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ETFs

Want passive income? This simple ETF strategy makes it easier than most people think

| Leigh Gant

You don’t need perfect timing or stock picks to start building passive income.

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Resources Shares

Why are commodity prices going crazy?

| Bronwyn Allen

Certain commodities have a multitude of tailwinds. Here are 4 that are up 25% to 70% in just one month.

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Share Market News

As CBA shares struggle, is BHP set to retake the biggest ASX stock crown?

| Bernd Struben

With BHP shares rallying as CBA shares struggle, the battle for biggest stock on the ASX is back on!

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How to invest

How much wealth could I build by investing $500 a month into ASX shares?

| Grace Alvino

Building wealth isn’t about starting big. It’s about showing up consistently and letting time do the work.

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Share Market News

Buying ASX 200 shares? Here's what the latest spending report means for interest rates in 2026

| Bernd Struben

The ASX 200 dropped 0.3% following the release of the consumer spending report. But why?

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Dividend Investing

Building wealth: Here's why I prefer ASX share buybacks to dividends

| Sebastian Bowen

Buybacks can boost your wealth more than you know.

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Defensive Shares

3 ASX 200 shares I'd trust if I couldn't check my portfolio for a year

| Grace Alvino

If I had to step away from my portfolio for a year, I’d focus on businesses with predictable demand and…

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Investing Strategies

How I'd invest $50,000 across ASX shares today

| Grace Alvino

If I had $50,000 to invest today, I wouldn’t overcomplicate it. I’d focus on quality and patience.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Cycles are back…

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Economies move in cycles.

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Investing Strategies

4 ASX shares to buy in the sectors set to explode in 2023: expert

| Tony Yoo

Watch these two industries return with a vengeance next year, with this group of stocks leading the charge.

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How to invest

Markets are nervous. Why waiting to buy these ASX 200 shares could prove expensive

| Sebastian Bowen

Here's how Warren Buffett would invest right now.

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Investing Strategies

2023 is already looking much better for ASX shares. Here's why

| Tony Yoo

Multiple experts are loving the outlook for next year. These are the reasons why you should buy up the bargains…

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Investing Strategies

3 ASX 200 shares with enormous insider ownership

| Cathryn Goh

The boards of these ASX 200 companies have tremendous skin in the game.

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Ask a Fund Manager

Why ASX shares in these sectors should outperform in 2023 while these are ones to avoid: fund manager

| Bernd Struben

We may not be at the bottom, but we’re not at the top either. So, start to look out for…

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Share Market News

Bear market not done yet says Goldman Sachs, while Morgan Stanley predicts dividends will be the driver of returns in 2023

| Bruce Jackson

Goldman Sachs warns the bear market is not over yet.

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Dividend Investing

Here are all the ASX shares I've been buying in 2022

| Tristan Harrison

I’ve been seeing a number of opportunities this year, so I’ve been putting money to work.

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Investing Strategies

11 ASX shares that make Abrdn's World Cup team

| Tony Yoo

Soccer's biggest event has now started. One fund manager couldn't help picking his starting team for a glory-bound portfolio.

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Retirement

Almost ready to retire? Here's why I'd be buying up ASX dividend shares right now

| James Mickleboro

Is it time to start thinking about a retirement portfolio?

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Opinions

Here's how I'd invest $20,000 in ASX shares today to double my money

| Tristan Harrison

There are plenty of compelling options for long-term growth.

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Ask a Fund Manager

4 quality, undervalued ASX 200 shares in an earnings upgrade cycle revealed: fund manager

| Bernd Struben

"Like everything, we don't want to buy companies just because they have exposure to lithium. We want more to the…

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Bank Shares

Are ASX 200 bank shares a buying opportunity hiding in plain sight?

| Bernd Struben

The market is weighing up the potential impact on the ASX 200 banks amid a likely boost in bad debts.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Do you know what happened on the ASX recently?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It falls to me, here, to do the anti-headlines.

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Dividend Investing

3 ASX 200 shares that hiked their dividends by more than 100% this year

| Brooke Cooper

Their profits have been soaring in 2022 and they're passing on a huge chunk to shareholders.

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Dividend Investing

I'd invest $100 a week in cheap ASX dividend shares for passive income in retirement

| Tristan Harrison

A mixture of compounding and income could be a winning combination.

