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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 shares News

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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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Who is Jack Cowin's mystery buyer?

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Jack Cowin, owner of Competitive Foods and Hungry Jacks, is negotiating to sell his company's KFC stores to an unidentified,…

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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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Quickflix announces HBO deal

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

The Australian Netflix that wasn't, Quickflix (ASX: QFX), has announced that it's struck a deal to run HBO programs closer…

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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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Should you buy Wesfarmers?

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Giant conglomerate Wesfarmers (ASX: WES) owns and operates a diverse array of businesses, from insurance to resources, but its results…

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Resource Boom not over says PM

| Mike King

Mining services companies might disagree

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Please don't do this, Woolies

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

In Australia, Woolworths (ASX: WOW) is nearly indomitable. Even better, the mega-retailer is still growing, posting a sales increase of 2.5%…

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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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"Kangaroo Route" just got cheaper

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Few groups of people enjoy international travel quite as much as Australians do, so the news that the traveling to…

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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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Aussies borrowing to invest, but conservatism and blue chip shares still reign

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Margin lending is once again on the rise. The practice, which involves customers borrowing money from institutions such as CommSec…

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A better investment than Wesfarmers?

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Despite being 24% owned by former parent company Wesfarmers (ASX: WES), and counting the conglomerate's hardware chain as its major…

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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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This 'chef' is cooking up big returns

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Silver Chef Limited (ASX: SIV) is an odd, under-followed company, in the business of financing restaurant equipment. Unless you're a…

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NBN agreement rejected by ACCC

| Mike King

ACCC rejects NBN Co's access and pricing arrangements

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