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Melanie
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29th June 2007
When buying a property there are several other costs to consider apart from the purchase price. They may not all apply to your particular situation so don't panic. Just remember to budget for the extras that you do need, one of which will be Stamp Duty. T...
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29th June 2007
There are a few major things to look for when purchasing your property that will prevent you from being disappointed or even losing money on the deal. You may have found your dream house and the building meets all Council requirements, but don't forget to...
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29th June 2007
If you get the right kind of loan, there are many ways in which you will be able to pay it off more quickly, thus saving many thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. Who doesn't want to save money? Most lending specialists will help you to design ...
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31st May 2007
Derivatives are a complicated and potentially dangerous area. Here's how to spot the warning signs.
To be a successful investor, you don't need a comprehensive knowledge of derivatives. But you do need a basic understanding of what can go wrong and wha...
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31st May 2007
The workings of corporate metabolism
Capital-intensive businesses generally make for sickly investments. In this, the first of a three-part series, we examine why.
They say 'what goes in one end comes out the other' and, while it may be true of babi...
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30th May 2007
Dividend dates create a fair bit of confusion. Hopefully, the following will help.
Firstly, from the company's perspective, there are two important dates – the 'record date' which, as we'll explain, isn't important for investors and the 'payable date...
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30th May 2007
The juicy-looking yields you see in the newspaper aren't always what they seem.
Last issue we discussed some important questions to ask yourself before buying a stock on the basis of its dividend yield. This time we're going to focus on applying those ...
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30th May 2007
Investing is all about laying out money now to receive more back in the future.
So the key questions are - how certain are you that you'll get your money back at all? If you do get your capital back, what sort of return are you likely to receive and wh...
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30th May 2007
Share purchase plans are very popular these days. Small and large companies alike have been rushing to take advantage of them, with just a small sample including MYOB, Metcash, CBA and Bank of Queensland. The main reason for their growing popularity is th...
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10th May 2007
Everyone loves the idea of buying stocks that double in price. Here we discuss how to spot them.
Where do you look to find stocks with a reasonable chance of doubling over a period of, say, three to five years? Having chewed over this issue in the offi...
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10th May 2007
The internet has done great things for the private investor, but you need to tread carefully.
Information about companies and industries used to be expensive, hard to track down, or both, and this gave institutional investors a huge advantage over the ...
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10th May 2007
In the first of a series on value investing, we get down to the basics in far north Queensland.
The word value comes in for a lot of abuse these days. You'll often hear that 'so and so is a value investor' or that 'such and such is a value share', but ...
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10th May 2007
There's little point in a company buying back shares if they're overpriced, but it makes sense if they're cheap.
You'll have come across them in newspapers and in the pages of this publication, but are you left wondering what is meant by a 'share buyba...
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10th May 2007
Don't know your ex-date from your record date? Read on.
Ex-date, record date, books closing date, payable date - there are enough dates associated with a dividend to fill up a calendar. So this issue, for those new to the world of investing, we're goin...
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08th May 2007
The search engine Yahoo has been working on a new search engine marketing plan. This new program, dubbed "Panama", will bring their marketing strategy a little closer to the Google model already in practice.
In the past, Yahoo offered advertising pla...
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