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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.

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Is your dividend really delivering?

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Yield is only half the story!

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Iron ore won't balance the budget

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Sorry Mr. Barnett, the miners are right

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This market is nuts… Here's what we're telling our members

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I've got something a bit special just for you this Friday...

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Beware the 'falling knife'

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The only surprise is that investors are still surprised

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How you can make $1 million in shares

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The levers are within your grasp: start now, add regularly and invest well.

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A sea of red… faces

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Wall Street fell, so did we… ho hum

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How to make a million in shares

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Three simple steps can see you hit the big time

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Market highs: Cheer, but not too loudly

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Market highs are exciting, but don’t get carried away

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How YOU can see the next iron ore crash coming

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Predictions are crazy, but recognising over-valuation is a totally different thing.

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No surprise in the fall of iron or the dollar

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Trying to forecast both the fundamentals of an economy, company or commodity, as well as the market herd’s expectations of…

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Step up to the plate

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The government has dropped the ball on super. Your turn.

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Please Support Legacy

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Today is Legacy's Badge Day, and our chance to help Legacy care for the families of deceased and incapacitated Veterans

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5 Steps to avoid bad financial advice

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How to protect yourself against crooks, commissions and conflicts

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That's not an investment, THIS is an investment

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Simple investing -- great companies and good prices -- almost always wins.

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Keep investing simple

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How Buffett made 99.5% of his fortune after his 50th birthday

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Sorry investors… you're on your own!

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Who's paying for the advice you receive?

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Your New Financial Year investment guide

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Last year was a good one… here’s to the year ahead

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Stand up for your rights

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The government is proposing to wind back important consumer protections

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How I'm beating the tax man — and you can too…

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Your Six-Monthly Bonus From the Tax Man

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Live Chat: Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Meeting

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Hey Fools! Motley Fool Share Advisor and Motley Fool Hidden Gems advisor Scott Phillips is joining our US colleagues to…

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Lest We Forget

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Today marks the 99th anniversary of the ANZAC landing on the beaches of Gallipoli. Soldiers from Australia and New Zealand,…

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Warren Buffett's not done yet

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Buffett, who has compounded book value at his company, is the greatest investor of our time, and likely of all…

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Echoes of 1999, and Buffett written off… again!

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Successful investing is within reach of us all. Yes, it's worth having help on your investing journey, but you're the…

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How you can beat a "rigged" market

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The market is unfairly tilted in favour of those with the biggest computers. It’s patently unfair and it MUST be…

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House prices won't double by October, sorry

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We hope you got the joke... and that you're ignoring 'predictions'

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House prices to double by mid-October

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China and the economy to propel housing higher

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For FoFA's sake… put investors first

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Investor protections must not be watered down

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It's back to the 80s for investors

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The 1980s are long gone, but Goldman Sachs is going back to the future

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Holy iron ore, BHP Billiton…

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Iron ore down 8% overnight

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Slaying the fully-franked sacred cow

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I wish I paid more tax. You should too.

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Happy New Year 2014!

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2013 is behind us, but the investing road ahead is long - in a good way - and likely prosperous!

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No investing pain, no investing gain

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This school of hard knocks is well worthwhile

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Why you need to avoid Qantas

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It’s a great airline… shame about the shares

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The pain might not be over for Forge shareholders

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The performance of the Forge share price yesterday shows the share market at its most brutal

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Beware of share market records

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A crash can be a great time to go shopping for bargains

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We will remember them

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Lest we forget

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How the @Twitter #IPO went, in 140 characters

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Twitter IPO'd last night. Here's a tweet-length overview

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Plenty of #profit for @twitter IPO shareholders

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There was hope. There was hype. And there was a huge price spike

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What you need to know about Twitter's IPO in 140 characters

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You're a tweet away from knowing everything you need to know

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Warren Buffett doesn't like your brand

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our job is to look for companies whose managers are following Buffett’s advice

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