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3 ASX stocks that crushed the market

| Mike King

ASX rises 1.3%, its biggest gain in seven months, but these three added more than 8%

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Treasury Wine sees good times ahead

| Mike King

But one of their products may be a better investment

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Supermarkets drive sales at Woolworths

| Mike King

$30 billion in total group revenues in just six months is nothing to be sneezed at

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Warren Buffett's still got it

| Motley Fool Staff

Worries that Berkshire has gotten too large prove unfounded.

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Westfield: All shopped out?

| Tim McArthur

Revenues are declining as shopping centres struggle to increase rents.

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Fear: An investor's worst enemy and closest ally

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Fear is a powerful factor in the stock market. During times of economic uncertainty, investors are driven by their fear…

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Australia's AAA rating safe – for now

| Mike King

Despite strong fundamentals, country has some weaknesses and potential threats

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Gold: It's over

| Bruce Jackson

The Dow (INDEX: ^DJI) and S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) are back on the up, as are dividend stocks,…

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Fall in construction – another trigger for rate cut?

| Mike King

Construction work falls likely triggered by falling commodity prices

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United's ugly result

| Mike King

Engineering and property services firm sees net profit fall 53%

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Maverick Drilling: from safe producer to speculative explorer

| Bruce Jackson

Maverick Drilling & Exploration (ASX: MAD) has transformed itself from emerging producer to speculative explorer.

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5 great reads

| Motley Fool Staff

Mark Twain says, "The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos: Greatest CEO alive?

| Motley Fool Staff

The pioneer of online retailing comes in just behind the late Steve Jobs, but was the study skewed?

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Market crash — how I've missed you

| Bruce Jackson

The Dow (INDEX: ^DJI) crashed Monday, the S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO) following its lead. If fast growing, attractively…

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Currency wars: Rate cut next week?

| Mike King

RBA hints that rates may be cut to force stubborn Australian dollar down

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Is Jumbo Interactive still a jackpot stock?

| Ryan Newman (TMFNewmy)

Shareholders bail on online gaming leader despite strong results.

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Flight Centre: Profits fly higher

| Tim McArthur

CEO still aiming for more after record earnings.

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Caltex profit finally strikes oil

| Regan Pearson

Reduction in refining capacity swings profit in Caltex’s favour, but what next?

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Air wars: Virgin has wings clipped

| Mike King

Earnings hit by overcapacity and increased competition

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Truck sales drive Seven Group's profit

| Mike King

Sales of Caterpillar mining equipment turbo-charge Seven's half year profit

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IOOF beds down acquisitions as sector heats up

| Tim McArthur

IOOF already seeing profits from recent buys.

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Why Origin needs $800 million

| Regan Pearson

Slipped in amongst Origin Energy Limited’s (ASX: ORG) half-year 2012 result announcements last week was the news that the energy…

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Beyond Telstra: Mid-cap telcos worth a second look

| Tim McArthur

This is a great time to consider mid-tier telco stocks.

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Dear Steve, thank you

| David Gardner

Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner always meant to write Steve Jobs to say goodbye. Now that things are much quieter…

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Sims Metal: Profits down but shares rally

| Tim McArthur

Advance warning prevented the drop.

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Shoe Superstore to shutter as Australians shun high street shopping

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Citing an "alarming decline in high street shopping over the last 12 months," RCG Corporation (ASX: RCG) announced yesterday that…

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Crown losing its shine

| Mike King

Falling profits, flat revenues and a large capital expenditure program mean Crown is no bargain

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Interest rates on hold

| Mike King

And could be for some time, according to RBA Governor Glenn Stevens

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Bright future for oil and gas giant but costs a big concern

| Catherine Baab-Muguira

Energy may be key to the future of Australia's economy, but 2012 saw plunging profit for oil and gas producer…

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Billabong's $500 million dumper

| Mike King

Surfwear maker takes writedowns of $567 million

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Facebook's final mistake?

| Motley Fool Staff

Video ads are inevitably coming to Facebook, but it may be the moment that the popular website operator jumps the…

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Brambles results stack up

| Tim McArthur

Americas segment delivers standout performance.

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$35 billion wiped off market

| Mike King

ASX 200 drops 2.3%, leaving few blue-chip stocks unscathed

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Small lenders cut mortgage rates

| Mike King

And with no prompting from the Reserve Bank

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ASX earnings down

| Mike King

Australia's main stock exchange sees revenues and profits down as market activity falls to cyclical lows

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Weak ad market hampers Fairfax

| Mike King

Asset sales boost net profit

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Mixed results for Flying Kangaroo

| Mike King

International division reduces losses, but domestic earnings fall

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The last hurrah for bank shareholders as the 'new normal' ends

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Are banking investors missing the signs?

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Apple's next big threat

| Motley Fool Staff

Hint: it arrives in less than a month.

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Niche retailers show signs of life

| Tim McArthur

Discount retailer The Reject Shop (ASX: TRS) has continued to grow earnings in 2013.

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