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Mike King

Mike King is a Fool.com.au Investment Analyst and Writer. He caught the investing bug more than a decade ago, at a time when the U.S. had invaded Iraq and fear reigned in the markets. His initial success as the markets took off encouraged his passion and thirst for knowledge. With 13 years behind him at one of Australia's largest domestic banks, Mike's passion for stocks led him to join a boutique funds management firm, where he stayed for four years. A seven-year stint in equity research at one of the largest investment banks in the world followed that, giving Mike a thirst to pursue his passion further. Mike holds a Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning. His passion is to help retail investors invest better, and that passion was one of his primary reasons for joining The Motley Fool Australia in late 2011. Mike has written thousands of articles since joining, including for Fairfax Media, Yahoo!7, Ninemsn and has also appeared on ABC's The Business. You can see all of Mikes' holdings here

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Is Lynas an opportunity?

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Falling commodity prices sees Lynas cut back on production

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Newcrest writedown: Told you so

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Gold miner to write down assets by between $5 and $6 billion

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Water: More expensive than milk, soft drink and petrol

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Consumers could be paying thousands of dollars a year for something they could get for just $1.50

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Want a 19% dividend yield?

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A high-risk, high-potential return idea

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Fortescue: 3rd largest resource stock on ASX

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Iron ore miner overtakes Newcrest, as the gold miner's stock crashes

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Lower dollar to hit specialty stores and landlords

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Imported product costs to rise

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Why resources companies have let investors down

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Destruction of shareholder value all too common

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MacMahon Holdings: Another company whacked

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Miner cancels contract, as mining services companies feel more pain

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Kathmandu can-do

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Despite lackluster results in the UK, Kathmandu treks on with strong performance in Australia and New Zealand.

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Dire warning to iron ore miners

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Iron ore demand will rapidly be overtaken by supply says China's largest listed steel maker

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ASX Hot stocks: Billabong, Atlas Iron and Fortescue

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ASX rises 0.3%, buoyed by miners and banks

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Billabong takeover dumped

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Surfwear maker now in talks with suitors over refinancing

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ASX Hot stocks: Transpacific, BlueScope & Kingsgate

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ASX slides 0.8% on weak Chinese manufacturing data

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Is REA Group expensive?

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REA Group may have just pushed real estate agents a step too far

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RBA to cut rates?

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Weak economic data could see RBA cut rates as soon as tomorrow

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Aussie manufacturers must improve

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Falling productivity and a lack of innovation killing manufacturing

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Why I'd buy BHP Billiton ahead of Rio Tinto

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With iron ore prices continuing their slide, BHP looks a better bet than Rio

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ASX Hot stocks: Mirabela, Silver Lake and Atlas Iron

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Stable Aussie dollar helps market end five-day losing streak

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FIRB gives Virgin-Tiger greenlight

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Foreign Investment Review Board gives Virgin approval to take 60% stake in Tiger Airways

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Cabcharge's share price docked

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Victorian taxi reforms to hit the company's bottom line

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CBA ranks cyber-security as biggest fear

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Bank rates hacking as a top three issue

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Car insurance soars

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Families and Tasmanian drivers hardest hit

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Mortgage war escalates

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Westpac cuts one-year fixed rate home loan to 4.79%

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David Jones sales slip

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Warm weather hurts department store retailer

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$23 billion wiped off market

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ASX drops 1.5% as global economic fears raise their head

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Billabong takeover dumped?

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Billabong puts Canadian operations on the chopping block

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What does Packer know?

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James Packer's Crown dumps Echo stake

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$25 billion wiped off market

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ASX drops 2% as a string of bad news hit the market

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Dulux strips paint from Woolies' Masters

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Paint manufacturer withdraws its Dulux and Cabot brands

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Bookmakers support ban on live betting odds

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Community outrage rises

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Ford to close in Australia?

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Car manufacturer reported to close its local factories

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Mapping out a potentially promising stock

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Almost everyone knows Google Maps, but if you’re an Australian company or government department that requires higher resolution photos, there’s…

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Petrol prices set to rise

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The falling dollar means the cost of imported fuel has risen

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Myer sales growth slows

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Retailers still doing it tough

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Death by 3,000 cuts

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Boart Longyear cuts 3,000 staff, but it hasn't helped its share price

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Only half of SMSFs own shares

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Are the other half missing out on the bull market?

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Aussie investors giving managed funds the flick

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Investors want more control and less fees

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Mining Services: Blood in the water

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Might look bad now, but could be about to get a whole lot worse

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ASX Hot Stocks: APA Group, Leighton and Pacific Brands

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ASX rises 0.5%. Here's why these three companies moved

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Virgin health care for Australia?

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Sir Richard Branson's group has its eyes on Australia's health care industry

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