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

| Sebastian Bowen

Compounding can help you retire early.

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Can someone invest like Warren Buffett with a spare $500?

| Sebastian Bowen

You don't have to be rich to invest like Uncle Warren.

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With 2026 approaching, Warren Buffett is sending investors 3 clear signals

| Leigh Gant

Warren Buffett’s restraint may be the clearest signal investors should pay attention to heading into 2026.

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3 golden rules of investing to live by in 2026

| Sebastian Bowen

The new year is a great time to reassess our stocks.

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1 Magnificent 7 stock to buy in 2026 (and 1 to avoid)

| Sebastian Bowen

Not all Mag 7 stocks are equal.

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Dividend Investing

1 impressively awesome Australian dividend stock down 20% to hold for decades!

| Tristan Harrison

This business looks far too cheap to me.

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Recent sharemarket News

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One MAD stock still on our radar

| Dean Morel

For the second time since listing in 2010, Maverick Drilling and Exploration Limited has doubled its reserves. The shares jumped…

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Super Retail Group: The super retailer?

| Mike King

Super Retail Group Ltd seem to be bucking the trend of falling sales and falling share prices that are apparent…

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Two dire warnings and one moment of brilliance

| Bruce Jackson

Fitch's warning of a cataclysmic collapse of the euro is outdone by QBE's dire profit warning.

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Boom Logistics shares soared: What you need to know

| Motley Fool Staff

Boom Logistics Limited (ASX: BOL) soared close to 20 per cent higher after the company responded to an ASX share…

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Barbarians back at the gate

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Private equity is circling ASX-listed businesses - just one more sign that today’s market is cheap

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Seeds of a new boom for shares?

| Motley Fool Staff

One thing is certain: We are closer to the next bull market today than we were a few years ago.

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Platinum Asset Management: Not FUM anymore

| Mike King

A bet on Platinum Asset Management is a bet on a rising sharemarket. Do you feel lucky?

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Rediscover that winning sharemarket feeling

| Bruce Jackson

People are running away from shares, but there are great growth opportunities, especially in the overlooked small cap sector.

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Kathmandu Holdings: A Wall To Climb

| Jonathan Lee

Kathmandu shares hit a wall just prior to Christmas. The road ahead could be rocky.

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6 reasons you're a bad sharemarket investor

| Motley Fool Staff

These mental traps may be killing your portfolio

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3 simple ways to beat other investors

| Motley Fool Staff

These tips should prevent a portfolio nightmare extending into 2012

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My 2012 investing resolutions

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Make yourself the best investor you can be. Make each new purchase decision better than the last - by being…

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4 Blue chip stocks for 2012

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Each new year brings hopes of a new start. Investors should take the chance to reassess their portfolio to make…

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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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Why the ASX's big new year rally means nothing

| Motley Fool Staff

For many investors, there's no better way to start off a new year than to have a nice big share…

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The January sharemarket effect: Enjoy whilst it lasts

| Motley Fool Staff

The ASX is off to a flying start in 2012, writes The Motley Fool. Could it be the January effect…

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Better Investing Step 5: Growth Matters

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to last part of The Motley Fool’s ‘5 Steps to Better Investing’ series. We’ve touched on a couple of…

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An investing resolution that will pay off

| Motley Fool Staff

The new year is the traditional time to make resolutions on things we'd like to do better. And unless you've…

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Better Investing Step 4: Compound Your Dividends

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to fourth part in The Motley Fool’s ‘5 Steps to Better Investing’ series. So far, we covered the mental…

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's lackluster 2011

| Motley Fool Staff

Even the best investors struggled in 2011. Shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fell 5 per cent, even though the…

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Not standing in AWE at this special dividend

| Motley Fool Staff

The market yawned at AWE's special dividend. Has this oil and gas company run out of ideas?

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PaperlinX Limited: The pain could be almost over

| Bruce Jackson

For long-suffering PaperlinX shareholders, this could finally be the end-game. It's been a painful ride.

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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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Investing lessons for a more prosperous 2012 and beyond

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Rather than wallow in the opportunities lost and the portfolio values that seem to have gone up in smoke, instead…

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Cool summer wreaking havoc on these ASX stocks

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

When sales growth for these ASX stocks hits an unusual bump in the road, the reason is likely to be…

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Matrix Composites & Engineering: Results trumps potential

| Mike King

Matrix Composites and Engineering Limited (ASX:MCE) has been awarded a cooperation agreement by a leading European oil services company potentially…

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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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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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Did David Jones Limited make too much money?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

David Jones has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons lately. Under Mark McInnes, the company was…

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Profit with these ASX stocks from the two-speed economy

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

These four ASX companies stand to benefit handsomely from the 2-speed economy. None are particularly cheap, but if it's quality…

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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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ASX shares soar and how you can beat the lawyers at their own game

| Bruce Jackson

ASX shares have their best week in three years, soaring 7.6 per cent. It just goes to prove, once again,…

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Ten American shares you could buy today

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

With the Aussie dollar still going strong, and global share markets still well off their highs, now might just be…

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Diversification without diworsification

| Dean Morel

Chocolate, chips and cakes are all good in small doses. However, too much of a good thing can be dangerous…

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OrotonGroup Limited: One for the buy list

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Retailers are struggling. But with quality brands, impressive management, a conservative balance sheet and a shareholder-friendly long-term mindset, OrotonGroup is…

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3 essentials to survive after you retire

| Motley Fool Staff

No one said it's easy to retire. In one fell swoop, you'll lose a big pay cheque and face the…

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Bear markets: The perfect time to buy cheap shares, as we've just done ourselves

| Bruce Jackson

The last 24 hours prove, once and for all, that share markets can and DO rise, even in the face…

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Forget 2011, it's 2031 that matters for sharemarket investors

| Motley Fool Staff

Come 2031, today's sharemarket woes will just be a footnote in your investment history. Worry not what markets do today,…

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