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Sink your teeth into these 4 ASX stocks

| Mike King

Invest in what you eat, and check out these tasty stock ideas

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Spotlight on: The Packer empire

| Mike King

James Packer's diverse portfolio has its share of core, growth and fun investments, just like any young billionaire should have.

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3 ASX stocks that were yesterday's biggest losers

| Mike King

On a flat day for the ASX, these 3 resources stocks stood out as the biggest losers

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6 ways to prepare for the coming sharemarket crash

| Bruce Jackson

Sharemarket jitters are back. Investors are nervous. These 6 steps work now, and work in any market.

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5 reasons to buy high-yield ASX dividend shares

| Motley Fool Staff

With interest rates falling, dividend shares have more attractions than ever.

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Lessons — and a stock tip — from Buffett

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Scott Phillips reports in from Omaha, where Warren Buffett talks health, investing and getting rich

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Bank bosses would hate this bonus scheme

| Motley Fool Staff

When management and shareholder interests align

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How Warren Buffett got rich

| Bruce Jackson

The ASX fell 2% yesterday, and is flat today. While others panic, we look at lower share prices and see…

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3 ASX stocks that beat the falling market yesterday

| Mike King

It was a tough day for investors, the market plunging 2%, but there were some winners.

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Quality is king on the ASX again

| Mike King

When quality is cheap, it’s usually a golden opportunity

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3 ASX stocks that got crushed last week

| Mike King

A case of ‘look out below’ struck these companies hard

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3 ASX stocks that jumped over 10 per cent last week

| Mike King

A retailer, biotech and a gaming business all jumped sharply last week

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12 insights for my path to a million

| Motley Fool Staff

How many of these insights could help you invest better?

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ASX falls almost 2%

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The market has a bout of the blues - but we're not going to take it

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3 ASX stocks that beat the falling market on Friday

| Mike King

The market might have fallen, but that doesn't mean there aren't winners

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The greatest challenge for today's nervous investors

| Motley Fool Staff

The market is off to a sluggish start - time to look through the doom and buy?

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Foolish Preview: Berkshire, banks and a budget

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Our market likely to open lower this morning after US markets fell on Friday

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What your kids desperately need to know about investing

| Motley Fool Staff

Financial education is vital to your children's future

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In a weird world where shareholders don't matter

| Motley Fool Staff

Why aren't boards listening to the owners of the company?

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Keep one step ahead of the investing crowd

| Motley Fool Staff

How to go the extra mile in doing real company research

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Bringing you Buffett's 'Woodstock for Capitalists'

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Even if you don’t invest the way Buffett does, why not learn more from one of the best?

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Why 'sell in May' will lead you astray

| Motley Fool Staff

Why following the accepted wisdom might be bad for your wealth

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Will your stocks survive until 2020?

| Motley Fool Staff

Today's profit matters, but nowhere near as much as the long-term success of the business

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Hitting a defenceless Fool when he's up 7 per cent

| Bruce Jackson

Harvey Norman (ASX: HVN) continues to struggle, yet the shares are up 7% in the last few weeks. A value…

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ARB Corp: Tough times, but positioning for growth

| Mike King

ARB's growth has hit the wall, but they are hoping it's just a blip on the path of this long-term…

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5 ASX stocks that fell more than 5 per cent yesterday

| Mike King

The market might have been flat, but these stocks took it on the chin.

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Buffett fans roll up to 'Woodstock for Capitalists', including me

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Scott Phillips heads for Omaha and a 6 hour investing masterclass with Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger

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ASX to follow the Dow lower as investors fret about the unknown

| Bruce Jackson

Just when you thought it was safe to pile back into shares, along comes "the unknown" to spoil the party

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The dogs of the Dow are in the doghouse

| Motley Fool Staff

Are these stocks ready to bounce back?

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ASX Thursday close: Much ado about nothing

| Bruce Jackson

The excitement of the RBA's interest rate is already a distant memory. ASX market's close flat on Thursday on a…

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'Booze barometer' confirms RBA's decision to cut rates

| Bruce Jackson

We're drinking less, but likely because we can't afford a tipple rather than some collective health kick.

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The devastatingly simple way to play the interest rate cut

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The Reserve Bank of Australia shocked most observers this week, dropping interest rates by half of one per cent. With…

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Alan Greenspan: "Stocks Are Very Cheap."

| Motley Fool Staff

Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said, with earnings moving up and the equity premium at the highest level…

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4 ASX stocks that rose more than 4 per cent yesterday

| Mike King

The ASX finished flat yesterday, but these 4 stocks all did much better. Is there gold amongst them?

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Foolish Preview: Flat start, and how to respond to the rate cut

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Soft US and EU employment numbers - and Westpac profit stalls

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Fact: Apple got cheaper last week

| Motley Fool Staff

Can share price increases make a company less expensive?

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ASX Market Wrap: ASX up – just – and again underperforms the Dow

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Rates, rates, rates... plus the biggest winners and losers

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Freedom Nutritional: Stock jumps 138% in a year, an attractive investing proposition

| Mike King

With its range of health conscious products, Freedom could also be a healthy investing proposition.

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3 ASX stocks that performed the best yesterday

| Mike King

The sharemarket is on the up, but these ASX 200 shares did even better.

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Foolish roundtable: Interest rates, Olympics and optimism

| Motley Fool Staff

ASX shares are up 8% in 2012. Optimism is returning to the market. Could this rally have further to go?

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