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Community Service Announcement

Lest We Forget

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

We remember their service. We honour their sacrifice. We pledge to never forget.

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Share Market News

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

| Tristan Harrison

Are banks overpriced or good value today?

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Broker Notes

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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Small Cap Shares

How this 'rare window of opportunity' is opening for ASX small-cap shares

| Bernd Struben

The senior fund managers at Ophir believe ASX small-cap stocks are set to trounce their larger peers.

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Resources Shares

Own ASX mining shares? Experts say an upswing in commodity prices has begun

| Bronwyn Allen

HSBC economists Paul Bloxham and Jamie Culling explain why global commodity prices are rising.

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Share Market News

Will the Reserve Bank wait for the US Fed to cut interest rates first?

| Bronwyn Allen

Here's when AMP thinks interest rates will be cut in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the Eurozone.

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Dividend Investing

After passive income? Check out these ASX 200 dividend shares

| Kate O'Brien

ASX dividend shares can provide a reliable source of passive income

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ETFs

2 ASX growth ETFs I think could double in value over the next year

| Kate O'Brien

ETFs covering high growth sectors have the potential to deliver significant capital gains

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Recent sharemarket News

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iiNet, M2, TPG: Time to look past Telstra?

| Tim McArthur

Telstra's growth outlook may make the company less appealing than its smaller competitors.

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BHP: Tough times ahead for coal miners

| Tim McArthur

Coal accounts for 21% of BHP’s production and 14% of its earnings before interest and tax -- should shareholders be…

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Is ANZ undervalued?

| Justin Loiseau

The company thinks so -- it's buying back $425 million in shares.

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Will Abbott copy Fortescue and sell rail assets?

| Tim McArthur

How would a change in government change the investing landscape?

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Why I'd buy BHP Billiton ahead of Rio Tinto

| Mike King

With iron ore prices continuing their slide, BHP looks a better bet than Rio

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Asciano: Competition to heat up at Port of Melbourne

| Tim McArthur

Shortlist of bidders includes Qube Holdings.

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ALS: A mining services white knight?

| Owen Raszkiewicz

ALS boasts strong results from an industry that may soon be parched for profits.

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Will falling iron ore prices hurt BHP and Rio?

| Tim McArthur

Will diversification help protect the mining giants?

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Flight Centre: Weak Aussie dollar won't affect travellers

| Owen Raszkiewicz

Travel company confident that falling dollar will not stop Australians from travelling overseas at record numbers.

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

What's wrong with Buru Energy?

| Bruce Jackson

Buru Energy shares might be worth a bet

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ASX Hot stocks: Mirabela, Silver Lake and Atlas Iron

| Mike King

Stable Aussie dollar helps market end five-day losing streak

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FIRB gives Virgin-Tiger greenlight

| Mike King

Foreign Investment Review Board gives Virgin approval to take 60% stake in Tiger Airways

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Cabcharge's share price docked

| Mike King

Victorian taxi reforms to hit the company's bottom line

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Are building stocks like James Hardie, Brickworks and Boral about to take off?

| Tim McArthur

Demand for new homes projected to rebound to 164,000 homes per year for the next 11 years.

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Can the cricket save Channel Ten?

| Tim McArthur

Ten tries to oust Nine and add mainstream sport to its schedule.

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Why Macquarie is up 66.6% this year

| Tim McArthur

Increases to net profit and return on equity, plus a higher dividend, are all welcome news for shareholders.

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Woodside, Santos, BHP: The next big losers from high costs?

| Regan Pearson

High costs and low production threaten to choke $100 billion in LNG projects.

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Westfield to expand in NSW

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Westfield Miranda, just south of Sydney, will add 20% more space, 100 specialty retailers and major upgrades for existing stores.

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CBA ranks cyber-security as biggest fear

| Mike King

Bank rates hacking as a top three issue

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Car insurance soars

| Mike King

Families and Tasmanian drivers hardest hit

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Top 3 industries for the Rich 200

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Three industries that have made the rich richer... and the three they're avoiding.

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GPT steps away from Australand bid

| Owen Raszkiewicz

GPT Group will not pursue a proposal to buy Australand's commercial and industrial assets.

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Mortgage war escalates

| Mike King

Westpac cuts one-year fixed rate home loan to 4.79%

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Fund manager: Stop excessive executive pay

| Tim McArthur

Allan Gray's Simon Marais calls for more effective oversight on CEO pay.

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David Jones sales slip

| Mike King

Warm weather hurts department store retailer

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$23 billion wiped off market

| Mike King

ASX drops 1.5% as global economic fears raise their head

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ASX 5,000 and falling faster than the dying Aussie dollar

| Bruce Jackson

Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking prices

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Billabong takeover dumped?

| Mike King

Billabong puts Canadian operations on the chopping block

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What does Packer know?

| Mike King

James Packer's Crown dumps Echo stake

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$25 billion wiped off market

| Mike King

ASX drops 2% as a string of bad news hit the market

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Dulux strips paint from Woolies' Masters

| Mike King

Paint manufacturer withdraws its Dulux and Cabot brands

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Stock market shock: Bank shares go down as well as up

| Bruce Jackson

Money can and is being made outside the banks and big supermarkets

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Yahoo! stock is hitting new highs

| Motley Fool Staff

Yahoo! have moved startlingly fast to stabilise their faltering business

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Bookmakers support ban on live betting odds

| Mike King

Community outrage rises

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Ford to close in Australia?

| Mike King

Car manufacturer reported to close its local factories

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Petrol prices set to rise

| Mike King

The falling dollar means the cost of imported fuel has risen

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Myer sales growth slows

| Mike King

Retailers still doing it tough

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Death by 3,000 cuts

| Mike King

Boart Longyear cuts 3,000 staff, but it hasn't helped its share price

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Google stock: Buy it and hold it for life

| Motley Fool Staff

Its global market share is 12 times larger than the next competitor

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Only half of SMSFs own shares

| Mike King

Are the other half missing out on the bull market?

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