How to start investing with as little as five dollars. I'm joined by Kylie Purcell from comparison site Finder. We discuss 3 options that will help you to begin investing. We discuss:

• RAIZ
• Spaceship
• Commsec Pocket
• Vanguard Investor

Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/finder

Link to Guest website: https://www.finder.com.au/author/kyliepurcell

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Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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Michael Dee is the CEO and founder of Pythagoras Investing. This episode was recorded on Tuesday June 2, 2020 and Michael gives his overview of economic and share market recovery - which won't necessarily be synchronised. This interview came about after 2 conversations. During the recent COVID lockdown I was speaking with Evan McQuire who was unremittingly gloomy about the economy and therefore the effects on markets. Straight after I spoke with Michael who is not so negative, explaining why he thinks that markets and the economy are not necessarily going to move in the same direction.

Link to episode blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/pythagoras

Link to Michael's website: https://www.pythagorasinvesting.com/sfb/

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Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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How does a virologist become a fund manager? What can a scientist bring to investment markets? The biggest stock on the Australian market is in health care - CSL. This sector has hit the news recently for obvious reasons. It's an area that merits further study for those keen to learn about markets. We're all health care consumers in one way or another and the sector covers everything from health supplements to novel drug developments, devices, hospitals and the big pharma companies. Bianca joined me to talk about this sector and her 3-D view of the industry.

Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/ogden

Link to Guest website: https://www.platinum.com.au/Our-Products/All-Products/Platinum-International-Health-Care-Fund

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Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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Some people invest in managed funds, some work as a fundie. A few brave souls create their own fund from the ground up. In this episode we hear from Matt Joass as he shares his insights into the inner workings of the industry, fast-growing kiwi start-ups and traps to watch out for. Matt’s ideal investment is a small, fast-growing business, that is capital-light, with demand- and supply-side competitive advantages, high returns on incremental invested capital, little analyst coverage, deeply aligned management (typically founders), and that are top-dogs or first-movers in an emerging and important industry. Lastly, the company must be trading at a discount to Matt’s estimate of intrinsic value.

Link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/maven

Link to Maven Funds Management - https://www.mavenfunds.com.au/

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Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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I've partnered with the Australian Shareholders' Association to create a new podcast - The Equity Investor Journey. Here's an episode that I think you will enjoy by way of introduction. The ASA is a fantastic organisation that lobbies for the interests of shareholders as well as providing a wealth of investing education.

This episode features Steve Mabb, a successful businessman turned full-time investor and now an ASA company monitor. In this episode he talks about how he uses ASX-listed ETFs to gain exposure to companies that aren’t listed directly on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).

Our stock market is currently dominated by miners and banks. Great companies for sure — but unlikely to exceed the pace of growth of some of the “new economy” companies listed overseas in the years and decades ahead. As an Australian investor who wants exposure to international technology and real diversification, Steve describes the ETFs that he has invested in to widen his international exposure.

Here's a link to the blog post for this episode with some more insights into the ETFs that we discussed - https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/equity and here's a link to The Equity Investor Journey Podcast - https://www.australianshareholders.com.au/podcasts

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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Mark Tobin has been passionate about finding "undiscovered" microcap stocks ever since he began his career as an equity analyst in Sydney. He's been hooked on uncovering these hidden gems and following their story and evolution. In spite of his obvious non-Australian accent and calling from South Africa, Mark has his finger firmly on the pulse of the smallest end of the ASX. He was a pleasure to chat with and I hope to get him back on. I still have so many questions and we only had a limited time to chat.

Link to the blog post - https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/coffeemicrocap

Link to Coffee Microcaps - https://www.coffeemicrocaps.com/

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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I think a lot of people are becoming tired of the constant news about "The Virus" and the effects on the markets. That's why I needed a change of pace. A refresher, if you will. I wanted to go back to first principles and show an example of what the share market is really all about - the allocation of capital to fund innovations that may change the way we do things and make all our lives better.

That's why I've been wanting to interview Andrew for a while. He's the Chief Technology Officer and founder of Hazer. Here's an example of a company developing a disruptive technology in the industrial sector. In an era of decarbonisation, Hazer is developing processes that can take carbon out of the system and store and transport renewable energy.

The blog post - https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/hazer

Hazer web-site - https://www.hazergroup.com.au/

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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Evan McQuire appeared in the second ever edition of Shares for Beginners. He's joined us again to talk about his views on the current market situation.

Blog post for this episode: https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/evan

MF&Co, Evan's brokerage firm: https://mfam.com.au/

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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Recorded remotely on Tuesday March 31 at 1pm with Julian McCormack, an investment specialist at Platinum.

Julian is a contrarian investor who has been saying for over a year that we were reaching the end of a cycle of calm in share markets. As he says, we can't predict what the catalyst will be for a downturn but there will be one eventually. And here we are.

Platinum is an Australia-based investment manager that focuses on one asset class – providing portfolios of listed companies from around the world. Platinum seeks out companies whose true worth and prospects are yet to be fully recognised by the market.

https://www.platinum.com.au/

Episode blog at: https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/platinum

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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Another corona edition. During this period I’m concentrating on current events and trying to keep you updated with a range of views from a number of angles. My guest today is Steve Bull from ETF Watch and TOMORROW Super.

Here's a link to the blog post https://www.sharesforbeginners.com/blog/etf-watch

We're talking about accessing super, buying opportunities, discounted LICs that may present opportunities and lessons learnt from the GFC.

https://www.etfwatch.com.au/

https://www.tomorrowsuper.com.au/

Portfolio tracker Sharesight tracks your trades, shows your true performance, and saves you time and money at tax time. Get 4 months free at https://www.sharesight.com/au/sharesforbeginners

Disclosure: The links provided are affiliate links. I will be paid a commission if you use these link to make a purchase. You will also usually receive a discount by using these links/coupon codes. I only recommend products and services that I use and trust myself or where I have interviewed and/or met the founders and have assured myself that they’re offering something of value. Shares for Beginners is for information and educational purposes only. It isn’t financial advice, and you shouldn’t buy or sell any investments based on what you’ve heard here. Any opinion or commentary is the view of the speaker only not Shares for Beginners. This podcast doesn’t replace professional advice regarding your personal financial needs, circumstances or current situation.

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