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So thanks, Captain Obvious. But what if the market is wrong?
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So thanks, Captain Obvious. But what if the market is wrong?

Focus on the long term and leave the emotional ping pong to others: there have been big falls this week, but they're probably of little consequence.

  • by Scott Phillips

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Five ways blockchain could revolutionise the sharemarket
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Five ways blockchain could revolutionise the sharemarket

The ASX's move to the new technology is about to speed up the way shares are bought and sold, and there are some clear winners.

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Neocons on the mat, but don’t write off the market

Neocons on the mat, but don’t write off the market

Something funny happened on the way to prosperity.

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House bubble? Hard landing? It's time to stop listening to the pundits
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House bubble? Hard landing? It's time to stop listening to the pundits

In investing, it can be more profitable to be optimistic and occasionally wrong, rather than pessimistic and occasionally right.

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This time the stock market's different, isn't it?
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This time the stock market's different, isn't it?

After almost a decade of stock market gains, confidence has returned. What crash? What lessons? There are only blue skies ahead, right?

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Everyone panic! the crash is coming ... or not
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Everyone panic! the crash is coming ... or not

They told us, but we didn't listen. And now, the crash is coming. Or not.

  • by Scott Phillips
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Malcolm Turnbull flounders on power
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Malcolm Turnbull flounders on power

I want to lay off the federal government. Really, I do. But they make it hard.

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The good, the bad and the ugly of privatisation
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The good, the bad and the ugly of privatisation

In a perfect world, this article would have begun with a quote from the gangster/shrink movie Analyse This, released in 1999.

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Why our leaders lie, and we don't care
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Why our leaders lie, and we don't care

People, like markets, despise uncertainty. We'd rather go along with the fiction that someone is in control. The problem, of course, is that once they know that, governments and managers act accordingly.

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Treasurer, you're relieved until I fix this mess
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Treasurer, you're relieved until I fix this mess

Have a break. With the help of some of your best bureaucrats, I've got it from here.

  • by Scott Phillips
Investors, it's about to get bumpy
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Investors, it's about to get bumpy

Just when investors should be preparing themselves for the inevitable return of volatility, many have let their guard down.

  • by Scott Phillips