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They Reckon it's a buy

| Dean Morel

Could Reckon be a buy as some analysts are speculating? The Motley Fool’s investment analyst, Dean Morel, sees a quality…

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No iPhone 5? What does it mean for Apple?

| Bruce Jackson

Instead of an iPhone 5, Apple announced an updated iPhone 4S. A roundtable of Motley Fool analysts discuss the latest…

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Road map to riches – treasure hunting on the ASX

| Peter Phan

A treasure hunt on the ASX for cheap small cap growth stocks and good large businesses at fair prices yields…

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Apple: The unexpected China play

| Motley Fool Staff

The Motley Fool has created a handy infographic for tracking Apple's growing overseas ambitions and the opportunity present in China.

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A sharemarket on sale & 2 things every investor must know

| Bruce Jackson

World sharemarkets continue their long, sharp decline. Yet whilst all about panic, we Fools calmly look to buy ASX shares…

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1 Stock to Buy in October

| Motley Fool Staff

There's a stock in the market that just seems too good to be true. This company has a 160 year…

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ASX shares on sale: Time to get excited

| Dean Morel

A recent front page feature in The Australian Financial Review said ‘Now it’s getting scary’. With the S&P/ASX 200 down…

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The gold bubble in pictures

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As gold continues to deflate, these simple charts show how gold was likely a bubble.

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Dividends: The great wealth creator

| Peter Phan

A portfolio of these 5 shares provides a trailing grossed up dividend yield of 10.4% per annum. This is better…

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How Peter Lynch destroyed the market

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Peter Lynch didn't just beat the Street ... he absolutely destroyed it. Lynch ran Fidelity's Magellan Fund from 1977 to…

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Why Apple investors could go bust

| Motley Fool Staff

With the launch of the iPhone 5 just around the corner, the world is about to go Apple-mad. But would…

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Your 4 step DIY wealth creation plan

| Bruce Jackson

Only you have your best financial interests at heart. Take control of your financial destiny by following these 4 simple…

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One cheap ASX airline stock ready for take-off

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Forget Qantas and Virgin. This one cheap ASX airline stock is flying under the radar

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2 more signs of house price deflation

| Bruce Jackson

High property prices do no good to anyone. The best we can hope for is an orderly deflation. The signs…

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Amazon's iPad killer?

| Motley Fool Staff

If you've been holding out on buying an iPad in hopes of a more viable competitor, your time has come

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Make millions from thousands

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Investing in an index tracking fund is a good, solid way to build wealth. But if you don't want to…

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Growth and income: The best of both investing worlds

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Growth companies with high dividend yields. It's the best of both investing worlds.

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Making money even when sharemarkets tank

| Peter Phan

Lower share prices in good quality shares should be welcomed with open arms

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Buffett gets bullish on Berkshire

| Motley Fool Staff

Master investor Warren Buffett finds value...in his own company

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Three lessons for better investing

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Focus on the business of investing, not gyrating ASX share prices

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Why investors should love market crashes

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When share prices are lower, you can buy more for your money, like these 5 high yielding companies

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The ultimate high yield dividend portfolio

| Dean Morel

While global financial markets have many pressing problems, those able to look beyond tomorrow’s gloomy headlines should profit. A portfolio…

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What to do when sharemarkets crash

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Investors are scared. The temptation is to sell ASX shares. Resist, dear Fools, for sharemarkets can go up as well…

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Profiting from the latest sharemarket crash

| Bruce Jackson

Four valuable sharemarket investing lessons from the last GFC.

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The end of the mining boom

| Bruce Jackson

ASX shares, and the AUD are hammered again. You can run, but you can't hide.

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Buying property now will end in tears

| Dean Morel

Buying high only gives you time to cry! Real estate in Australia is overpriced. There are no ifs or buts…

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The easier way to make investing profits

| Peter Phan

Buying at the bottom of the sharemarket is impossible. Instead, focus on the quality of the ASX company, not the…

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One cheap way to play the retail recovery

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

This cheap blue-chip ASX share has passed the test of time, and has a dividend yield of 7.4%.

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How to diversify with just one ASX stock

| Dean Morel

Argo Investments is an investment manager with a long track record of market beating returns. This one company delivers instant…

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IMF shock: World economy still growing

| Bruce Jackson

The IMF still predicts global growth. With the ASX down 18%, could double-digit sharemarket returns be more than a dream?

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Investing isn't for wimps

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The sharemarket remains volatile. Investors are punch drunk on bad news. Markets don't go up in straight lines. Despite all…

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3 growing ASX companies at value prices

| Bruce Jackson

Buyers are on strike. But The Motley Fool can still find 3 hidden gems amongst the sharemarket wreckage.

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This investing opportunity is no car wreck

| Peter Phan

Occasionally, a small investor gets the chance to invest in a small, growing company at a value price. It’s as…

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Buying opportunities among the unloved

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Buying something on special is one of life’s little pleasures. And with the ASX down 16.5% from its 2011 highs,…

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Facebook de-friends the sharemarket

| Motley Fool Staff

Facebook might be worth $78 billion, but Mark Zuckerberg is content to wait for his huge pay-day

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Why sharemarket timing is a joke

| Bruce Jackson

Buying ASX shares at the bottom of the market is impossible to achieve. So why try? Instead, following these simple…

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I won't be making this common investing mistake

| Bruce Jackson

Profits are the name of the investing game, and if there's one thing The Motley Fool loves, it's making money.

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Why young investors should love the share market crash

| Motley Fool Staff

As hard as it is to buy shares after a market plunge, young investors should be salivating right now

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Shares marked down – time to buy?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Many ASX shares are trading near their 52-week lows. Now is the wrong time to shut up shop and avoid…

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The three most important words in investing

| Bruce Jackson

Share markets remain volatile, whipsawing around on rumour, fear and panic. Investors in Cohlear learn a valuable lesson. And we…

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