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Forget China: The next growth markets

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

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Apple needs to get serious about this major disruption

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

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One way your financial advisor could help you (but probably isn't)

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Good advice can be priceless - bad advice can cost you a fortune

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Will we see the iPhone 5 this June?

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Everything is pointing to an iPhone launch in June this year...

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History stole your investment returns

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If you don't buy well, it's hard to do well - the Dow has a lesson for all investors

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You can build a premiership portfolio

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Lessons from sport on assembling a market-beating investing team

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A huge risk for investors

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A focus on short-term goals can have serious long-term consequences

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IAG grows its NZ business

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After getting its fingers burnt in the UK, IAG cautiously looks overseas again

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3 ASX stocks that beat the market yesterday

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The market average was flat - but some companies performed much better

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QBE: Shareholder purchase plan update

| Mike King

High demand means a significant scale-back

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The problem with CEO bonuses

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...and it's not what you think

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Is Titan Energy the next Maverick Drilling and Exploration?

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Maverick Drilling and Exploration (ASX: MAD) have been on a hot streak, putting it mildly. The shares have soared over…

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Melbourne IT shares soared: It even surprised us

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Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) jumped more than 5 per cent on Wednesday April 4 2012 after The Motley Fool named…

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Melbourne IT: One Enticingly Attractive ASX Stock

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Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) was once a dot-com darling. Now thrown on the scrap heap, Motley Fool Investment Analyst Dean…

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10 stocks better than a lottery ticket

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If you can't beat the house, own the house instead

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ASX flat, Dow down, gold bubble continues to deflate

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The S&P/ASX 200 ended Wednesday relatively flat, a decent performance when compared to the Dow and The Motley Fool's old…

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You know house prices are struggling when…

| Bruce Jackson

Stockland (ASX: SGP) managing director Matthew Quinn should be applauded for his honesty. House prices are still too expensive, writes…

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Why Transfield shares got crushed

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Earnings guidance lowered by 20%

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5 shares you wish you owned last month

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You can't invest by looking in the rear vision mirror, but it does offer some lessons

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The best advice I've ever ignored

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Is investing really just gambling?

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Two 'can't win' stocks and one April Fool's joke

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Confession time... yesterday's article might have been a gag...

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Will Apple be worth $1.5 trillion in 3 years?

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Bet against Apple at your own peril.

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Two 'can't lose' stocks…Your urgent attention is required

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Don't miss out on this opportunity...

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7 more leadership lessons from Steve Jobs

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Another 7 ways Steve Jobs recreated Apple

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Microsoft knows what you say behind its back

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Mr Softy knows you don't think he's cool

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7 leadership lessons from Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs was nothing if not a whole host of contradictions - but he was unarguably brilliant.

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Bunnings: Expansion ramps up

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The dominant hardware retailer is looking to entrench its advantage

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Metcash: Feeling the squeeze

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Metcash feeling the pressure in both groceries and hardware

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Upheaval at Tassal Group

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When 3 directors resign at the same time, investors should be cautious

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This might be Google's worst idea yet

| Bruce Jackson

If the rumors are to be believed — and let's face it, when DigiTimes is involved, as it is here,…

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House prices soft – more to come

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A new report predicts the housing market is in a 'new normal'

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How smart ASX sharemarket investors can beat fearful fund managers

| Bruce Jackson

The ASX proves 'surprisingly' resilient, with the All Ords falling less than 10 points. Look who's fearful now.

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AJ Lucas: Yet another capital raising

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Small setbacks can be a big deal when you're in a difficult business

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Quickflix: Heading over the ditch

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Moving streaming service launches in New Zealand

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Leighton: More impairments

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More downgrades plague the construction group

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The death of DVDs

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Hollywood is going the same way as the music industry - only faster

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The amazing triumph of China

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

China will be the world's largest economy by the end of the decade

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Create an index portfolio with just five stocks

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There's an easy way to approximate the index return - or do better

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Buy Harvey Norman, Buy

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He thinks he might be mad, but Scott Phillips makes the case for buying shares in Harvey Norman

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One finger lickin' good stock idea for this rising sharemarket

| Bruce Jackson

Although the ASX is lagging other markets, it has been a good start to 2012 for investors. The Motley Fool's…

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