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Motley Fool Take Stock

Motley Fool Take Stock is an unbiased, independent, no holds-barred look at the Australian share market.

The Motley Fool Australia's Chief Investment Officer, Scott Phillips, delves deeper than everyone else to figure out what's REALLY going on, and how you can use that information to find the BEST and SAFEST way to make money right now.

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What happened to the crash?

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It was looking terrible... and then...

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The good news you won't read today – but really should

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Billions wiped off... but far, far more wiped 'on'.

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Don't let them screw up CGT

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The intentions are (mostly) honourable. That's not enough.

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Are we about to get real economic reform?

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'Politics over policy' leads to terrible outcomes.

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What have we learned from earnings season so far?

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It's been a bumpy ride... and it's not over.

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How is your super actually invested?

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The job is only half done.

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Do you have the best super fund?

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New Year is a great time for a super check-up.

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The wrong way to fix housing affordability

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The wrong way to do the right thing.

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Is Warren Buffett's best in the past?

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Just because a company’s shares look expensive on a ‘price per share’ basis, don’t believe it.

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One word for trying times like these

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Investing lessons from my flood damage and the one word that sums it up

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The best investing education you'll ever get

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One of my favourite days on the investment calendar is when Warren Buffett releases his annual letter to shareholders.

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What investors do while traders are distracted

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In difficult times, traders try to second guess what the market might do next. Investors are in for the long…

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Despite the bad news, things are getting better

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Today's market resilience shows that even in the darkest of days, there is light.

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Share prices are tanking. Please read this

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ASX-listed companies won’t be doing anything different tomorrow, next week, next month or next year, no matter what happens in…

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You're far, far luckier than you think

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I’m down a decent chunk since the highs of last year. But I still count myself as lucky.

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Are you sure you're on the right financial track?

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Is your financial life running smoothly?

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Happy Australia Day!

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Celebrating all that’s great about Australia

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Another 2.5% fall. Here's what we're thinking

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See-sawing Wall Street, and losses on the ASX. What's an investor to do?

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ASX falls almost 3% More on the way?

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There's volatility ahead on the ASX. Here's what we're doing..

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An ASX XI to take on the world

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To mark the fifth Ashes Test starts today, the Motley Fool investing team has put together an ASX Test XI...…

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Resolutions for a better financial future

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Investing Resolutions You Can Keep

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Merry Christmas

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We’re thinking of you, and hoping you’ll find some Christmas joy, even if it's tinged with sorrow.

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An auspicious day…

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Our 10th Birthday...

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If this is volatility, bring it on

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A note on volatility...

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I lost money. I didn't buy. But I loved Monday.

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What I loved about Monday? You!

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What I learned about investing from my nephews

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In investing, a picture paints 200,000 words...

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It's going to be a long few months…

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They've just set the 'spin cycle' to maximum. Here's the truth

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If you don't know the difference, you're in trouble

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Young people are keen to invest. "And that's when the trouble started..."

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95% of investing in 4 simple steps

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There are 4 simple steps that take care of almost all investing needs. The third step is the most difficult,…

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We will remember them

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In memory of those who served, suffered and died in war.

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For most of the last four years, shares went nowhere. But…

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The price went nowhere. And then...

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What if the stock market emperor has no clothes

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"The market is stupid!"

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You can't drive using the rear vision mirror

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How successful companies are like sharks (in a good way!)

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Invest like a whisky maker

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Investing truth from the master distillers

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The most important investment you can make?

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Saving money is awesome. Saving a life is better.

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The world is returning to normal. What about investing?

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The complicated post-lockdown world for investors

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NSW has reopened. Time to buy?

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Is there a simple answer to the $64,000 question?

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The best news you won't read about

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Is Evergrande really the next crisis?

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If the second-largest Chinese property developer falls in a forest…

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The Evergrande saga? I thought you'd never ask...

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The risk from the rise of the 'finfluencer'

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Spreading the news about investing is great. Unless it's done badly...

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Why I'm not buying miners (but own this ecommerce stock)

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Iron Ore and (The Good) Oil

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Daily share price movements: Full of sound and fury…

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All of that talk. All of that ink. For meaningless movements.

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Does your company love its customers?

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"All you need is love"? No, but it helps... a lot

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Are you ready for the crash?

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I don't think a crash is coming. I know it is.

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Stop making excuses. Seriously.

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How badly do you really want financial independence?

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What comes after Afterpay?

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The rise, rise, fall, rise and rise of Afterpay has been a story that has kept on giving.

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Another reason software wins

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They will come, and you will build it

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The investment metric you won't find on the balance sheet

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Why 'culture eats strategy for breakfast' matters for investors!

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