Investors with more than $1 billion between them with deep-green investment manager Hunter Hall, must be wondering what to do after the shock resignation of founder Peter Hall.

Welcome to the year-long Shares Race, where 12 tipsters have selected 10 stocks each and their progress will be updated each month.

I get regular emails pointing out how bad broker recommendations have been in hindsight.

Does it make sense to invest in companies with a high level of employee ownership?

Far too many Australians let the tax "tail" wag the investing dog.

Chartist Richard Pritchard takes line honours at the close the four-week Shares Race as his decision to back gold pays off.

Watch for loose words designed to part you from your money.

You might have heard the Australian economy is enjoying an unprecedented run of economic good fortune.

The rules have changed … or have they?

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The top three places remain unchanged at the end of week two of the four-week Shares Race, as the themes of the first week continued into the second.

How to tell if a stock is going to disappoint.

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Tipsters with portfolios loaded up with gold miners and mining services companies have done best in the first week of the four-week Shares Race.

With returns from super getting bumpier, it's important for members to make sure they are in the right investment option.

What a year 2016 was. Britons voted to leave the European Union, Donald Trump won the US presidential election – and financial markets reacted well to these events.

Specialist exchange traded fund (ETF) provider, BetaShares, has launched an ETF that gives investors access to a portfolio of the world's leading sustainable and ethical companies in one investment.

Changes to the age pension assets test that took effect from January 1 have seen about 200,000 better-off retirees receiving smaller pension payments.

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Overcome this investment mistake to improve your returns.

"Investors are visionaries in some respects – they look beyond the present."

Why 2017, like every other year, is shaping up to be a good one.

The summer holidays are the best time to make good on all the New Year's resolutions you've ever made to get "better at" money and investing.

Saving for retirement is a multi-decade investing venture, even for those approaching retirement.

As they say in the stockmarket, if you have one good idea a year, it's a good year.

Things that are always clear in hindsight are never clear at the time. But 2016 has really outdone itself.

There is as much hot air in HotCopper's share price as there is in its forums.

Look no further than the hordes of rich but miserable celebrities and Lotto winners.

The reality of buying a house without family money seems increasingly far-fetched, but these three young men beat the odds.

The hardest part of investing is not the balance sheet analysis or ratio calculations. It's the way we use that information.

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Favourable demand forecasts aren't enough to make money in aged care. Focus on supply.

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Galaxy Resources, a mining company focused on lithium, has emerged as one of the strongest performers in the final Shares Race for 2016.