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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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No, Treasurer. Leave the Future Fund alone

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They just can't leave well enough alone...

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The housing problem that's about to get a *lot* worse

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.. and a limited time to fix it!

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After all that scandal… a share price high?

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Karma isn't real. Sorry.

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Where to invest for 2, 5, 10 and 20 years

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How your timeframe should impact your investing.

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An investing lesson – sort of – well learned

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Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valour.

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An 'all-time high' investing plan

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With the ASX near all-time highs, what's an investor to do?

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How should investors respond to US rate cuts?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

It was a big cut. How should investors respond?

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The three things that drive your investment returns

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Bottom line? Kenny did a great job. But Penny did better.

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Here's why stock-picking is hard (but you should do it, anyway)…

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If you’re going to beat the market, you must take a position that’s different to the market. Why? Because if…

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NASDAQ plunges 5%. What next?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Well that was quick. And brutal. But it wasn’t unexpected.‘It’ is the 5.23% fall in the NASDAQ composite index overnight.

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Unless you think bank CEOs need more money?

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The odds are excellent that 99 out of every 100 people are paying too much for their home loan. Now…

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Optimists 1, Pessimists 0

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5 months and 8 days later...

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The Investors' Creed

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Don't listen to these 'imposters'

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Apple shareholders are either correcting a mistake… or making one

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

$500 billion. That’s the extra ‘value’ that’s been created in Apple shares over just the last 20 or so trading…

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Four companies that got crushed (and why you had to own them)

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Good investing isn’t about always being right (it’s not possible). It’s about being right as often as possible, to end…

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Is it time to break up Big Tech (and our banks)?

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Australia has long been the land of the duopoly (two dominant players) and oligopoly (a handful of dominant players). So…

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How COVID-19 is locking in our economic future…

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

In this time of uncertainty, one thing is clear: Keynesian economics – spend in tough times, and recover it in…

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Investing 101: Humility > Arrogance

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Humility beats arrogance, because you give yourself more room to change course, and you’ll likely learn something.

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Ready for the "80% stock market crash"?

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Predictions of an 80% stock market crash make for great headlines, and our brains are programmed to expect the worst.…

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Half a million people with no Super… At. All.

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More than half a million Australians starting again... from scratch

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What history tells us about investing through COVID

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It seems strange to say, but at some future point we’ll forget most of the events of this current COVID…

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My pre-holiday trading strategy

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The ASX -- and investing in general -- isn’t the place for action, activity or trying to be too clever…

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Apparently free brokerage is to blame…

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Apparently, they’re taking advantage of free brokerage. In reality, it’s a fig leaf covering the sins of the supposed professionals.

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Shares up? Haven't you seen the economy?

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There’s no reason shares should be thrown out with the bathwater, just because the economy is currently in a rough…

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Down 20% in 7 trading hours… Worse to come?

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

If you’re still letting the market dictate your moods, or your actions, I hope this piece helps you sleep a…

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Two perspectives and a Buy recommendation

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The S&P 500 is now showing a positive return so far in 2020, and the ASX may well close the day above…

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We're in recession. What does that mean for investors?

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg admitted the inevitable on Wednesday. Australia is in a recession. So what does this mean for ASX…

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Just because it's free, doesn't mean it won't cost you

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Don't believe the hype: Free trades aren't free!

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An economist's expectations for coronavirus and beyond

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"A 'W' shaped recovery..." and much, much more...

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Don't be a sucker

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If you've read my emails or seen me on the telly, you know that I want every Australian to be…

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Investing lessons from coronavirus

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More investing lessons from COVID-19.

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Bank on it? Not so fast…

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Are they still telling you to buy 'blue chip' stocks?

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We Will Remember Them

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Silence. The stillness of the early morning, just before the sky lightens at dawn. The air is heavy with meaning.…

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The recession we're going to have to have…

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This is the recession we're going to have, like it or not!

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Measure twice, cut once

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Measure twice, cut once... carefully! Thoughts on backyard building projects... and investing.

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Investing is just like riding a (motor) bike

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What I learned before I crashed my motorbike.

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One of my favourite days of the year

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It's April Fool's Day. No joke!

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Investing lessons from a health crisis

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Never waste a good crisis.

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The worst (financial) response to Coronavirus

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Please resist the urge to raid your Super

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Scared? I don't blame you

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What investors already know about coronavirus.

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Why we're buying — and I think you should be, too

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Never waste a good crisis... here's how

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The ASX bounces back — hard — off its lows

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

The market is setting lots of ‘...worst since…’ records, at the moment.

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Another day, more volatility. But is it justified?

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How to deal with volatile markets

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A message from our Chief Investment Officer: "We're in the hole with you"

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A message from our Chief Investment Officer

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ASX falls 5%. Here's my view…

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Words of wisdom in times of trouble.

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BREAKING: ASX suffers biggest fall since… well, Friday

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The Toilet Paper Apocalypse?

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Shares are going to keep falling? Do tell…

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Everyone's an 'expert'. But do they make money?

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Well, I did it. I bought shares today

| Scott Phillips (TMFGilla)

Want to know why I was buying today? Here's my simple answer...

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