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

November 7, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

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

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Warren Buffett doesn't like your brand

November 1, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

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

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Have I got a deal for you

October 25, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The starter’s gun has been fired and we’re off. Everyone wants to know “is this the one to buy?”

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Full of sound and fury

October 18, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

We will not permit conflicted financial advice

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An open letter to Tony Abbott

October 11, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The government must resist lobbying by the financial services industry to allow conflicted advice.

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Why the US shutdown is just a dress rehearsal

October 4, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

I’m taking a leaf out of Warren Buffett’s book, and concentrating on what I can control – finding great investment…

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Here's how the housing bubble bursts

September 27, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Just because something is expensive doesn’t make it a bubble

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Buffett cautious amid IPO rush

September 21, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Sometimes you think you’ve seen everything that can possibly happen when it comes to investing and finance.

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Twitter and the fear of missing out

September 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Twitter is planning to hit the boards.

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Vote – and invest – for the long term

September 6, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The guessing game is a somewhat interesting sideshow – but irrelevant to long-term wealth building.

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Legacy

September 6, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

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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Earnings bluff and double bluff…

August 23, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

There's an element of the spy thriller happening on the ASX as we approach the last leg of earnings season

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The Writedowns of OZ

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Another day, another mining writedown

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Bread maker brings in the dough

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Goodman Fielder returns to profit. But can it last?

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Six stocks with 'sex appeal'

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Tony Abbott got himself in trouble yesterday, but here are half a dozen companies that fit the bill

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Half of Qantas' Dubai flights in a holding pattern

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Dubai is Qantas' new gateway to Europe... but the airport is in urgent need of repairs

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Profit up 26% but REA shares fall 4.4%. What gives?

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

REA Group turned in another strong result, so why did investors give it the cold shoulder?

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Apple 'extremely undervalued'

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Activist investor is agitating for a cash return, but the main game is the company's product plans

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The GFC is almost over for investors

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The ASX - including dividends - is almost back to the pre-GFC highs

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GPT, Stockland and Domino's out as reporting season rolls on

August 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Reporting season is in full swing. Some companies have pleased - others have disappointed

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$5,000 for 3 hours 'advice'. I'm outraged and you should be too

August 13, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Clients deserve great service, great returns and should then be happy to pay up for that great performance

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Setting shareholders' cash on fire

August 9, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Has so much money ever been wasted by so few?

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How you can avoid the recession we DON'T have to have

August 6, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The sky is falling — again. No, I'm not talking about the election campaign — at least not directly —…

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The recession we don't have to have

August 2, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Our pessimism is a self-perpetuating cycle, and it’s time that we stopped it.

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A Masters class for investors

July 23, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Woolworths' hardware business misses targets -- does it matter?

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My path — and yours — to $1 million!

July 16, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

For as long as I can remember, I've wanted to be a millionaire

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What investors can teach politicians

July 12, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Why governments must let the car industry die and save the reef.

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Lots of movement, no progress

July 5, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It’s been another familiarly strange week on the markets.

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"We'll all be rooned"

June 28, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

With apologies to bush poet John O’Brien.

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Cheering the end of QE

June 21, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The economy is getting better -- so why are investors panicking?

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Market slide: What would Buffett do?

June 14, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

What goes up without a sound foundation is on shaky ground

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Stop whinging: The Optimist's Manifesto

June 7, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Since when did talking down the Australian economy become the national pastime?

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Can Fairfax Media make its new model 'pay'?

June 6, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Fairfax readers will have to pay, as the company places its chips on a digital future

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What your broker really means

May 24, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

For as long as humans have been upright and speaking, we've been developing words and phrases to help us communicate…

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Enjoying the boom? Not so fast…

May 10, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

In Buffett’s words, “be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy”.

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Live – The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting

May 4, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If you can't be in Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway, here's the next best thing!

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Lest We Forget

April 25, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

We will remember them

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Don't buy the gold miners – yet

April 17, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Why it's not the right time to be scooping up shares of gold miners.

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Warren Buffett is right — gold is incapable

April 13, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It's been a good week for share market investors, with the benchmark S&P / ASX 200 closing up 2.5%. Unfortunately,…

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A super taxing question for investors

April 5, 2013 | Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten finally caved on the ‘rule in/rule out’ game…

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