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Episodes

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  Compound Interest: The World’s Best Kept Secret

  Ahh the magic of compound interest.... Albert Einstein refers to it as the 8th wonder of the world. He says, ‘he who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it’. But do you actually understand how it works? You’ve come to the right place! In today's episode, we break down everything you need to know about compound interest and how you can turn $5,000k into $1,500,000.

  28 September

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  Impact Investing & Cryptocurrency in Developing Nations | YIGC with Christina Hobbs

  Investing is an important way to grow your wealth and set yourself up for financial freedom. But it doesn’t have to stop there. It can also be a tool to give back to causes that you care about. Ever thought that you could micro finance women's businesses or fund farms that are trying to grow sustainable agriculture practices? Well, it is all possible through impact investing

  21 September

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  The Expert Curated Portfolio: A Check in on the Watchlist

  Throughout season one, we had our guests pick a stock, ETF, news trend, industry or anything of interest to them, to add to the YIGC Watchlist! The purpose of this was to get us thinking outside the box and broaden our perspective on what we can invest in.

  15 September

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  Ask Us Anything | Maddy & Sophie Get Personal...

  The tables have turned! This week, Producer Sasch put the call out on our socials to find out everything that you want to know about YIGC hosts, Sophie and Maddy… Safe to say we learnt some very interesting facts about the pair!

  7 September

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  Ask Us Anything | Your investing questions answered!

  This week, Maddy and Sophie were joined by producer Sascha, in the first of two 'Ask Us Anything' special episodes. Together they answered your questions about building a portfolio, analysis paralysis, the crypto world, and how they emotionally prepare for the next market correction.

  31 August

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  How we can improve the gender pay gap | Meggie Palmer, PepTalkHer

  This year in Australia, the gender pay gap has increased to 14.2%. That’s a difference of $261.50 every week.

  24 August

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  Investing mistakes, money wins & the lessons you take away from them | Mel Browne

  One of the things that puts first time investors off from jumping into the stock market is the pursuit of perfection. We want to make sure we are buying into the right stock at the right time, but unfortunately, perfection really isn’t a thing when it comes to investing. It is safe to say, there is no investor out there who hasn’t made mistakes along the way. In fact, mistakes can sometimes be beneficial to pull away lessons about the stock market. Today we chat with the vivacious Mel Browne about some of her investing mistakes, lessons she took away from them and why some of the money wins make all the mistake worth it. Learn more about Mel Browne here.

  16 August

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  Young Aussies & Super | Rachel Hopping

  This episode we bring back to Rachel from Superhero - one of the latest fintech brokers to enter the market, offering Australians the lowest cost access to the ASX, and now the US stock market as well. In her role, Rachel analyses how Australians are investing their money to grow their future wealth, looking at both the current state of the market and the hottest investment trends currently. Before joining Superhero, Rachel spent just over 3 years at e-Commerce giant eBay.

  13 August

  Sponsored by Superhero

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  Bond, James Bond? Talking defensive assets | Gaby Rosenberg

  A common investing rule includes balancing your risk through diversification - and one of the ways to achieve this is through adding defensive assets to your portfolio! What are defensive assets, you may ask? Today we chat with the incredible Gaby Rosenberg, co founder of Blossom, to define defensive assets including the classic bond (no, unfortunately nothing to do with James) while exploring how she made one of the least accessible investments options available to people like you and me. Join us as we all learn about this new asset class.

  9 August

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  Get Super Savvy | What is super & where is mine?

  So you might be thinking, we're an investing podcast, why are you talking about super? But super is invested. So if you have a job, and you're earning money, you are investing in the stockmarket. In this episode, Sophie and Maddy take a tour of how the current system functions, talk about some of the main issues with the current superannuation system, look at what the recent government changes mean (particularly for young Australians), and have a look at the different options you can take with your super. And, we hear some of your thoughts about the super industry.

  7 August

  Sponsored by Superhero

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  Is this company a good investment? | How to build an investment thesis

  It's the age-old question when it comes to investing... How do you find a good investment? Just what makes a company good, and what happens if a good company has some bad news? Today's episode is inspired by a question asked by a YIGC community member in our YIGC Facebook Discussion group: how do you build an investing thesis? To workshop it through and demonstrate it for everyone, we've done you the favour of doing it ourselves! Join us as Sophie presents her case for investing in Sonos, and Maddy tries her best to tear it apart!

  2 August

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  Emerging markets investing | Guest expert Lisa Diaz

  This episode we are very excited to be speaking with our first international guest, the most incredible Lisa Diaz. Lisa is experienced, entertaining and full of stories having spent 23 years as a Managing Director of the Securities Division at Goldman Sachs in New York. These days Lisa is Partner, President and CEO of Prince Street Capital Management in New York, an investment firm focused on global emerging and frontier market equities with bases in Singapore, New York and Hong Kong. If you’ve been thinking about making your portfolio more exotic, this is the episode for you. And if you haven’t, after listening to Lisa, you might be thinking differently!

