On today’s podcast I welcome two old friends and fellow Shanghai entrepreneurs on to the show to talk about Pao Drinks and the story of building the next soft drinks giant in China. Founders Ben Joseph and Jacob Papermaster are here to tell the story of Pao Drinks and what the future holds after they have achieved the next round of investment. 

Chan, Head of Wealth Management for Saxo China from the HK office brings a wealth of knowledge with a strong background in wealth and asset management and a lot of experience in ETFs. We talk about types of ETFs, taxes on ETFs and charges, USITS ETFs, risks and benefit to ETFs, Saxo fees, and how to buy ETFs and which ones to buy. Get more free information from Saxo directly and or visit their website or Youtube channel, Saxo Markets HK.

Matt Heron, General Manager of SMATs group who specialise in Australian tax, mortgages, immigration and wealth management among other things. Matt has come on to China Expat Investor to explain some of the basics of investing into Australian property from China and some key things to remember when investing into Australian property. https://www.smats.net/ 

Mike comes on China Expat Investor to deliver the basics of US tax requirements for US Expats. He clears up some miss understood information and sets the record straight for who should be filing a US tax return and when and how to do that. Contact Mike on Skype at Mikemertz, Wechat EYO569VN or his website http://www.mertz-international.biz/  (in the example the $100 capital gains would not be taxed if the filers overall income is below $40k)

Talking to me from quarantine in Shanghai, William gives an introduction to his 18 years in China and how this is the second pandemic he has been through. Serial entrepreneur William is the first China Expat Investor to come on the podcast and talk about investing into the hugely risky end of investing, startups businesses. William offers some golden advice on investing in startups and how you can get involved too.

Alex joins me from Sydney based Stake, to talk about the Stake app and how it has grown to where it is today. Stake is available in 3 countries and soon to be Brazil. Stake has 3500 stocks available to trade commission free in the US market only. Now with low FX exchange fees of 0.7% on AUD, 0.5% on GBP and 1% on NZD. We also get talking about the rise of EV related shares and the outlook of Chinese EV carmaker NIO. You can follow Stake on Twitter/ Instagram or sign up to the Stake information email on their website, there is a free stock worth up to $200 if you sign up using the China Expat Investor link on our website under Offers and Referrals page!

In an exclusive interview with Mathew Mecke, founder and owner of the blockchain ecosystem Koinon, a new digital currency about to be IEO’d this August 1-2 2020 on XT.com with a 20%-25% discount. Mathew goes into detail about how this is a different blockchain ecosystem from other well known digital currencies and how Koinon will be used in the retail sector world wide, especially in 3rd world countries where it will be an instant, free and continent wide payment service.. Check www.koinon.io for more details on Koinon and www.XT.com to trade, Koinon value at recording was $0.26/Koin.

What should every investor have in their core portfolio? ETF's of course! But which ones? How many and where and how do I find them? And what do they cost? All these questions and more are found in the podcast on my Top 5 ETFs. (VUSA), (ISF) and/or (VMID), (VEUR), (VAPX), (VJPN) + Bonus (EMIM).

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Jordan introduces what first motivated him to get started in investing and why he now predominantly invests in the US and UK markets. With about a 70% weighting in ETFs, we talk about which ETFs and what platform he uses to purchase them. Jordan's advice is no matter what profession you are, get involved in investing, get ETFs to get exposure to a lot of markets and companies and do your research beforehand. 

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Today I go through the 4 key points for beginner investors of how to overcome the fear of investing into stocks, ETFs, bonds, mutual funds....... I dive into investing tips and common fears, platforms to use and slowly how to build a broad diversified portfolio that will deliver you a return in the far future. For links and referrals go to www.chinaexpatinvestor.com and support our free investing education platform grow.