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Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Scott Phillips is The Motley Fool’s Chief Investment Officer in Australia. He is Advisor of The Fool’s flagship investment service, Motley Fool Share Advisor and the Portfolio Manager of Motley Fool Everlasting Income and Premier Portfolio, as well as running our most premium service, Motley Fool Platinum.

He is passionate about investing, having managed his own portfolio for over 15 years. A dyed-in-the-wool Fool (in the best way), he has been a member of The Motley Fool since 1999.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Management) and a Graduate Diploma of Accounting.

Before joining The Fool, Scott worked in various Sales and Finance roles in industry, which has allowed him to see the good, bad and the ugly of corporate management close-up. Giving him a great understanding of the way businesses run – and what separates the business wheat from the chaff – Scott wholeheartedly agrees with Warren Buffett when he said he was a ‘better investor because I am a businessman and a better businessman because I am an investor’.

Scott left a successful career to follow his passion – helping our members achieve the best possible investment returns, and helping Australians learn to better manage their money. It’s no surprise he ended up at The Motley Fool.

Recent Articles

⏸️ Investing

Warren Buffett is cold on gold, and why you should be too

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Each year, usually toward the end of February, many investors look forward to the release of the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:…

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The death of JB Hi-Fi Limited?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

JB Hi-Fi (ASX: JBH) has done a wonderful job at becoming the best music and electronics retailer in Australia. They…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Crown Limited: Worth a Flutter

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Crown Limited (ASX: CWN) is one of a quite a number of gambling stocks listed on the ASX. Perhaps we shouldn't…

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7 investing mistakes even the pros make

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The best investors learn from their mistakes over time. And because I've made plenty of mistakes during my career, I'll…

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Amazon.com's profit woes: Reason to cheer

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) shares slumped over 7 per cent after profit fell by more than half. But rather than wallow…

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Collins Foods – Finger Lickin' Good?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

I wrote yesterday about the phenomenal success that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) has enjoyed throughout its history, and most recently in…

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10 Secrets of McDonald's success

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Investors can take lessons from the McDonald’s story to help select stocks with superior attributes

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Investing with a conscience, the Richard Branson way

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Scott Phillips' summer reading has reminded him that being a good corporate citizen can be good for business, and good…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Australia's world beating companies

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

On the eve of Australia Day, it has become somewhat customary to reflect on our place in the world. Depending…

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Buffett's latest buy: a good business going cheap

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Buffett's latest big buy is typical of the Oracle of Omaha. It ticks quite a few of the ‘usual’ Buffett…

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⏸️ Investing

Shopping for cheap shares, US style

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The combination of changing consumption trends and a strong Australian dollar presents the perfect time to think about international investing.…

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Wotif.com: A dominant business or one cruising for a fall?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The internet has been one of the few truly transformative technologies. The ability to share information across large distances almost…

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The death of big box retail?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If recent profit downgrades in Australia and the US experience are signs of things to come, big box stores like…

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⏸️ Investing

Why I'm buying QBE Insurance shares next week

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

For those who hold QBE Insurance, the huge profit warning was as welcome as a January hailstorm. Rather than running…

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⏸️ Investing

Barbarians back at the gate

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Private equity is circling ASX-listed businesses - just one more sign that today’s market is cheap

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My 2012 investing resolutions

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Make yourself the best investor you can be. Make each new purchase decision better than the last - by being…

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4 Blue chip stocks for 2012

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Each new year brings hopes of a new start. Investors should take the chance to reassess their portfolio to make…

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⏸️ How to Invest

Better Investing Step 5: Growth Matters

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to last part of The Motley Fool’s ‘5 Steps to Better Investing’ series. We’ve touched on a couple of…

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Better Investing Step 4: Compound Your Dividends

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to fourth part in The Motley Fool’s ‘5 Steps to Better Investing’ series. So far, we covered the mental…

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⏸️ How to Invest

Better Investing Step 3: Avoid Red Flags

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

  Welcome to The Motley Fool's '5 Steps to Better Investing' series. With some time for reflection between Christmas and…

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⏸️ How to Invest

Better Investing Step 2: Be Patient

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Welcome to The Motley Fool's '5 Steps to Better Investing' series. With some time for reflection between Christmas and New…

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⏸️ How to Invest

5 Steps to Better Investing

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

I think the time between Christmas and New Year is one of the best times of the year. When I'm…

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⏸️ Investing

Investing lessons for a more prosperous 2012 and beyond

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Rather than wallow in the opportunities lost and the portfolio values that seem to have gone up in smoke, instead…

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⏸️ Investing

Cool summer wreaking havoc on these ASX stocks

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

When sales growth for these ASX stocks hits an unusual bump in the road, the reason is likely to be…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

3 ASX shares for stormy markets

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If we really are in for the kind of worldwide recession markets seem to fear, then which shares which will…

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What Kim Jong Il's death means for investors

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, has apparently died of a heart attack, aged 69. World sharemarkets were already falling,…

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⏸️ Investing

Successful investing: 'Who Cares?'

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

With only 8 trading days remaining in 2011, many investors can't wait to see the back of what has been…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

2 Small Caps pursuing healthy growth

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

When it comes to business, bigger is almost always better. It's true that a large business may risk losing the…

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⏸️ Investing

Profiting from the irrationality of others

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Generations of investors have blindly accepted economists' assumption that humans behave rationally – that every decision we make derives from…

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Did David Jones Limited make too much money?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

David Jones has been in the news for all of the wrong reasons lately. Under Mark McInnes, the company was…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Profit with these ASX stocks from the two-speed economy

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

These four ASX companies stand to benefit handsomely from the 2-speed economy. None are particularly cheap, but if it's quality…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

5 ASX shares for the rest of your life

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It’s hard to go wrong buying shares in solid, high yielding companies. Scott Phillips has identified five large-cap companies with…

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Ten American shares you could buy today

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

With the Aussie dollar still going strong, and global share markets still well off their highs, now might just be…

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⏸️ Investing

OrotonGroup Limited: One for the buy list

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Retailers are struggling. But with quality brands, impressive management, a conservative balance sheet and a shareholder-friendly long-term mindset, OrotonGroup is…

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⏸️ Investing

5 quality ASX shares the market has forgotten

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

No matter how many times I look at this market, I can't escape a simple conclusion – short of a…

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The death of shares has been greatly exaggerated

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The sad reality is that despite decades of economic booms and busts, we don’t seem to be able to learn…

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⏸️ Best ASX Shares

Kicking the tyres on super-cheap Automotive Holdings

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Automotive Holdings current valuation isn't demanding, and it trades on an attractive fully franked dividend yield of 8.7 per cent.…

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⏸️ Investing

3 ways to lower your sharemarket investing risk

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

You can never eliminate risk in investing. The best we can do is plan for those risks we can reasonably…

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⏸️ Investing

The bull, the bear and the banks

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Another day, another $1.75 billion. That seems to be the pattern for Australian banks this reporting season. Yesterday it was…

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⏸️ Lessons From Investing Greats

Buffett buys into IBM

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The world's most successful investor, Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) overnight unveiled a significant…

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