Monday
Bryce’s portfolio moves, Investment Bonds & is Instacart opening the IPO window?
Ren and Bryce are in the studio, chatting about portfolio movements, whether they think the IPO window is about to open again, and then an Equity Mate Lauren asked us a question about Investment Bonds.
China’s kids are not alright: Youth unemployment tops 20%
China has too much debt, has over-built infrastructure, has youth unemployment north of 20% and is facing a slow moving economic crisis as its years of unproductive spending are coming home to roost.
Tuesday
$100 Challenge: Bryce starts a dropshipping business
We’re back with another $100 challenge episode. It’s a simple premise, an extra $100 each month in your investing pot could compound to over $350 000 in 40 years. Bryce and Alec chat through what they’ll be doing this September, and we also hear from some Equity Mates community members about their plans as well.
Wednesday
The 3 QANTAS controversies explained
QANTAS has had an interesting time of late. Everything started well, reporting a recording $2.5 billion dollar pre-tax profit. But since that announcement it’s gone downhill. Australia’s national airline is now mired in multiple scandals, their CEO is getting grilled at Parliamentary hearings, and the Australian government is being accused of prioritising QANTAS’ bottom line over the concerns of the Australian people.
We’re back. Wtf happened to inflation?!?
The boys are back to their bumpy old best. Inflation is off the front pages and deflation in China has taken its place. What’s that about? One of the brothers got himself quoted in the AFR, and it wasn’t the smart one, while capitalism has finally figured out a way to monetize sadness. All this and more on this week’s Comedian v Economist.
Thursday
Founders of Farmer’s Pick and Vitable pitch their companies
Today we’re welcoming Johnny Wilkinson, the co-founder and director of Equitise. He explains to us what Equitise is, how Equity Mates can get involved, and the risks and thoughts around unlisted investments as a part of a portfolio.
Friday
The Asian Markets & Future Powerhouse for Global Growth / Gary Monaghan from Fidelity’s Asia Fund
In this week’s episode, Candice and Felicity sat down Fidelity’s Gary Monaghan to discuss the investment opportunities in the Asian markets.
Expert: Maroun Younes – The investing story for Keisei Electric Railway + Quanta | Fidelity
Maroun Younes is Co-Portfolio Manager Fidelity Global Future Leaders Fund and Analyst. The Global Future Leaders Fund is a diversified portfolio of 40-70 small-to-mid-cap global companies.
Bitesize: Should I pay off my HECs faster?
This Bitesize comes from our Ask An Advisor series on Equity Mates Investing Podcast. We were joined by Jacob McCudden, and Ren put to him the question: ‘Should I be paying off my HECs debt faster?’ and he had quite the hot take.
Lab Grown Diamonds are forever
It turns out that fake diamonds are having a moment. As a new threshold has been reached – Last year, lab-grown diamond jewellery surpassed 10% of the world’s total diamond jewellery sales for the first time.