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Superannuation

Here's the difference topping up superannuation in your 20s can make to your wealth

| Tristan Harrison

How much richer can we be by adding a bit more money in superannuation?

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Cheap Shares

5 oversold ASX shares to buy in April 2024

| Motley Fool Staff

Looking to snap up an ASX bargain this month?

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Investing Strategies

How to invest in the future with ASX AI shares

| Kate O'Brien

Discover the potential of AI in transforming industries and enhancing investment portfolios with ASX-listed AI shares.

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Trading? Go fishing, instead.

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Of all of the things an 11 year-old can become obsessed with, I’ll take fishing any day!

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Share Market News

Investing in shares now 'part of the ladder' to buying a home

| Bronwyn Allen

Investing in shares can speed up the process of generating enough cash for a home deposit, expert says.

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Superannuation

1 BIG reason your ASX shares could be underperforming your superannuation

| Sebastian Bowen

Have you checked your superannuation balance recently?

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Dividend Investing

Invest $20,000 in this ASX 100 dividend stock for $1,126 in passive income

| Sebastian Bowen

Here's my take on this 5.6% dividend stock...

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ESG

The ESG investing revolution: What you need to know to profit

| Kate O'Brien

ESG investing is changing the way investors approach the ASX.

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Coles slashes prices – again

| Mike King

Vegemite, Milo and Kellogg's Corn Flakes go under the knife

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1 Thing I wish Warren Buffett had said

| Motley Fool Staff

What didn't Buffett say?

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Santos to board the yield train?

| Mike King

Looking for yield? Here's an unexpected place

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Aussie dollar – the most overvalued currency ever.

| Bruce Jackson

George Soros thinks the Aussie dollar will come down hard. Here's one way to play the plunging currency

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ASX Midday Hot Stocks: ANZ, Lynas and Atlas

| Mike King

ASX struggles to keep its head above water

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Has Billabong attracted another suitor?

| Mike King

Surf wear maker suspends shares

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ASX Hot Stocks: Seven West, CSL and Dyesol

| Mike King

ASX posts strong rise of 1.1% - one of these stocks rose more than 100%

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Why Seven West Media shares surged

| Mike King

Media company outlines strategy to reinvent itself

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The interest rate cut and Warren Buffett's advice for your cash

| Bruce Jackson

With interest rates potentially falling to 2%, sitting in cash for too much longer could be a seriously wealth destroying…

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Holden screeches to $153 million loss

| Mike King

Revenues fall by $300 million and company forced to take one-off writedowns

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News Corp unveils paywall

| Mike King

Australian digital news sites to be metered, with exclusive content available for subscribers

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ASX Hot Stocks: Newcrest, Origin and BHP

| Mike King

ASX ends down 0.2%, but these three climbed more than 2%

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ASX Hot Stocks: Telstra, Fortescue and Papillon

| Mike King

ASX sees topsy-turvy day as RBA cuts cash rate by 0.25%

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RBA cuts rate by 25 basis points

| Mike King

Surprise! Central bank cuts official cash rate to 2.75%

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Crying into your term deposits as interest rates head towards 2%

| Bruce Jackson

The Reserve Bank of Australia has piled more pain onto weary savers, cutting interest rates to 2.75%. At this rate…

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Is famous billionaire shorting the dollar?

| Mike King

George Soros rumoured to have taken a punt on the Aussie dollar falling

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Millionaires: Tax is optional

| Mike King

Despite seven-figure incomes, they pay no income tax

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ASX Hot Stocks: Lynas, Karoon and Mirabela Nickel

| Mike King

ASX rises 0.5%, but these three surged more than 15%

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3 ASX stocks that beat the market today

| Mike King

ASX ends flat, after initial surge on the back of local bank results

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New car sales zoom higher

| Mike King

Small passenger cars and SUVs still driving demand, with large cars shunned

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Look out below: Iron ore drops below US$140 a tonne

| Mike King

Price may be falling faster than expected

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Macquarie profit surges

| Mike King

Investment bank reports 17% rise in net profit

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JB Hi-Fi upgrades profit forecast

| Mike King

Electronics retailer provides rosy but cautious outlook

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Warren Buffett joins Twitter

| Motley Fool Staff

The original Tweeter joins micro-blogging site

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ASX drops as global worries weigh

| Mike King

ASX loses 0.7%, but these three large caps posted positive returns

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Fortescue – Atlas deal on track

| Mike King

Deal could see Atlas using Fortescue's rail and infrastructure

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Telstra – Fully franked and fully on fire

| Bruce Jackson

Telstra shares jump above $5, with one leading broker putting a $5.80 price target on the ASX's most popular stock

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Odds of rate cut firm

| Mike King

Falling building approvals and a slip in house prices could see RBA cut rates next week

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Penfolds Grange price wars

| Mike King

Retailers offering big discounts off recommended price

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Banks in bubble trouble

| Mike King

Analysts warn 'buyer beware'

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Telstra hits 8-year high as ASX falls

| Mike King

ASX drops 0.5%, as Telstra pushes past $5 mark

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Has Kathmandu peaked?

| Mike King

Adventure retailer rises more than 10% today

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Generic medicine costs to rise?

| Mike King

Calls for Senate to reject bill forcing drug companies to disclose payments, fees and gifts to doctors

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1 in 4 Australians victims of credit card fraud

| Mike King

With more than 15 million credit cards in Australia, it’s an irresistible target for thieves

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Manufacturing hits GFC lows

| Mike King

High Australian dollar and rising labour costs high burden for local manufacturers

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Woodside considers floating LNG for Browse

| Mike King

Woodside signs deal with Shell to explore FLNG to process Browse resources

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Rio to float US$2bn diamonds business?

| Mike King

Miner considering float of diamond mines

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We interrupt ANZ's juicy fully franked dividend for some urgent and grave news…

| Bruce Jackson

The great dash for fully franked dividends continues unabated. But for how much longer?

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Banks drive the ASX up – again

| Mike King

ASX rises 0.6%, driven by the search for yield

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Consumers pay up for power privatisation

| Mike King

Electricity prices up 170% in Victoria since privatisation

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