  26 July

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  International Investing: Why you should go global with your stocks!

  COVID has made sure we can’t travel overseas for the time being, but don’t let that stop you from investing internationally. We often talk about investing in what you know. And for that reason, it makes sense that when approaching investing, we start with the Australian market. But did you know that the ASX only makes up around 2% of global markets? This episode is all about learning why you should broaden your horizons and consider thinking bigger than just Australia when it comes to your investing portfolio.

  19 July

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  Let's take a peak into an everyday millennial’s portfolio...

  Do you ever wish you could see what other people are investing in? How they’re building their portfolios to benefit from the current state of the market? If you answered yes to either (or both!) of these questions, then this is the episode for you. Today we are chatting with Rachel from Superhero, one of the latest Fintech brokers to enter the market. She shares with us how everyday Aussies are investing on Superhero, and we get her insights into the hottest investment trends currently - including the most traded stocks in 2021 so far. Then we ask her about inflation, because the news won’t stop talking about it! Tune in to learn about how inflation impacts the stock market and how you can position your portfolio to benefit.

  12 July

  Sponsored by Superhero

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  Sustainable investing | Guest expert Kate Temby

  Have you been cutting down on your meat consumption, or getting on board the bamboo toilet paper train? As record amounts of funds flow into investments with an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) focus

  22 June

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  Choosing an investing style that's right for you!

  We break down the 4 most commonly talked about styles; active, passive, value and growth, as well as some key metrics you can use to identify these.

  15 June

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  How is our newbie investor doing? Public declarations & the greatest untold secret… | with Chloe from the YIGC community

  On this week’s episode, we check-in with our newbie investor Chloe. We hear about her journey so far; from her self-described nanna-investing, to the moment she thought about chucking her day job in and becoming a Wall St trader. Chloe has some serious pearls of wisdom to share in this episode, and then we answer her burning questions, as well as hearing from you, our YIGC community.

  8 June

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  How can I build wealth? Unpacking how compounding will get you rich... slowly but surely | Guest expert Emma Fisher

  We chat with the incredible Emma Fisher about what a good company looks like and how buying into strong companies for the long run will really help you to build your wealth. It’s a reminder that in investing, true patience will reap the benefits of true returns!

  1 June

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  Overwhelmed by graphs and Google? How to go about your research journey | with our YIGC community

  We speak with three of our community members, Kate, Zac and Sascha, about where they find their investing information and some of the techniques they incorporate into their everyday life that help them to discover good investments! Take a leaf out of their book and we promise that searching for good investments will start to come naturally!

  25 May

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  Budget Bonanza: what does the budget mean for me? | Guest experts Old Boys Club podcast

  This year’s federal budget has been labelled a ‘spendathon’. So, in today’s episode, we break down what this actually means for you! We’ve called in the help of our political correspondents/pals from the Old Boys Club pod to help us get across everything you need to know.

  18 May

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  How the f%&$#! do you read those scary numbers in company financials?! | Guest expert Candice Bourke

  Our chat with Candice Bourke will set you up to ask the right questions when looking at companies to invest in. Candice is an expert of translating jargon into layman’s terms and in this episode, she breaks down some of the most important metrics into everyday language!

  11 May

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  Umm... can I invest in that? How everyday events create opportunities | Guest expert Sally McDonald

  We speak to the very impressive Sally Macdonald, former CEO of Oroton and Big W. She explains how the economic environment impacts the share market and more importantly, how identifying and watching trends in can help us find investment opportunities.

  4 May

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  I want to start trading! How can I find a broker? | Guest expert Danielle Ecuyer

  In this episode, we’ll break down what a broker is, discuss how you can work out which broker is for you, and answer some of your broker questions. We want to debunk the classic Wall Street image - because these days buying or selling shares isn’t necessarily an old dude calling you up and asking if he can look after your money… In fact, it can be as simple as downloading an app, filling out some details and just... clicking buy!

  20 April

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  How can I build my portfolio like a pro? | Guest expert Sarah King

  In this episode we debunk the myth that you have to be an expert to build your own portfolio. In the second episode of our two-part series, Sarah King from Stockspot teaches us about the most important steps for creating a portfolio that aligns to your own risk profile. We break down the key terms you need to know, strategy and the most important things to look out for when doing it yourself.

  13 April

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  Risky Business... how can I minimise my risk when investing? | Guest expert Sarah King

  In this episode, we will be delving into risk, risk tolerance and how it will impact your investment decisions. We often hear that people don’t want to jump into investing because it is too risky - but after the chat today, you will see that this is the number one misconception that is holding people back from taking control of their financial future. Not so risky business!

  6 April