Morningstar

Investors who kept their money in Australia's top blue chip stocks enjoyed great returns in the 2012-13 financial year.

Finding big WA winners on the stock market has been hard work during the past 12 months, and even the past five years.

As global competition for resources stocks builds, the Australian Securities Exchange is aiming to stay at the front of the pack.

CHINA'S decision to slow national growth has cast doubt over the strength of the iron ore trade and led to uncertainty about the sector's outlook, at least in the near term.