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Best Shares

Best and worst performing ASX 200 sectors of 2025

| Bronwyn Allen

The best performing sector delivered quadruple the gains of the broader ASX 200.

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Share Market News

Is the share market going to crash in 2026? Here's what I plan to do

| Grace Alvino

Everyone’s talking about a 2026 crash. Here’s why I’m staying calm, staying invested, and sticking to my plan.

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Investing Strategies

My top 5 ASX 200 shares I would buy with $10,000

| Grace Alvino

$10,000. Five ASX 200 shares. Here’s where I’d invest today to stack the odds in my favour for long-term returns.

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Lessons from a 4-day long weekend

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Get your adrenaline shot somewhere else.

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Growth Shares

The best Australian stocks to buy in 2026

| James Mickleboro

Analysts are feeling bullish about these stocks for next year.

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Personal Finance

With no savings at 50, I'd follow Warren Buffett's method to build wealth

| Tristan Harrison

Warren Buffett has a number of useful lessons.

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Merry Christmas

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Merry Christmas from The Motley Fool.

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Retirement

Retirement wealth plan: Create $1 million with a single Australian stock

| Sebastian Bowen

Compounding can help you retire early.

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3 Things I learned from Warren Buffett's shareholder letter

| Motley Fool Staff

Austin Smith shares a video perspective on the three key things he's taken from Buffett's correspondence.

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What Dow 13,000 means for the ASX

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The Dow closed over 13,000 points overnight. We outline what it means for the ASX (hint: yawn)

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Billabong: Don't sell this board short

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Billabong's founder is either dead keen to keep the company public, or he is playing a high-stakes game of brinkmanship…

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The ice cold stock that just won't pop

| Bruce Jackson

The ASX is stuck in first gear, The Motley Fool welcomes another optimist to the ranks, and we re-visit an…

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4 stock-picking strategies that have worked for decades

| Motley Fool Staff

Expert studies and analyses over a period measured in decades shines light on the path to successful stock market investing…

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United Overseas Australia: Value hiding in plain sight?

| Peter Phan

The appearance of complexity can scare investors away. We peak into United Overseas Australia to unpack some potential value with…

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20 must-read quotes from Buffett's letter to shareholders

| Motley Fool Staff

If you have time, check out Warren Buffett's latest shareholder letter in its entirety. If not, here are 20 important…

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IMF (Australia) Limited: Making a case

| Peter Phan

This litigation funding firm makes money when the cases it funds are successful. With a good track record and under-appreciated…

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How to invest when the ASX is climbing

| Motley Fool Staff

After a couple of poor years on the ASX, we're just starting to rediscover our winning ways - and we…

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Warren Buffett's 2011 letter: Dump bonds, buy shares

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Warren Buffett’s 2011 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders has been released. His letters are an amazing collection of knowledge and…

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The 25 smartest things Warren Buffett ever said

| Motley Fool Staff

Warren Buffett - Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and the world's third richest man - is one of the…

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The perfect stock-picking formula?

| Bruce Jackson

ASX reporting season comes to a close, the Dow hits a high, and has The Motley Fool uncovered the perfect…

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Toll Holdings Results Announced: Time to slim down

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

An appetite for growth has given Toll Holdings serious indigestion. New CEO Brian Kruger is making the right noises, but…

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3 lessons from a master investor

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Picking winners is important - and so is avoiding losers. One of the best investors of our age has shared…

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OneSteel results announced: Shares up 54%, but it's still no rose

| Mike King

OneSteel (ASX: OST) is a business with tough economics and formidable headwinds. A new focus may not be enough

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Temperature check for ASX companies

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Earnings season gives us a chance to take the temperature of corporate Australia... and see what themes are affecting our…

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Fantastic Holdings: Fabulous results

| Mike King

Fantastic Holdings is doing a good job of digging itself out of a tough spot, but competing with Harvey Norman…

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Flight Centre: Flying high

| Mike King

This Australian-based travel agent continues to sweep all before it and the most recent results are no exception

