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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

Shares marked down – time to buy?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Many ASX shares are trading near their 52-week lows. Now is the wrong time to shut up shop and avoid…

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Three beaten down winners going cheap

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Investors have the opportunity to pick up these 3 great companies at good prices

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Share market madness – and an antidote

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The stock market continues its wild ride. Picking the low point is largely impossible, but that hasn't stopped Scott Phillips…

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⏸️ Shares to Watch

Has Woolworths lost its WOW?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The go-go growth days for Woolies may be over, but today's price gives investors a great opportunity to buy one…

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⏸️ Investing

Don't make this $8 billion mistake

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Why pay more for stocks that are selling cheap?

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⏸️ Investing

Learning to love market crashes

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Rather than panic, experienced investors view crashes as opportunities.

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5 Stocks for this choppy market

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The Motley Fool team choose 5 stock ideas for greedy investors

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⏸️ Investing

The Changing Face of Retail

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Last week, we wrote about the second coming of the dot.com boom. Growing multiples, billions being spent on companies yet…

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⏸️ Investing

Welcome To Bubble 2.0

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Party like it's 1999. Forget the house price bubble. The dot com bubble is back.

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⏸️ Investing

The Spontaneous Urge To Invest NOW

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

John Maynard Keynes was a 20th century economist, best known for advancing the use of budget deficits and surpluses to…

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⏸️ Investing

Get Ready For Higher Interest Rates

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If the Australian Dream is home ownership, then surely the Australian Obsession must be property prices and interest rates. Nothing…

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⏸️ Investing

U.S. Guru: The World Is Running Out Of Resources

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

What if we were running out of natural resources? What if global population growth was exacerbating this shortfall? As rhetorical…

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Buffett Holds Court at Woodstock for Capitalists

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Every year in late April or early May, tens of thousands of investors board trains and planes, heading for the…

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⏸️ Investing

The 4 Most Dangerous Words In Investing

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It's often said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Sir John Templeton's famous take on…

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⏸️ Investing

This Stock Market – Going Up or Heading Down?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

I was recently listening to a couple of experienced analysts give their thoughts on the current state of the Australian…

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⏸️ Investing

Do This And You Might Miss A 1300% Winner

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

We recently ran an article on The 3 Most Important Words in Investing. If you haven't had a chance to…

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⏸️ Investing

Buying Gold? You're a Jerk

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Gold bugs rise up. Was Charlie Munger wrong to call gold buyers jerks?

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⏸️ Investing

You Can Beat The Experts

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Many would-be investors shy away from taking the plunge because they figure they don't know as much as the experts.…

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⏸️ Your Money

Your Home Is 56% Overvalued

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It hasn't taken long. After last week's panic selling on the back of fears of a Japanese nuclear catastrophe, world…

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⏸️ Investing

I Know How This Will End

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Wow… what a month! A terrible nuclear disaster, Western military operations over Libya, US national debt concerns and a landmark…

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⏸️ Investing

What Japan's Disaster Means For You

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan last Friday afternoon has had an unimaginable impact on the people of north-eastern…

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⏸️ Investing

In Investing, Temperament Trumps Talent

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Last week, the S&P/ASX 200 closed at 4645 points. The previous Friday, the index had closed at 4864 – a…

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⏸️ Investing

Buy Australian. I Am

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Back in October 2008, the S&P/ASX 200 closed as low as 3,800 points. Only one month earlier, it had closed…

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