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Melanie
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25th September 2007
At The Intelligent Investor we simply adore dividends. They may not be very sexy, but in a corporate world littered with half-truths and empty promises—and that's the good bits—dividends do at least provide a bit of black and white. A company can eith...
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25th September 2007
In the fourth instalment of our value investing series, we get down to the nuts and bolts of valuation.In the second instalment of this series, in issue 198/Apr 06, we saw that shares are worth the present value of the future cash they can gen...
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25th September 2007
There's an important distinction between a supercycle for commodities and a supercycle for resources stocks.With a heading like 'Resources mania or mining supercycle?', a small piece in issue 197/Apr 06 was always likely to polarise opinion, a...
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21st September 2007
What do value investing and skiing have in common? They both require you to overcome your natural instincts.If you've ever sampled the subtle delights of skiing—and the all too frequent and rather less subtle delights of landing on your back...
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21st September 2007
Confused by some commonly-used investment terms? These explanations should help you out.New investors often find financial terminology quite daunting. The problem is exacerbated by some brokers and financial planners who, deliberately in our v...
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21st September 2007
A high dividend yield can indicate there's value in a stock, but there are plenty of traps for the unwitting investor.If you're anything like us, you probably enjoy running your eye down the dividend yield column of your favourite financial pa...
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21st September 2007
Don't know margins from margarine? Then make this article your bread and butter.We promised a closer look at the topic of gross profit margins in our review of small retailers last issue. It's a fascinating and important topic to explore and o...
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21st September 2007
Borrowing to buy shares is very popular, especially with those banks and brokers trying to sell you the loan.Ever thought of borrowing to buy shares? If our subscriber queries are anything to go by, using debt, usually in the form of a margin ...
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21st September 2007
With value hard to find, it makes sense to be patient and reserve some firepower for the future.In the world of investment, some arguments are as old as the hills; and none more so than the amount of cash to hold in your portfolio. Some stick ...
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20th September 2007
To the man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. But the power of incentives is a lot more pervasive than that.'Well I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my li...
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20th September 2007
Looking for a meatier Investor's College article? Grab a calculator and sink your teeth into this one.Valuing a bond might seem like a strange topic for a stockmarket publication. But there are some very good lessons and analogies for share in...
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24th August 2007
New online mortgage provider offers relief to borrowers
Embargoed: Tuesday 21 August 2007 – Exorbitant broker commissions cost Australian home buyers a massive $1.8 billion a year, according to InfoChoice estimates released today. This figure has i...
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22nd August 2007
As with any pursuit, becoming an expert investor requires 'deliberate practice' and a lot of hard graft.
No-one in their right mind would think they could compete on the PGA Tour by reading the sports section of the paper and knocking a few golf balls...
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22nd August 2007
Pssst, wanna make a fortune from our greying society? Then listen up.
What did the railway boom of the 1800s, commercial aviation boom of the mid-to-late 1900s and the relatively recent internet boom have in common?
All three had profound effects ...
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21st August 2007
To get the best from your portfolio, you need to know your stocks. Here's how one great investor splits them up.
In One Up On Wall Street, the famous American investor Peter Lynch described how he split stocks into six categories. Last issue we looked...
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