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Why superannuation funds love these 3 ASX 200 shares 

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Superannuation shares can offer stability, dividend income, and the prospect of capital growth.

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4 ASX 300 shares Australia's top female investors choose

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Female ASX investors are rewriting the fund manager rule book with incisive investment strategies

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2 cheap ASX shares that offer at least 9% dividend yields

| Tristan Harrison

I'd look at these stocks for a cheap valuation and big passive income.

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Are ASX 200 bank shares like CBA 'too expensive' right now?

| Tristan Harrison

Are banks overpriced or good value today?

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Buy one, sell the other: Goldman's verdict on Coles vs. Woolworths share prices

| Bronwyn Allen

One stock is set for a 26% share price gain over the next 12 months while the other is destined…

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Recent Sharemarket Crash News

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Warren Buffett: You've done it again

| Bruce Jackson

Warren Buffett pays zero dollars for a large stake in Goldman Sachs. No wonder he's the world's richest investor

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Market crash — how I've missed you

| Bruce Jackson

The Dow (INDEX: ^DJI) crashed Monday, the S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) following its lead. If fast growing, attractively…

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ASX on target for best quarter in 3 years as investors enjoy bailout fatigue

| Bruce Jackson

The ASX is heading for its best quarter in three years.

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Batten down the hatches: Australia heading for recession?

| Bruce Jackson

Australia is in danger of slipping into recession next year.

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ASX: Desperately seeking volatility

| Bruce Jackson

A lack of investor confidence is weighing on ASX's profits. Trading at a premium to the market, there's no reason…

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Surviving the next market crash

| Bruce Jackson

The S&P/ASX 300 had a good July, but the road ahead could be bumpier. Prepare yourself now to survive the…

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The investor's guide to surviving a sharemarket crash

| Motley Fool Staff

ASX shares are being trashed, again. The temptation is to sell everything and run for the hills. Instead, take a…

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Dow crashes, global economy slows, fear the winner

| Motley Fool Staff

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI) took a beating overnight, falling the most since the massive 2.5% sell-off on…

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Greece votes: 3 ways to protect yourself from a European disaster

| Mike King

The ASX is rallying as the Greeks vote for the euro. But shares will remain volatile.

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The 3 commitments for sharemarket investing success

| Bruce Jackson

Three investing commitments and 7 ASX stocks firmly on our radar

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Maybe I'm the idiot

| Bruce Jackson

The ASX is diving again, sinking below 4000 and plunging investors into a world of fear and despair.

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ASX market crash survival guide

| Bruce Jackson

Shares are being trashed, again. Instead, take a chill pill and consider The Motley Fool’s patented sharemarket survival guide.

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3 ASX stocks that beat the market yesterday

| Mike King

ASX shares are being hammered, but these three were shining beacons yesterday

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Psst! What if Facebook shares are actually cheap?

| Motley Fool Staff

Facebook shares have been set at $38, valuing the company at over $100 billion. One Fool likes them, even at…

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5 ASX stocks that were hammered yesterday

| Mike King

Shares were down on Wednesday, but these 5 crashed 9% or more. Ouch.

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6 ways to prepare for the coming sharemarket crash

| Bruce Jackson

Sharemarket jitters are back. Investors are nervous. These 6 steps work now, and work in any market.

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Buy, sell or hold the big banks?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

They dominate the sector, and have generated small fortunes for long-term shareholders. But the best days of the big four…

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Still waiting for the market crash of 2012

| Bruce Jackson

The wait for the 2012 market crash goes on, and the cheaper share prices it will bring.

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The death of China has been greatly exaggerated

| Bruce Jackson

BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) (NYSE: BHP), the world's biggest miner, has its finger on the pause button, threatening to put…

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Dow plummets, ASX to follow: Prepare to load up

| Motley Fool Staff

It has been a year that's been generally light on fear and filled with days of small gains that added…

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How smart ASX sharemarket investors can beat fearful fund managers

| Bruce Jackson

The ASX proves 'surprisingly' resilient, with the All Ords falling less than 10 points. Look who's fearful now.

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A billion reasons not to worry about Chinese growth

| Motley Fool Staff

China's growth is slowing, and world sharemarkets are concerned. But fear not. A billion new Chinese consumers will pick up…

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A whole lotta sharemarket bull

| Bruce Jackson

Sharemarkets are on the up, including the ASX. The end of the world has been delayed, again. Mark it up…

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ASX shares surge despite warnings of another market cataclysm

| Bruce Jackson

Seemingly against the odds, ASX shares are on the up. The European crisis is forgotten for another day, but if…

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Jeremy Siegel on why so many experts missed the crash

| Motley Fool Staff

How did so many expects miss the GFC? In this short video, The Motley Fool asked famed Wharton finance professor…

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Half way through the ASX's lost decade

| Bruce Jackson

Half way through the ASX's lost decade, investors could be forgiven for throwing in the towel. If nothing else, in…

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3 reasons I'm avoiding China

| Motley Fool Staff

The emperor may, in fact, have no clothes. On the heels of the European debt crisis comes a deepening fear…

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Fitch threatens to downgrade U.S. debt from AAA

| Motley Fool Staff

Is another credit rating downgrade for the U.S. economy on the cards? Whatever happens, investors are rightly shrugging their shoulders…

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3 ASX shares for stormy markets

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If we really are in for the kind of worldwide recession markets seem to fear, then which shares which will…

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5 safe haven ASX stocks for 2012

| Mike King

2012 might be grim. These 5 ASX shares offer some protection

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Kim Jong Il dies and the S&P/ASX 200 slumps 2.3 per cent as Billabong wipes out

| Motley Fool Staff

Kim Jon Il, the North Korean dictator who allegedly shot 11 holes-in-one in the first round of golf he ever…

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What Kim Jong Il's death means for investors

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, has apparently died of a heart attack, aged 69. World sharemarkets were already falling,…

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JB Hi-Fi and the slow death of retail stocks

| Bruce Jackson

JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH) shocked the market with a profit warning, its shares slumping 14 per cent. If investing…

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5 ASX shares for the rest of your life

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It’s hard to go wrong buying shares in solid, high yielding companies. Scott Phillips has identified five large-cap companies with…

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Are you ready to profit from the next meltdown?

| Motley Fool Staff

With the fate of the European economy hanging in the balance, we may be on the verge of another extended…

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The death of shares has been greatly exaggerated

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The sad reality is that despite decades of economic booms and busts, we don’t seem to be able to learn…

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This will not end well, says the man who predicted the Euro crisis

| Bruce Jackson

Bernard Connolly's predictions have been proved uncannily correct. As for the future of the euro, his view is clear -…

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Sharemarket crash survival guide

| Bruce Jackson

Shares are being trashed, again. The temptation is to sell everything and run for the hills. Instead, take a chill…

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Greece is the word, sending sharemarkets tumbling, again

| Motley Fool Staff

U.S. stocks have slumped to their biggest two-day fall in a month as fears of more problems in Europe gripped…

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Why investors should love market crashes

| Motley Fool Staff

When share prices are lower, you can buy more for your money, like these 5 high yielding companies

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