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– House price falls miss the bigger picture

– How can we stop punishing young professionals with kids?

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– The end of card surcharges

– Private credit’s moment of truth

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– Why do we fall for politicians’ fake solutions on housing? 

– Where’s the inflation/immigration sweet spot? 

– I didn’t beat the S&P500. Should I give up? 

– How does Victoria get out of fiscal trouble? 

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– Warren Buffett steps down 

– Soul Patts is 20% in cash 

– Myer’s profits down 30% 

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– What if we restricted negative gearing to younger people? 

– What business and management intangibles do you look for? 

– What can I give a 17-year old to read to get him started on investing? 

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– Why do our banks raise rates? 

– The data behind why house prices can’t keep climbing faster than wages 

– It’s time for regulatory sunsets 

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– Berkshire Hathaway or an ETF?

– What other podcasts do you listen to?

– What are your other favourite quotes?

– Time is unknowable. Invest anyway.

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– AI agility versus security

– ‘And then what?’

– The investing takeaway from higher bond yields

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– Give the RBA another lever?

– Should I keep adding to Super?

– Are LICs on the way back?

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– Productivity stalls

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– When do you tell your kid everything about your finances?

– Why doesn’t Norway’s SWF invest at home?

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– Bitcoin on a tear… again

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– Don’t miss the glimmers of light

– Inflation is why I don’t save

– An opportunity in small caps?

– 22 and the world at his feet!

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– Super for housing… here we go again

– We now have a trillion dollars in debt

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– Are house prices really just a function of desire and competition?

– Why aren’t we talking about AI more?

– Where am I wrong on housing?

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– Mortgage applications are falling… now what?

– Can you defend a sky-high P/E?

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– Public service savings aren’t easy, especially in health

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– 40 year mortgage rear their ugly heads

– The ASX’s ‘Steven Bradbury’ moment

– A Bitcoin warning

– The rise of AI continues

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– Should losses be indexed for CGT purposes?

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– How do I avoid losing money to bad governance?

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– Property is… falling?

– US Bond yields at 19-year high 

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– Where is the public track record?

– Is AI a risk to bitcoin?

– How much is ‘enough’ for a 25-year old?

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Scott and Andrew chat about the different ways companies can create wealth for shareholders, including reinvestment, acquisitions, dividends and buybacks.

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– Are market recovery periods getting shorter?

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– What questions would you answer before investing?

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– What about the minimum wage?

– Housing security or financial security?

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– Where is the American tipping point?

– How can ‘grandfathering’ be fair?

– Is more CGT on shares really helping housing affordability?

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– Shouldn’t we criticise a broken promise?

– Can we have a campfire rant?

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– Will house prices fall?

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– Should we take away pollies’ perks if they break promises? 

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– The end of hostilities in Iran… we hope

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– Should public transport be ‘free’? 

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– Job cuts: AI, Southern Cross and Woolies

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– What do I do when management breaks my investment thesis? 

– Please stop saying we can’t make a difference on national security 

– Can we stop the intergenerational hate? 

– Is the US being run by a ham sandwich? 

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– Why the RBA got what it wanted… and others aren’t happy

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– Give us some optimism 

– How can we have a sovereign wealth fund if we’re in debt? 

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– (Yet another) reason not to try to time the market 

– The compound power of combination 

– Why ‘adoption’ wins 

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– Did you make a mistake on CSL? 

– Am I being ‘tricked’ by VDHG? 

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– Pushback on NG and CGT 

– The real issue with housing affordability 

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– How do you manage ‘legacy’ positions?

– Quarks, physicists and engineers

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– Should I buy an ETF and go fishing?

– CGT changes need averaging?

– Is SpaceX the next Amazon?

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– Rates up as inflation bites

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– Is this AI financial armageddon?

– Are NASDAQ’s listing rules hurting Super funds?

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– A very special announcement

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– Some real talk on oil and gas royalties?

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– What’s going on with Berkshire?

– The role of bonds and how they’re priced

– Where innovation makes things worse

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– Are share purchase plans red flags?

– Does low liquidity make small caps less efficiently priced?

– Are we getting manufacturing and services confused?

– What about small-cap ETFs?

– You called your dog… Diesel???

–  What about using fuel excise in place of interest rates?

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– The risk and opportunity of ‘sentiment’

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– Should I sell an investment property in the face of rising AI?

– Should the RBA use Super contributions or tax rates to manage the economy?

– Did you read Matt Canavan wrong?

– Even this free-marketeer is considering protectionism

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– Of stonks and meme stocks

– Ceasefire in Iran… sort of

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– Inheritance taxes are bad - maybe we should use defence land?

– Give me a reason for optimism

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– Fuel subsidies that are worse than they seem

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– $1 billion in loans for struggling small business

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– What to do with businesses whose share prices have tanked?

– What moats are defensible in an AI world?

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– Why a 25% tax on oil revenues is bad

– Another day (yet) another expensive bailout

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– My son’s first purchases are down… help!

– Some critiques of sound money examples

– Are financial planners going to be victims of AI?

– