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In this episode, we go through our bold predictions of 2020, to see who came out on top.

Steven is a director of the Australian Shareholders Association, a not for profit member based organisation, helping educate retail shareholders and advocate for them with listed companies and regulators.

In this bonus episode, we sit down with the two hosts - brothers comedian Adam and Thomas the economist. We hear about the reasons for starting the show, their ambitions and what we can expect from the first couple of episodes.

We're about to launch our ETFs For Beginners series. Hear what it's all about and make sure you subscribe to Get Started Investing so you don't miss it.

2020 has been a volatile year. Using the American S&P 500, the market reached a high on 19 Feb, fell 34% (1,149 points) and then has risen 28% (637 points). While the market has not fully recovered, there is a sentiment amongst some commentators that 'the worst is over'.

Reporting season is the favourite time of the year for most investors. As shareholders in public companies, we are owners of the businesses, and at different points every year the business lets its owns (us) know how its going.

It's that episode of the year - our Stock Of The Year competition. Each year, we both choose a company, and back it in to outperform the other over the year.

After a short hiatus over the summer months in Australia, we're incredibly excited to be returning for the first time in 2020.

As 2019 is drawing to a close, and the Equity Mates team look to have a break (don't worry, we've got some cracking eps lined up for summer), it's time to review the all-important 2019 bold predictions that we made at the start of the year.

Short selling is the act of betting on the price of an asset to go down. It is very topical in Australia at the moment, with the controversy over short-seller J Capital Research releasing a report about software-company WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC).

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