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Beware the 'market darlings'

| Mike King

Like Icarus, flying too close to the sun can be a dangerous pursuit

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Fleetwood wins accommodation tender at Gladstone

| Mike King

The 'picks and shovels' player increases its accommodation arm

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IAG: Asia Pacific expansion coming thick and fast

| Mike King

After a tough time overseas in the past, IAG is ready to again spread its wings

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Tamawood: Gathering momentum?

| Mike King

Another Queensland property group with promise

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Dow surges, up and away for ASX and $A

| Motley Fool Staff

Never content to sit idle for long, the Dow Jones Industrials Average (INDEX: ^DJI) has shown big swings the last…

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Warren Buffett diagnosed with cancer: "Not remotely life threatening"

| Motley Fool Staff

Buffett says that while the treatments will restrict his travel, they will not otherwise affect his daily routine.

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Where would Apple be without the iPhone and iPad?

| Motley Fool Staff

Apple without the newest iToys would be very different indeed

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Interest rates and resource outputs weigh on ASX

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The index dropped -0.3%, but the average rarely tells the story

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Warren Buffett's favourite tech stock

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The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which analyst John Reeves and analyst Jason Moser…

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The wrong way to gamble with the sharemarket

| Motley Fool Staff

British entrepreneur Ashley Revell recently made an extremely risky bet. He sold everything he owned, took the cash to a…

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Investing wealth beyond your wildest dreams

| Bruce Jackson

The key to successful ASX investing is doing the simple things right, reinvesting your dividends, and focusing on the long-term,…

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Is it time to invest in property developers?

| Mike King

Cedar Woods might be one company poised to deliver for shareholders

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Reserve Bank: What have you done for us lately?

| Bruce Jackson

All eyes are on the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) minutes of  its April 3 board meeting. According to The…

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Did BHP Billiton call the end of the resources boom?

| Bruce Jackson

The debate goes on. Is the resources boom finally over? Readers of The Weekend Australian Financial Review would have been…

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Where would we be without Apple?

| Motley Fool Staff

Imagine a world without Steve Jobs' baby

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M2 Telecommunications: Acquires Primus Telecom

| Mike King

The telecomms pac-man takes another bite

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The death of China has been greatly exaggerated

| Bruce Jackson

BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) (NYSE: BHP), the world's biggest miner, has its finger on the pause button, threatening to put…

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Big bank profits aren't enough

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

They may be high - but profit alone isn't enough for investors

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The (Tech) King is dead… long live the King

| Motley Fool Staff

Being number 1 doesn't matter if your market ceases to exist

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Is now the right time to buy coal?

| Motley Fool Staff

The death of coal, if not greatly exaggerated, is further away than many think

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The most popular ratio… that might lead you astray

| Mike King

As Einstein said: "Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler"

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Can pancakes and pizza save Greece?

| Motley Fool Staff

A recent competition to solve Greece's problem turned up an interesting option

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ASX shares end the week on a high

| Motley Fool Staff

After a choppy week, Friday's trade gave investors a reason to smile

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Your house may not be a good financial investment

| Motley Fool Staff

That's the view of Yale professor Dr Robert Shiller

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Video: Dr Robert Shiller on houses as a financial investment

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Hint: History isn't kind

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3 ASX stocks that beat the market yesterday

| Mike King

Averages don't tell the full story - here's 3 companies that beat the average yesterday

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Why the Dow surged again… and what that means for the ASX

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US Markets were strong overnight - and ASX futures suggest a positive start

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Don't let the ASX take your rights!

| Dean Morel

Proposed changes will marginalise retail investors and trample ownership rights

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TEN: Breakfast, beauty and brawn can't mask issues

| Mike King

Free to air television is a tough business, and Ten is feeling the heat

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3 ASX stocks that beat the market yesterday

| Mike King

On a down day for the market, some stocks managed to buck the trend

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Apple inches toward yet another record … Again

| Motley Fool Staff

Are there still any trillion-dollar sceptics out there?

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Three ASX stocks that fell on Tuesday

| Mike King

The market was down, but these three bore the brunt of larger losses

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As ASX tanks, Apple shares hit all time high

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Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) shares just hit an all-time high. Again. It didn't last. The stock traded as high as $644…

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Dow plummets, ASX to follow: Prepare to load up

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It has been a year that's been generally light on fear and filled with days of small gains that added…

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Three ASX stocks that fell more than 6 per cent on Thursday

| Mike King

The market was down, but these three companies really got whacked during the most recent day's trade

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IMF: Full steam ahead

| Peter Phan

IMF's business is strong, and our investment thesis remains intact

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Why the Easter Bunny will need more money next year

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The price of cocoa is likely to keep rising. The Easter Bunny might need to dig deeper next year

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The grass-roots way to multi-bagger returns

| Motley Fool Staff

Everyday research can focus your attention on the very best companies

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Forget China: The next growth markets

| Motley Fool Staff

With China slowing, what country should investors look to next?

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Apple needs to get serious about this major disruption

| Motley Fool Staff

Technology moves a lightning speed - and Apple needs to keep up

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