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Fleetwood Corporation: A picks & shovel play on the WA mining boom

| Mike King

Fleetwood Corporation Limited (ASX: FWD) is debt free, and a 'picks and shovels' play on the booming WA mining economy.…

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The end of the 'Peak Oil' theory

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Remember the 'Peak Oil' theory? For nigh on 40 years, people have been predicting that oil production will soon hit…

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9 signs your ASX company is heading to the wall

| Mike King

One of the most important factors in outperforming the market is avoiding the losers. There are several warning signs you…

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One lucky ASX winner, or just good common-sense investing?

| Bruce Jackson

ASX shares are up, Richard Goyder and Marius Kloppers join the ranks of the optimists, Dean Morel gets excited, and…

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Apple: Why design matters. A lot.

| Motley Fool Staff

If there's a lesson that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has taught us with product strategy, it's that industrial design matters. A…

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Forge Group Limited: One fast-growing & cheap play on the mining boom

| Mike King

Forge Group Limited (ASX:FGE) today announced its first half results for FY2012, with revenues up 12% to $227.8m and a…

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Optimistically gunning for ASX growth stocks

| Bruce Jackson

Growth stocks are the holy grail of investing. But great investing opportunities are not handed to you on a platter,…

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Noni B Limited: Shares and profits surge, proving the death of all retailers has been greatly exaggerated

| Mike King

Noni B Limited (ASX: NBL) shares jumped more than 10% after the women's clothing retailer posted a 58% improvement in…

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Dow down 100, ASX set to follow

| Motley Fool Staff

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI  ) is slipping today, down 100 points near to the close. The ASX is…

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Carsales.com: Driving up profits, shares worth a test drive

| Mike King

Carsales.com Limited (ASX: CRZ) today announced an increase in first half profits by 20% to $33.1m. The shares are worthy…

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Slater & Gordon Limited: Shares not for the faint hearted

| Peter Phan

Slater & Gordon Limited (ASX: SGH) is one of two listed law firms on the ASX, the other being Integrated Legal…

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Fortescue Metals Group: Growing headwinds, staying on the sidelines

| Peter Phan

Fortescue Metals Group Limited (ASX: FMG) was covered in my article in October 2011.  I stated then that investors should…

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Back off bank bashing, but don't rush to buy ASX banking stocks

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ASX: ANZ) – or ANZ to the rest of us – last week made…

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The Reject Shop: Shares up 5%, stock no retail reject

| Mike King

The Reject Shop Limited (ASX: TRS) today released its first half results with net profit of $16.6m being more than…

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Angry Iran makes $100 oil a good long-term bet

| Motley Fool Staff

Sanctions against Iran are now starting to have an effect on companies who do business there. Some of the first…

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ASX opens flat, Dow sprints to the finish line

| Motley Fool Staff

Markets have bounced around constantly over the past few days. Overnight Tuesday in the U.S. was no exception.   Despite…

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ARB Corporation: Even nature can't slow this company down

| Mike King

ARB Corporation Limited (ASX: ARP) today reported revenues up 2.3% and net profits up 1.6% for the first half FY…

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Apple shares hit $500, and why it's still a buy

| Motley Fool Staff

In the following video, Motley Fool senior technology analyst Eric Bleeker breaks down why Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is still a…

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Warren Buffett is cold on gold, and why you should be too

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Each year, usually toward the end of February, many investors look forward to the release of the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:…

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Greece reaches debt deal: Markets rejoice

| Motley Fool Staff

Somebody go wake up the kids — Greece finally hit the pinata. The struggling country appears to have agreed with…

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Greece is burning and nobody cares

| Motley Fool Staff

Greece is burning. It sounds so sinister, so ominous. When you find out why it's burning, it becomes a tragicomedy,…

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Mortgage Choice Limited: Profits down, shares hammered, market no fool

| Mike King

Mortgage Choice Limited (ASX: MOC) released an announcement to the ASX at 6.30pm on Friday night, downgrading first half 2012…

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