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Ask a Fund Manager

Why these 3 ASX 200 shares have done 'particularly well' and remain top holdings into 2023: fund manager

| Bernd Struben

Whether it becomes a growth market or a value market, ultimately growth stocks and value stocks are still driven by…

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Cheap Shares

Ballin' on a budget: The best ASX shares to buy for under $5

| Motley Fool Staff

Five bucks will barely get you a coffee these days, but what sort of ASX shares can it buy?

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Share Market News

Here's the forecast for ASX 200 shares in 2023: UBS

| Bernd Struben

Up, down, sideways? Here’s what UBS expects from the ASX 200 in the year ahead.

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How to invest

I'd use the Warren Buffett method to create a 'best ASX shares to buy now' list

| Sebastian Bowen

Here's some investing wisdom from Buffett's own mouth...

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Musk, Twitter and a Crypto Crash

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It’s his company, and he’s going to run it his way.

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Retirement

Busy 'saving' for retirement? I'd buy ASX dividend shares instead

| Brooke Cooper

Capital growth, passive income, inflationary hedging: Dividend stocks offer heaps of benefits over cash.

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Dividend Investing

3 key things I look for when buying ASX dividend shares

| Tristan Harrison

Just because a business pays a dividend, doesn’t automatically put it on my watchlist.

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Investing Strategies

Is it finally safe to buy ASX shares now?

| Tony Yoo

If ASX 200 stocks have now bottomed, here's how to capture all the coming gains.

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Share Market News

The latest $750 million investment by Fortescue's Andrew Forrest might surprise you

| Bronwyn Allen

Fortescue chair Andrew Forrest and his wife Nicola have made a personal investment in the rebuilding of Ukraine.

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Dividend Investing

How to have your ASX 200 dividend cake and eat it too

| Sebastian Bowen

To DRP or not to DRP? It doesn't have to be one or the other...

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Dividend Investing

3 passive ASX income machines to help fund your retirement

| Tristan Harrison

Investors who are looking for dividends will want to know about these three.

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Resources Shares

Which are the best ASX mining shares to buy now for 2023?

| Tristan Harrison

Investors could unearth some opportunities by digging into these shares.

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Broker Notes

Buy these ASX 200 shares now before the market wakes up: fund manager

| Tony Yoo

Both these companies are in an earning upgrade part of the cycle, which is just the way Alphinity's Stuart Welch…

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Resources Shares

Looking to buy BHP shares? Here's why the miner could be in for a $2b windfall

| Brooke Cooper

Could this be the iron ore giant's next step towards the energy transition?

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Resources Shares

The future of ASX lithium shares: Are investors looking through rose-coloured glasses?

| Brooke Cooper

Here's why some experts are warning investors to be wary of lithium stocks.

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Investing Strategies

ASX 200 shares may have just hit the bottom: AMP economist

| Tony Yoo

One expert reckons we may have seen the worst of the stock market and the current rally could be more…

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Dividend Investing

How I'd invest in ASX dividend shares now to make a $50k passive income in retirement

| Tristan Harrison

Here are some leading income ideas I’m using for retirement.

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How to invest

Stressed about your ASX share portfolio? I'd take these 3 dead-simple steps to sleep easy

| Mitchell Lawler

A three-point plan to ditching portfolio anxiety...

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How to invest

Thinking about buying your first ASX shares right now? Here are 3 stocks I'd invest in

| Sebastian Bowen

Here are three ASX shares for a beginner investor...

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Dividend Investing

How I'd aim to generate a growing passive income from dividend shares

| Sebastian Bowen

ASX shares can give investors significant passive income.

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Retirement

Building a passive income for retirement? Check out these 3 ASX 200 dividend shares

| Brooke Cooper

Experts are hopeful for these ASX 200 dividend stocks.

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Ask a Fund Manager

3 small-cap ASX shares that drove fund up 35% while the market plunged

| Tony Yoo

Ask A Fund Manager: 1851 Capital's Martin Hickson tells how his small and micro-cap portfolio managed to provide positive returns…

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Opinions

Share market rally: How I'd invest $5,000 right now in ASX shares

| Tristan Harrison

These three ASX shares are too good to ignore, in my view.

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Share Market News

Are ASX share investors getting their mojo back?

| Tristan Harrison

After a rough period in 2022, Aussies seem to be getting more confident. Which ASX shares are investors going for?

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