How to Salvage Your Retirement Nest Egg Now
The global financial crisis of 2007-8 knocked the value of most share portfolios down a notch or five. The share market had a fairly substantial — and rapid — decline, with the S&P/ASX 200 Index...
View ArticleSharemarket trading versus gambling
Some people liken the share market to a glorified casino. We’d respectfully suggest they are either continually buying the wrong shares, continually selling at the wrong time, investing using borrowed...
View ArticleYou Need A Million Dollars
We hope we don’t ruin your day with this news flash, but you know that comfy retirement you’re dreaming of? The one where you wake up without an alarm clock every day, and tend to your veggie patch,...
View ArticleYour Money, Made Simple
Money is simple. You earn it. You spend it. Sometimes, you even save it. You make all those decisions. Yet when you decide to get serious about saving, like investing for your retirement and investing...
View ArticleYour Home Is 56% Overvalued
It hasn’t taken long. After last week’s panic selling on the back of fears of a Japanese nuclear catastrophe, world share markets have recovered, and some. Overnight in the US, the S&P 500 jumped...
View ArticleWhat to do with $5,000
Here are 6 ways you can spend and invest your cash, writes The Motley Fool. Got $5,000 burning a hole in your pocket? We’ve compiled a few ways you might spend your cash — and truly benefit in the...
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Your 4 step DIY wealth creation plan
The Motley Fool encourages you to take control of your own money and make better financial decisions. Only you have your own best financial interests at heart, and… * Not some financial salesperson,...
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3 essentials to survive after you retire
In these tough markets, a plan for retirement is essential, writes The Motley Fool These days, thousands of people are so insecure about being able to make ends meet after they retire that they’re...
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The only investing secret you need to know
The most incredible returns I have seen in investing have come from businesses with formidable competitive advantages. These are businesses that customers return to time and time again and which...
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5 great ways to blow your huge 2017 bonus
Wall Street greed has gone out of its way to ruin the reputation of the humble bonus. Like really just above and beyond. But most people actually work damn hard to help their companies grow, so the...
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No, I don’t own bitcoin and here’s why
Now, before you ask; no, I don’t own bitcoin or Ethereum, or any other crypto-based currency. I thought we’d best get that out of the way because recently a number of prominent business and financial...
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How do I buy shares?
It’s one thing to realise that buying shares is a smart thing to do. But answering the question ‘How do I buy shares?’ is something else altogether. When you haven’t bought shares before, the whole...
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Podcast: Forecasting, Apple, And Danger Ahead for Banks
If you own shares in Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA), ANZ (ASX: ANZ), NAB (ASX: NAB) or Westpac (ASX: WBC), you might think their balance sheets look pretty good. And they do… which is precisely the...
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What would you do if the market halved tomorrow?
How would you feel if the share market halved tomorrow? What would you do? Recently, David Gardner, The Motley Fool’s co-founder, co-chairman and Chief Rule Breaker ran an episode of the Motley Fool...
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Australia’s money supply rises 12%, but it’s only going to a few
As we all know, 2020 has been a rather strange and unconventional year. The coronavirus pandemic is mostly to blame of course. It’s hard to imagine the sight of a mask in public being considered...
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