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Rediscover that winning sharemarket feeling

| Bruce Jackson

People are running away from shares, but there are great growth opportunities, especially in the overlooked small cap sector.

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Kathmandu Holdings: A Wall To Climb

| Jonathan Lee

Kathmandu shares hit a wall just prior to Christmas. The road ahead could be rocky.

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6 reasons you're a bad sharemarket investor

| Motley Fool Staff

These mental traps may be killing your portfolio

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3 simple ways to beat other investors

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These tips should prevent a portfolio nightmare extending into 2012

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My 2012 investing resolutions

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Make yourself the best investor you can be. Make each new purchase decision better than the last - by being…

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4 Blue chip stocks for 2012

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Each new year brings hopes of a new start. Investors should take the chance to reassess their portfolio to make…

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Half way through the ASX's lost decade

| Bruce Jackson

Half way through the ASX's lost decade, investors could be forgiven for throwing in the towel. If nothing else, in…

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3 reasons I'm avoiding China

| Motley Fool Staff

The emperor may, in fact, have no clothes. On the heels of the European debt crisis comes a deepening fear…

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Why the ASX's big new year rally means nothing

| Motley Fool Staff

For many investors, there's no better way to start off a new year than to have a nice big share…

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The January sharemarket effect: Enjoy whilst it lasts

| Motley Fool Staff

The ASX is off to a flying start in 2012, writes The Motley Fool. Could it be the January effect…

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Better Investing Step 5: Growth Matters

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to last part of The Motley Fool’s ‘5 Steps to Better Investing’ series. We’ve touched on a couple of…

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An investing resolution that will pay off

| Motley Fool Staff

The new year is the traditional time to make resolutions on things we'd like to do better. And unless you've…

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Better Investing Step 4: Compound Your Dividends

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to fourth part in The Motley Fool’s ‘5 Steps to Better Investing’ series. So far, we covered the mental…

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Five Big Threats In 2012

| Motley Fool Staff

2011 was all about the eurozone crisis. And 2012 could be as well. But it isn't the only threat out…

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Focus Investing – Part 3

| Dean Morel

In part 1 of this series I presented the case for focus investing. In part 2 I discussed the number and size of positions…

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Better Investing Step 3: Avoid Red Flags

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

  Welcome to The Motley Fool's '5 Steps to Better Investing' series. With some time for reflection between Christmas and…

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Focus Investing – Part 2

| Dean Morel

In part 1 of this series I presented the case for focus investing. That is for concentrating your portfolio on…

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Better Investing Step 2: Be Patient

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to The Motley Fool's '5 Steps to Better Investing' series. With some time for reflection between Christmas and New…

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5 Steps to Better Investing

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

I think the time between Christmas and New Year is one of the best times of the year. When I'm…

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Focus Investing – Part 1

| Dean Morel

Most investors focus their efforts on stock picking, but I believe that portfolio management is an equally important component of long-term investment success. By this,…

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Robert Shiller on Why Home Prices Could Fall for Several Decades

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No one knows what will happen, but it's not hard to argue that the U.S. housing market is nearing a…

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway's lackluster 2011

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Even the best investors struggled in 2011. Shares in Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fell 5 per cent, even though the…

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Not standing in AWE at this special dividend

| Motley Fool Staff

The market yawned at AWE's special dividend. Has this oil and gas company run out of ideas?

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PaperlinX Limited: The pain could be almost over

| Bruce Jackson

For long-suffering PaperlinX shareholders, this could finally be the end-game. It's been a painful ride.

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Fitch threatens to downgrade U.S. debt from AAA

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Is another credit rating downgrade for the U.S. economy on the cards? Whatever happens, investors are rightly shrugging their shoulders…

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Investing lessons for a more prosperous 2012 and beyond

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Rather than wallow in the opportunities lost and the portfolio values that seem to have gone up in smoke, instead…

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Cool summer wreaking havoc on these ASX stocks

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

When sales growth for these ASX stocks hits an unusual bump in the road, the reason is likely to be…

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Matrix Composites & Engineering: Results trumps potential

| Mike King

Matrix Composites and Engineering Limited (ASX:MCE) has been awarded a cooperation agreement by a leading European oil services company potentially…

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3 ASX shares for stormy markets

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If we really are in for the kind of worldwide recession markets seem to fear, then which shares which will…

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5 safe haven ASX stocks for 2012

| Mike King

2012 might be grim. These 5 ASX shares offer some protection

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I Can't Stand It Anymore

| Dean Morel

Billabong International Limited (ASX:BBG) wiped out yesterday, and still hasn't come up for air. Billabong continues to get dragged against…

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MF Global: How the Trade Actually Went Down

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Regulators, credit ratings agencies, and investors became increasingly concerned regarding the size of MF Global's exposure to European sovereign debt.…

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MF Global Disaster: How the Trade Was Supposed to Work

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Beginning in 2010, MF Global put on a series of European sovereign bond trades ("repo-to-maturity" transactions). MF Global borrowed money…

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Has Macmahon constructed a solid base?

| Dean Morel

MacMahon Holdings Limited (ASX: MAH) was a shining beacon cutting through the economic fog, as it pre-announced better than expected earnings…

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The Astonishing Collapse of MF Global

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"You can't just look at what is good in the moment, what feels good, what works for today may not…

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Kim Jong Il dies and the S&P/ASX 200 slumps 2.3 per cent as Billabong wipes out

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Kim Jon Il, the North Korean dictator who allegedly shot 11 holes-in-one in the first round of golf he ever…

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What Kim Jong Il's death means for investors

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, has apparently died of a heart attack, aged 69. World sharemarkets were already falling,…

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Billabong International Wipes Out

| Dean Morel

Last week we had former market darling JB Hi-Fi (ASX: JBH) warning on profits. Today, Billabong International (ASX: BBG) wiped…

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JB Hi-Fi and the slow death of retail stocks

| Bruce Jackson

JB Hi-Fi Limited (ASX: JBH) shocked the market with a profit warning, its shares slumping 14 per cent. If investing…

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Successful investing: 'Who Cares?'

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

With only 8 trading days remaining in 2011, many investors can't wait to see the back of what has been…

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