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John Bogle: Common Sense Investing

John Bogle is the founder of Vanguard, one of America's largest mutual fund organisations. The Vanguard 500 Index Fund, now…

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Are You Too Old to Start Investing?

If you've forgotten to save for your retirement, you're facing an incredible uphill battle when it comes to your financial…

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My Personal Roadmap For The Rest Of 2011

I've created a personal roadmap for the rest of 2011, listing several health, financial, family, and travel goals I want…

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One Sure-Sign Signal You Can Trust

We've been saying it for a while…we think interest rates are going nowhere fast. It was more hunch than science,…

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The Smarter Way to Start Investing

Take the best of index trackers, mix in some active trading, and you're on the road to being a successful…

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A Winning Plan for Any Market

Whatever the market is doing, by following these three steps you can still make money over the long haul.

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Beat the market with just two shares

One of the most common pitfalls of individual investing is owning too many shares. Is it any wonder? Vying for…

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Seeking Beauties In This Ugly Market

It's just not fair. These markets keep falling. Even yesterday, following a strong lead from Wall Street, our local market…

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They Sell, You Profit

Just when you thought the pain of a falling share market might be due to end, along comes Friday's 172…

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How To Become A Millionaire

As we confidently predicted, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates on hold this week. Phew. We were…

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Lake Wobegon Meets Investment Bankers

Investment bankers have you believe every stock is above average. Reality is conflicts of interest make it impossible for them…

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7 Traits of Phenomenal Investors

Reuters blogger Felix Salmon recently posted a video arguing against attending meetings like the Ira Sohn conference in New York…

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Crash Goes The Stock Market

What an utterly depressing start to winter. If the cold weather wasn't enough, Wall Street's 279 point overnight reverse chilled…

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How A Mining Crash Could Save The Property Bubble

The whole of Australia now knows property prices are falling. We've got the perfect solution. A mining crash will save…

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Why So Many Fail at Investing

This might be the most important investment statistic you ever hear… Over a 20-year period ending in 2008, the S&P…

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The Spontaneous Urge To Invest NOW

John Maynard Keynes was a 20th century economist, best known for advancing the use of budget deficits and surpluses to…

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5 Signs of Irrational Exuberance You Can't Ignore

The U.S. economy continues to show tangible signs of recovery. In April, businesses created new jobs at the fastest rate…

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U.S. Guru: The World Is Running Out Of Resources

What if we were running out of natural resources? What if global population growth was exacerbating this shortfall? As rhetorical…

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The Fool, Buffett & Berkshire 2011

Grandma's cooking, Fawlty Tower reruns, and old fashioneds never seem to disappoint. Neither do Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. Berkshire…

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Buffett Holds Court at Woodstock for Capitalists

Every year in late April or early May, tens of thousands of investors board trains and planes, heading for the…

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The Next Big Thing: US Property As An Investment

The Aussie dollar party just won't end. As I write, it trades comfortably over $US1.09. AMP Capital Investors chief economist…

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The 4 Most Dangerous Words In Investing

It's often said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Sir John Templeton's famous take on…

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This Stock Market – Going Up or Heading Down?

I was recently listening to a couple of experienced analysts give their thoughts on the current state of the Australian…

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5 Investing Insights From Another Master Investor

If you're a serious value investor, you're probably very familiar with the name Seth Klarman. But in case you haven't…

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The Housing Hangover: Coming Soon

Something doesn't feel right. Maybe it's me. This week, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates on hold…

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Do This And You Might Miss A 1300% Winner

We recently ran an article on The 3 Most Important Words in Investing. If you haven't had a chance to…

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Turning $10,000 into $1 Billion

The orders to buy Kollymagnus shares just keep dripping into the Fool Australia email bag, even after we revealed it…

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Buying Gold? You're a Jerk

Gold bugs rise up. Was Charlie Munger wrong to call gold buyers jerks?

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When Rich People Do Stupid Things

Enough. That's the title of Vanguard founder John Bogle's fantastic book about measuring what counts in life. The title, as…

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How Goldman Sachs Outsmarted Buffett

"Every day that Goldman does not call our preferred is money in the bank," Warren Buffett said last year. "Our…

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You Can Beat The Experts

Many would-be investors shy away from taking the plunge because they figure they don't know as much as the experts.…

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The End of Nuclear Power?

This column may be premature, with events at Japan's damaged nuclear power plants still unfolding. But regardless of whether events…

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Your Home Is 56% Overvalued

It hasn't taken long. After last week's panic selling on the back of fears of a Japanese nuclear catastrophe, world…

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I Know How This Will End

Wow… what a month! A terrible nuclear disaster, Western military operations over Libya, US national debt concerns and a landmark…

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Buffett Spends $9 Billion On Lubrizol

When Warren Buffett buys, he buys big. That's because the 80-year-old investor — dubbed 'the Oracle of Omaha' for his…

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What Japan's Disaster Means For You

The earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan last Friday afternoon has had an unimaginable impact on the people of north-eastern…

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In Investing, Temperament Trumps Talent

Last week, the S&P/ASX 200 closed at 4645 points. The previous Friday, the index had closed at 4864 – a…

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Buy Australian. I Am

Back in October 2008, the S&P/ASX 200 closed as low as 3,800 points. Only one month earlier, it had closed…

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Simple Investing Advice For Uncertain Times

Can you smell a little panic in the air? On Thursday the S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 1.4% to the…

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⏸️ How to Invest

The Wonderfully Simple Rule Of 72

The Rule of 72 lets you estimate, with a fair degree of accuracy, how long it will take a lump…

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