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Personal Finance

Don't want to rely on your wage? Build a second income with these ASX shares

| Tristan Harrison

Aussies can improve financial security by using ASX shares to generate passive income.

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Investing Strategies

Here are my top 10 ASX stocks for 2026

| Grace Alvino

For 2026, I’m focused on ASX stocks with strong fundamentals, proven management, and the ability to compound through volatility.

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ETFs

This is how I would build a sound ETF portfolio from scratch

| Marc Van Dinther

Aim for broad market exposure, keep it simple and minimize costs.

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Opinions

10 ASX shares I'd buy with $10,000 in 2026 to beat the market

| Tristan Harrison

These stocks have strong return potential over the long term.

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Defensive Shares

5 reasons to hold Telstra shares until 2030

| Grace Alvino

Telstra isn’t exciting, but for income and resilience, that may be exactly the point.

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Share Market News

With inflation edging lower, here's the latest 2026 interest rate forecast from CBA

| Bernd Struben

Buying ASX shares and pining for interest rate relief? Here’s CBA’s latest 2026 forecast.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Space, time and… clarity

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Reflections on reflecting.

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Motley Fool Take Stock

Property and predictions: Our two national sports

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

A couple of new year thoughts.

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Recent sharemarket News

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Are you ready to profit from the next meltdown?

| Motley Fool Staff

With the fate of the European economy hanging in the balance, we may be on the verge of another extended…

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The death of shares has been greatly exaggerated

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The sad reality is that despite decades of economic booms and busts, we don’t seem to be able to learn…

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Let's get greedy together

| Bruce Jackson

In this special video, David and Tom Gardner introduce Motley Fool Share Advisor. Whilst markets crash all around, Dean Morel…

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David Jones Limited: We knew it was bad, but not this bad

| Bruce Jackson

David Jones Limited has reported like for like sales have slumped 11 per cent. We've long been warning about the…

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The rowboat syndrome trap that could cost you thousands

| Bruce Jackson

ASX shares keep falling, but instead of worrying, The Motley Fool is optimistically focusing on a plethora of investing opportunities,…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Kicking the tyres on super-cheap Automotive Holdings

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Automotive Holdings current valuation isn't demanding, and it trades on an attractive fully franked dividend yield of 8.7 per cent.…

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$200 oil in 2012?

| Motley Fool Staff

In May 2008, as crude oil steamed toward a July -- and all-time -- high of $147 per barrel, a…

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A simple options trading strategy for everyone

| Motley Fool Staff

Are you looking to generate income from your investments? Open you eyes to investing in U.S. companies and using options…

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Fishing for ASX shares the Warren Buffett Way

| Motley Fool Staff

Everyone's marvelling over Warren Buffett's addition of tech giant IBM to Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio. Why so much shock? For a…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Newsat Limited issued with ASX speeding ticket

| Motley Fool Staff

If high-flying Newsat truly is going to transform itself into a major international provider of satellite communications, there will be…

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Time to give up on shares?

| Motley Fool Staff

Bonds have beaten shares over the last 30 years for the first time since 1861. Is it time to give…

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ASX shares spin down as Europe prepares to unleash the big one

| Bruce Jackson

ASX shares spinning down, Europe on the brink of bringing out something big, and an important announcement. It’s all part…

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3 ways to lower your sharemarket investing risk

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

You can never eliminate risk in investing. The best we can do is plan for those risks we can reasonably…

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Using the price earnings ratio to pick ASX winners and losers

| Peter Phan

When it comes to sharemarket investing, one size never fits all. If investing was as easy as looking at a…

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This mistake could cost you big money

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Every investor should aim to take the emotion out of our investment decisions. Problem is, it's easier said than done.…

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Driverless trucks to drive Rio Tinto's profits

| Motley Fool Staff

Rio Tinto accelerates the rollout of its mine of the future.

