I'd invest my first $500 in ASX shares

| Sebastian Bowen

This ETF could be a perfect choice for a beginner.

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Dividend Investing

2 ASX 200 shares that just boosted their dividends

| Bernd Struben

Both ASX 200 shares lifted their interim dividend payouts on the back of strong half year profit growth.

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Investing Strategies

No savings at 40? Here's my 3-step plan for $1,500 of passive income a month

| Tristan Harrison

ASX dividend shares can be a great way to build growing investment cash flow.

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Resources Shares

Could Fortescue be the next ASX 200 miner on the lithium M&A trail?

| Tristan Harrison

Fortescue is considering jump-starting its lithium ambitions with an acquisition.

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Resources Shares

Where will ASX lithium shares go in 2023?

| Tony Yoo

The per-kg price for the battery material has fallen by 75% over the past six months. What will become of…

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How to invest

Silent wealth eater: The hidden danger lurking in ASX stocks and how to avoid it

| Mitchell Lawler

This crippling practice can easily go unnoticed, eating away at your cut of company earnings.

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