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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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3 stocks rising more than 5% today

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ASX closes up 0.1%, on low volumes as Hurricane Sandy threatens the US

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Hurricane closes New York Stock Exchange

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375,000 people evacuated and transport systems shut down

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High wages put $200 billion at risk

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Projects could be cancelled or delayed as costs rise

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Another retailer goes bust

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White paper: Our future is Asia

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Businesses need to work hand-in-hand with governments

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3 stocks that crashed 20% this week

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ASX falls 2% for the week - is this a sign of things to come?

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Insurance price hike

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Suncorp sees bright future

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BHP bullish on China

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Lessons from the Banksia collapse

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$660 million of investors capital at risk

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ASX gold stocks slammed

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Furniture customers are happy to buy before trying

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Banks expect more defaults

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A warning to bank shareholders

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Facebook shareholders 'Like' its results

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Revenues jump 32% and shares pop

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3 large caps that trumped the market

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ASX follows overseas markets down, but these three companies posted rises

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Telstra to rollout low cost internet

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Telco has big plans for junior Internet provider

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Minister calls miners 'fat and lazy'

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Record commodity prices gave false sense of security

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Inflation shock: prices on the way up

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CPI data reduces chance of rate cut on Melbourne Cup day

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Place your bets: A second Sydney casino is coming

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3 stocks that dragged on the market today

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ASX ends flat, but these three companies fell

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Wotif sees surging demand for overseas holidays

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Australians still want travel agents when booking overseas trips

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Foxtel's Christmas present for subscribers

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High-tech Christmas coming

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The death of TV

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Graincorp shares soar — is food the next investment boom?

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Forget the mining boom. The world will have 9 billion mouths to feed by 2050. Buy food.

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3 blue chip stocks crunched by the market today

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ASX hits new 15-month highs, but that didn't help these three

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Nuclear fallout hurts uranium miners

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Car prices set to fall

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Toyota fires the first shot in what may become a price war

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Petrol prices spike – here to stay

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Prices rise, but don't appear justified

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3 stocks that blew the market away today

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ASX rises 0.7%, but these three added more than 10%

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High frequency trading killing the art of stock market investing

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High frequency trading may have had its day in the sun

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When a brand ambassador goes bad

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Sponsorship remains an important part of marketing

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Shares on fire: A new bull market?

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Australia looks well set

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Australia missing the boat: BHP chief

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Mining investment could head offshore

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Discounts over: Coles ends 'my5' promotion

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Coles ends my5 promotion - can now start more targeted advertising

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Weak housing market claims another victim

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Weak residential sales hammer property developer

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Echo to sell Townsville casino

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Echo to focus on its core casinos

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Cochlear suffers first 'strike'

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30% of shareholders vote down remuneration report

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Oil and gas 'fires' BHP

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Telstra to pay higher dividends?

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