This podcast gives you a smart, cool headed and down to earth wrap on the latest finance and investing news from Australia & around the world. Investing legends Scott Phillips and Anirban Mahanti walk you through what’s really going on and what you need to know to make great financial decisions. S…
– How can we get support for a Sovereign Wealth Fund? – Am I investing for my kids the right way? – What’s the best way to ‘stack Sats’? – Does Bitcoin make it harder to make good policy? – Should we incentivise our politicians? – How can I learn more about Bitcoin?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– A smaller deficit… and another decade of them? – A gas reservation system on the agenda – The EV FBT program blows out – Gold and stocks both on the rise?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this special bonus episode Scott speaks with Motley Fool co-founder, co-Chairman and Chief Rule Breaker, David Gardner, about his new book Rule Breaker Investing. (You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Rule-Breaker-Investing-Stocks-Lasting/dp/1804091820/)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Ed Vesely about internationally diversified miner South32 (ASX:S32).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Four big ideas for Australia’s future – What’s your view on Net Tangible Assets? – Shouldn’t we have more diversification?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Westpac the latest to lay off staff – Don’t try to hold back the tide – Mt Isa about to get a cheque – Myer tanks… again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Darius Zarghami about international mining services company Perenti (ASX:PRN).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– If share-based payments lapse, does remuneration fall? – Didn’t you get the returns on borrowing wrong? – Should I buy the Australian- or US-listed NASDAQ ETF? – How should I choose an investment advice subscription?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– ANZ gets fined, and fined, and fined – The banking industry is fighting to retain card surcharges – Super Retail’s boss gets puntedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Chris Copley about Australia’s largest energy company, AGL (ASX:AGL).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Could governments fix debt problems by substituting tax for interest rates? – Should I use my professional knowledge negatively in my investing? – What about the ARKK ETF for AI? – ASIC says ‘stay away’! – How else do you make change?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Reflections on earnings season – Big 4 banks axing jobs – The BCA opposes a cashflow taxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Benny Ou about newly slimmed-down Australian general insurer, Suncorp (ASX:SUN).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– How can I get into finance? – DCA into BTC? – What is Bitcoin? – Why is my ETF suddenly paying a higher dividend? – Have we seen the end of MMT?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Breaking down GDP – Earnings season recap – What Chinese cars say about innovationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Vincent Wales about Australian LNG player, Santos (ASX:STO).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– How do we tackle our real problems? – How to trade returns against volatility? – How would you fix housing affordability? – We need to fix mining taxes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Inflation shoots up – More ‘support’ for housing affordability – Woolies and Coles’ divergent fortunes – Tobacco excise jumps the sharkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Benny Ou about Australian and New Zealand Big Four bank, ANZ (ASX:ANZ).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– What do you think of my 5 year experiment? – Some debt is good! – Is housing really expensive? – Will Bitcoin liquidity dry up?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– RBA’s $1.2b renovation – Economic roundtable disappointment – CSL, James Hardie and Audinate hit for six – Qantas’ $90m fine and NAB’s $130m make-good – CBA’s AI SNAFUSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Mitchell Lawler about Australian AI innovator, Brainchip (ASX:BRN).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Mortgage offsets do compound! – What about the Soul Patts and Brickworks merger? – Tariffs won’t cause a collapse in the US. – What should I look out for with mergers and acquisitions? – How do I evaluate overseas growth opportunities? – An important missive from Camembert ThislethwaiteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Rates down… again – CBA profits grow, shares fall – EV road user charge – Chart crimes and misdirectionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Edward Vesely about Australian (and Alaskan!) gold miner Northern Star (ASX:NSR).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Am I wrong to feel discouraged? – A brickbat – How did the US government get its Bitcoin – Should they sell them? – First home “builders” scheme? – Should the RBA set Budget parameters? – Did Andrew really suggest invading New Zealand?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– A cook’s tour through margins – Up go tariffs… again – The NSW government caves to Star and Crown – ASX’s TPG blunder – What Elon’s $44 deal says about TeslaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Darius Zarghami about Australia’s fourth-largest health insurer, NIB (ASX:NHF).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– ‘Sub cities, not subsidies’ – How do you make your way through company reports? – Best low income ETFs for kids? – What are the ramifications of high US debt? – What happens when AI takes over the world?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Inflation falls… and a rate cut coming? – Higher tariffs ahead – More money… for Mt Isa – Productivity summitSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Chris Copley about a company best known as a mini Berkshire Hathaway (they’re some big boots to fill!), US insurance and investment company, Markel (NYSE:MKL).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– Won’t rich Superannuants simply remove their assets and delay CGT anyway? – Debt to GDP misses the assets of a government – How do we encourage people to move to the bush? – Who’d be a farmer? – You’re wrong on inflation and money printingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We all make mistakes… the best thing is to make them less often. Here are some mistakes we’ve made, and we hope you won’t!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Chris Copley about a simple way for Australians to get access to US technology companies, via the Betashares NASDAQ 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– What about equity crowdfunding? – What skills does a small-cap investor need? – How can I balance the positives and negatives? – Identifying members of a cult – Are ETFs really to blame?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Governing is hard. And politics always interferes. But here are six areas we think government could strike a blow for our economic prosperity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool Director of Research, Ryan Newman about Australia’s largest private health insurer, Medibank Private (ASX:MPL).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– What will AI do to jobs? – Should we just get rid of all taxes and increase the GST? – Will history repeat? – Shouldn’t we use tax to support local interests? – What about NAB Equity Builder? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Time is the ultimate scarce resource. And we can’t get it back. But what do we wish we’d known at 18? Here’s our attempt at answering that question from an investing perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool Director of Research, Ryan Newman about iron ore (and other commodities) miner, Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
– An exception taken to our criticism of taxing unrealised gains – Maybe not indexing tax thresholds works? – ‘Property vs. equities’ isn’t as simple as it seems? – How can we keep increasing energy consumption without killing the planet? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
New CEOs are confronted with a lot of conflicting advice, often from people trying to feather their own nests. But what should a CEO actually do?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.