Get Started Investing

Once a year, history's greatest investor, Warren Buffett, takes the stage in front of 40,000 people and answers questions for 7 and a half hours. That alone is impressive. Even more impressive? He's still doing it at 94 years old.

In this episode we cover the highlights from this year's Berkshire Hathaway annual general meeting. We also share some of our biggest Warren Buffett lessons and the timeless wisdom that has made us better investors.

If you want to watch the full 7 and a half hour presentation, check it out on YouTube.

Want to get involved with the podcast?

• Have a money or investing question? Ask via our website. 
• Join our Facebook Discussion Group

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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The premise of $100 Challenge is simple: $100 invested each month at the market’s average return of 8% for 40 years is $350,000. Little steps over a long period can make a big difference. 

So in these episodes we share ways to save or earn an extra $100 each month that we can put towards our investing. 

In this episode we are passing the microphone over to the experts and sharing some of the best (and worst) expert advice we've come across. From discount burritos to monthly budgets and Dave Ramsey's 5 steps to build wealth, this episode has a little bit of everything.

Have a money or investing question? Ask via our website or join the conversation in our Facebook Discussion Group

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you good with money?

It's a hard question to answer and naturally, we instantly start to compare ourselves to other people in our lives. But the question wasn't 'are we better than those around us' it was are we objectively good?

Emma Edwards has written the book (literally) on being good with money. In this conversation we unpacked what being good with money means to her and how we can all take the next steps to get better (and hopefully ultimately, good) with money.

Links mentioned:

• Reach Emma's book: Good with Money
• Join the conversation in the Facebook Discussion Group
• Have a money or investing question? Ask via our website. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A huge moment for us here at Equity Mates - we're celebrating 1,000 episodes of Equity Mates Investing and Get Started Investing.

In this episode we take a moment and reflect on the past 7 years. We discuss how we started, the milestones along the way and get into the business behind the podcasts.

Reaching 1,000 episodes would not have been possible without the incredible community we've built along the way. So however you engage with Equity Mates, we want to say a massive thank you for joining us on the journey. We're passionate about financial literacy and believe that what we've learned over the years are critical life skills for all people. We hope our podcasts have helped you build your skills and take the next steps on your financial journeys.

Here's to the next 1,000 episodes!

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For years we've been searching for a spend tracking platform that works for us. PocketSmith heard of our search and suggested we give their platform a try.

In this episode we share what we learned after connecting our bank accounts to PocketSmith. How much are we spending, are we keeping to our budgets, were there any surprises? Tune in to find out.

In this episode we cover:

• How we set up PocketSmith
• Our major categories of spending
• Changes in our spending over time
• Any surprises or unexpected categories of spending
• Where we would like to improve our money management

Links mentioned:

• Get 50% off your first 2 months of PocketSmith's Foundation Plan
• Join our Facebook Discussion Group

Have a money or investing question? Ask via our website. 

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Thank you to PocketSmith for sponsoring this episode and allowing us to make free financial content.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When's the last time you checked your savings account?

After years of not getting a decent interest rate, the rapid rise in interest rates over the past couple of years means there are some great deals out there. In this episode we share the best we could find. If you're not getting 5%, it may be time to move.

In this episode we cover:

• Top 5 savings accounts with no gimmicks
• Top 5 savings accounts with honeymoon rates
• Top 5 savings accounts overall

Links mentioned:

• Techt's Savings Account leaderboard spreadsheet (make sure you bookmark this!)
• Join our Facebook Discussion Group

Have a money or investing question? Ask via our website. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this month's $100 Challenge episode we're going deep on energy bills. We speak to Phil, who wrote in and shared a way he is saving thousands a year on his electricity and gas bills.

The premise of $100 Challenge is simple: $100 invested each month at the market’s average return of 8% for 40 years is $350,000. Little steps over a long period can make a big difference. 

So in these episodes we share ways to save or earn an extra $100 each month that we can put towards our investing. 

Links mentioned:

• Details on our upcoming live show
• Check out Bill Hero for yourself

Have a way that you're working to save or earn a little extra this year? Let us know via our website. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A couple of weeks ago we spoke about how we're investing for 2024. Today, we wanted to get a few expert investors and financial advisors on the phone and ask them how they're investing for the year ahead.

In this episode we hear from:

• Charlie Viola, Pitcher Partners
• Luke Larative, Seneca Financial Solutions
• Andrew Page, Strawman.com
• Dylan Pargiter-Green, Bold Wealth

Are you looking to speak to a financial advisor? Fill in your details and get matched with the right advisor for you.

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Come join us for our first live show for 2024. 

Join us at the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney on 10 April for a live Ask an Advisor. 

Click here for more information and to secure your tickets.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There’s plenty of preconceived ideas about investing that make us think it’s not for us or stop us getting started. So we went out to our Facebook Discussion Group and asked what they believed about investing that they’ve since realised was a myth. 

In this episode we chat about: 

• How much money you need to get started 
• Why investing isn’t as risky as you think
• What you need to know to get started 
• Why trying to time the market is wasted energy
• The multiple ways to build wealth in the stock market

Links mentioned:

• Equity Mates Facebook Discussion Group

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Come join us for our first live show for 2024. 

Join us at the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney on 10 April for a live Ask an Advisor. 

Click here for more information and to secure your tickets.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How many ETFs should I be investing in? 

That was the question Chris asked in the Equity Mates Facebook Discussion Group and that is the question we set out to answer in this episode. 

If you’re an ETF investor and wondering how to think about building a portfolio of ETFs, this episode is for you. 

Links mentioned:

• 2024 Community Survey
• Equity Mates Facebook Discussion Group

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Want to keep learning? Check out the Rask + Equity Mates investing courses. 

We’ve worked with the team at Rask Invest to produce two great investing courses:

• Get Started Investing is a free course that covers all the basics of investing and how to start building your portfolio
• The Value Investor Program goes deep into stock selection and valuation. 

For a limited time, we’re offering $100 off the Value Investor Program with the code: MATES. 

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. 

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media. 

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. 

Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional. 

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.