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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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Defensive Shares

3 ASX 200 shares I'd trust if I couldn't check my portfolio for a year

| Grace Alvino

If I had to step away from my portfolio for a year, I’d focus on businesses with predictable demand and…

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Investing Strategies

How I'd invest $50,000 across ASX shares today

| Grace Alvino

If I had $50,000 to invest today, I wouldn’t overcomplicate it. I’d focus on quality and patience.

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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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Recent sharemarket News

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Resource Boom not over says PM

| Mike King

Mining services companies might disagree

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Two more rate cuts say NAB

| Mike King

Unemployment and house prices key influences

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Australian employee costs too high

| Mike King

Country risks becoming uncompetitive

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Woodside cans James Price Point LNG

| Mike King

Other options including floating LNG being considered

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3 ASX stocks that blitzed the market today

| Mike King

ASX adds 0.8%, but these three added more than four times that

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BHP mega-projects back on the drawing board

| Mike King

$10 billion potash project could get the go-ahead

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Woolies defies retail conditions

| Mike King

Supermarkets drive sales

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Coles milks deal with farmers

| Mike King

Supermarket retailer signs deals with cooperative dairies

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BHP defends iron ore increase

| Mike King

CFO says even with low prices, iron ore will still be profitable

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

An instant 5-stock fully franked dividend portfolio

| Bruce Jackson

Love dividends? You're in the right place! Below, you'll discover my sample dividend portfolio including 5 solid ASX companies yielding…

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Bank of Queensland to buy Virgin Money

| Mike King

Another bank adopts multi-brand strategy

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Coalition to slash car industry funding

| Mike King

Governments urged to stop giving money to Holden

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Billabong to disappear after 60 cent bid?

| Mike King

Sycamore Consortium offers 60 cents a share

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Echo's gamble to stop Crown

| Mike King

Casino owner seeks an extension of its exclusive Sydney licence

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Vodafone on the comeback trail?

| Mike King

Telco to launch fastest 4G network in Australia

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Is Newcrest a buy under $20?

| Mike King

Trading below book value - is Australia's largest gold miner a bargain?

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20,000 more pokies for Victoria?

| Mike King

Industry veteran Len Ainsworth says not enough poker machines to meet demand

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Construction falls for 34th consecutive month

| Mike King

Building industry hit by lack of new work, project delays and tight credit conditions

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Online retailers hit by postage increase

| Mike King

Australia Post increases package prices by up to 30%

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Citi Australia takes on big banks

| Mike King

Local players ramping up attack on big four banks' market share

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Super changes: What it means for you

| Mike King

Federal government announces changes to super

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NBN agreement rejected by ACCC

| Mike King

ACCC rejects NBN Co's access and pricing arrangements

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Gold: You are the biggest loser

| Bruce Jackson

It looks like the gold bubble has finally burst -- with worse to potentially come.

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Plunge in number of Perth homes for sale

| Mike King

Mining and energy driving property boom in Western Australia?

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Maverick Drilling: A high risk punt that may gush higher

| Bruce Jackson

A potential gusher combined with increasing production makes Maverick Drilling a high risk punt that just might pay off.

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Rio puts coal assets on chopping block

| Mike King

Miners focus on cutting costs and selling off under-performing and non-core assets

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Rate cuts over: Retail sales climb

| Mike King

Consumers splash out on electronics, household goods and food

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Goldman guilty trader's pitiful salary tells story of GFC

| Bruce Jackson

Goldman Sachs salary packages give green light to "bet the bank" actions.

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First home buyers struggle

| Mike King

Rising home prices and a lack of incentives hurt

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New home sales slump 5%

| Mike King

Victorian housing in a world of pain

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Is now the time to buy Cochlear?

| Mike King

With the share price down 15% since the start of the year, is this the opportunity investors have been waiting…

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BHP and Exxon opt for floating LNG plant

| Mike King

Will Woodside follow suite with its Browse LNG project?

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House prices post biggest gain in 3 years

| Mike King

Housing recovery ahead?

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Suppliers told to pay up to have products removed

| Mike King

Coles issues strict conditions for health food suppliers

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Macquarie our 'fifth pillar'?

| Mike King

Investment bank's mortgage book grows by 55% in six months

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Telstra cleared for takeover of True Local

| Mike King

Shareholders might be asking what benefits it brings, in the face of intense competition from Google

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Sirtex Medical soars 7% on Macquarie upgrade

| Bruce Jackson

Shares in Sirtex Medical lead the ASX 200 gainers after a Macquarie upgrade

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Revealed: Best days to buy petrol

| Mike King

Motorists urged to avoid petrol stations on Thursdays and Fridays

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Rio's Mongolian jeopardy

| Mike King

Ongoing tension between partners threatens to delay Oyu Tolgoi project

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Small Cap managers crowing

| Mike King

98% of small cap managers beat the index in 2012, but the numbers only tell half the story

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