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Run away from OneSteel, and fast

| Bruce Jackson

OneSteel Limited, Australia's second-largest steelmaker, slashed its earnings forecast, sending its shares down 17 percent to an 11-year low. They…

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Winners are grinners, foiled by a Greek tragedy

| Bruce Jackson

Just when you thought sharemarket volatility had subsided, the Greek tragedy rears its ugly head, again. Time to hold onto…

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Greece is the word, sending sharemarkets tumbling, again

| Motley Fool Staff

U.S. stocks have slumped to their biggest two-day fall in a month as fears of more problems in Europe gripped…

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Tatts and Tabcorp: Worth a punt?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

With the race that stops the nation now run and won, bookmakers and the lucky few punters who picked the…

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Cheap oil isn't coming back

| Motley Fool Staff

Oil is unquestionably becoming harder, and more expensive to find. Fight back from permanently high petrol prices by discovering cheap,…

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Bet on the Cup, invest in the sharemarket

| Bruce Jackson

Two gambling rules for the Cup, and three keys to long-term investing success

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Did Facebook's $100 billion dream just die?

| Motley Fool Staff

Once thought to be worth $100 billion or more, new data says Facebook is trading for an implied value of…

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The Melbourne Cup of investing

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

I don’t make my living picking the winners of horse races, but the Spring Carnival and its showpiece event on…

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3 ways to beat volatile sharemarkets

| Motley Fool Staff

These simple steps can smooth your investing returns

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

BHP Billiton: Priced for the apocalypse

| Motley Fool Staff

BHP Billiton's share price is down over 25 per cent from its 52-week high. Rather than being fearful, potential investors…

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4 gotta-have U.S. stocks finally cheap enough to buy

| Motley Fool Staff

With world sharemarkets having a hissy-fit, four top quality U.S. shares and one little-known ASX company are available on the…

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3 stocks to profit from the coming sharemarket rally

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Investors buying shares at today's prices potentially stand to benefit twice. Firstly, from rising profits, and secondly, from a removal…

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Two great investors sharing one winning strategy

| Bruce Jackson

Was that the bottom of the market? Share surge higher as Europe is forgotten for a couple of days. You'll…

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Microsoft reminds sharemarket investors it's still a force

| Motley Fool Staff

Microsoft reports record $17.4 billion quarterly revenue. Trading on a annual dividend yield of nearly 3%, the shares look cheap

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The coming sharemarket rally

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The future is very likely to look better than today’s sharemarket is predicting, because of its over-reliance on events of…

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So you want to invest in ASX shares

| Motley Fool Staff

Keen to make a fortune betting on ASX shares? Before diving in, find out about the basic principles that have…

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Fragile shares and a cactus Pilbara

| Bruce Jackson

Europe keeps sharemarkets on edge, with some traders saying it's making their jobs laughably difficult. Meanwhile, the iron ore price…

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The easy way to make $200,000

| Motley Fool Staff

Money you save on charges over the course of your investing life could make a massive difference to your nest…

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Rich Aussies have nothing to complain about

| Bruce Jackson

Sharemarkets fall back, dragged lower by Europe. But why worry? We're rich, employed and can earn a decent return on…

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The death of the bear market?

| Bruce Jackson

Are we now climbing the proverbial wall of worry? Is the bear dead? An increasing number of analysts think we…

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Opportunity lying in plain sight

| Motley Fool Staff

Jeremy Gratham's many past investment predictions have been uncannily correct. This time around, he's predicting U.S. blue chip stocks will…

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Shares for the long, long run

| Motley Fool Staff

Famed U.S. author Jeremy Siegel is as optimistic about shares as ever, and seemingly with some justification. If the current…

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BHP's big $30 billion hole

| Motley Fool Staff

BHP Billiton look to spend $20 billion to $30 billion on expanding the massive Olympic Dam mine in South Australia.

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Should you catch Billabong's wave?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Billabong shares have been dumped in recent months. But with the shares looking cheap, are they a wave worth catching…

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