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Dividend Investing

Here's my top ASX dividend stock for 2026

| Grace Alvino

With a growing dividend, resilient traffic trends, and inflation-linked revenue, this is my top ASX dividend stock for 2026.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

The wrong way to fix housing affordability

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The wrong way to do the right thing.

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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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Recent sharemarket News

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BHP sells US copper assets

| Mike King

Resource companies selling off non-core operations

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Woolworths — you are making a fool out of me

| Bruce Jackson

Blue chip, high yielding stocks power the ASX higher. Although valuations are stretched, investors sell at their peril

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No end game to the bank shares bubble — but I'm still selling

| Bruce Jackson

Over the past months, I’ve been gradually selling my family’s long-held bank holdings.

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More Aussie content for TV networks?

| Mike King

Rising numbers of US flop shows force networks to look local

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CSL hits all time highs

| Mike King

Can our largest pharmaceuticals company justify its share price?

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Singapore Airlines ups Virgin stake

| Mike King

Will we see a takeover?

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Billabong extends takeover talks

| Mike King

Will we see a final bid for the company?

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TPG Telecom: Australia's fourth mobile company?

| Mike King

TPG rumoured to have registered for government's spectrum auction

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ASX jumps, driven by energy stocks

| Mike King

ASX rises 1%, clearing the mystical and magical 5,000 hurdle

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I missed buying BHP, but not these two high-growth stocks

| Bruce Jackson

Blue chip dividend stocks are hot, but Bruce Jackson is finding value in other places

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Newcrest puts gold mines under review

| Mike King

Production costs spiralling out of control could see mines close

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ACCC gives Virgin all-clear for Tiger control

| Mike King

Tiger Australia to transform into effective Jetstar competitor

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Woodside's cash splash for shareholders

| Mike King

Investors rejoice after company declares special dividend and new dividend policy

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Maverick Drilling: New discovery

| Mike King

Is this company incredibly cheap?

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Westpac wins lucrative contract

| Mike King

NSW government renews contract with Westpac

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State wars: Qantas to promote NSW

| Mike King

Win for state with Qantas to spend up to $15 million

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Ford casts doubts over Australian operations

| Mike King

Manufacturing could cease in just three years time

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Melbourne's Avalon goes international

| Mike King

International flights from the Philippines approved

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Rinehart makes Times 100 most influential list

| Mike King

Gina Rinehart dubbed "Iron Woman"

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Billionaires and their love affair with media

| Mike King

Is it the high profile or something else?

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Santos production to overflow

| Mike King

2 giant LNG projects to come on stream in next two years

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ASX's $25 billion wipeout

| Mike King

ASX loses 1.6%, as resources stocks take a hiding

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Woodside cans Pluto expansion

| Mike King

Production rises 55% in March quarter, but concerns over medium term growth

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Fortescue bullish on iron ore prices

| Mike King

But the market isn't having a bar of it, with shares down over 4%

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Wesfarmers retail sales jump

| Mike King

Coles beats Woolies for 15th consecutive quarter

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ASX climbs but leaves resources behind

| Mike King

ASX adds 1.1% and rises above 5,000

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Telstra hits five year high

| Mike King

Is it still a buy at this price?

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Real-life Monopoly lessons

| Mike King

How to win the game and real life

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BHP retains full year guidance

| Mike King

Steady as she goes for the world's largest miner

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ASX continues to bleed

| Mike King

ASX drops 0.3%, but it could have been much worse

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Managed funds underperform the market – again

| Mike King

Australians pay an estimated $20 billion each year in fees to fund managers

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'My network rules' as Ten bounces back

| Mike King

Struggling broadcaster gains market share from rivals

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R M Williams' French connection

| Mike King

Global fashion house LVMH linked to stake in R.M. Williams

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A golden crash

| Mike King

Price of gold falls over 9%, its largest fall in 30 years

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ASX slammed: China growth slows

| Mike King

Falling gold prices and weak Chinese economic data drags market down 1%

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Market bloodbath: $20 billion wiped out

| Mike King

Falling commodities prices and weak Chinese data pull the market down

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The urge to demerge

| Mike King

Companies look at spin-offs as a means to increase shareholder value

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Insurance companies under fire

| Mike King

Floods see insurance premiums rise by 700%

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Warren Buffett is right — gold is incapable

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It's been a good week for share market investors, with the benchmark S&P / ASX 200 closing up 2.5%. Unfortunately,…

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ASX mining services stocks hammered

| Mike King

ASX up 0.1%, but panic appears to have broken out in mining services

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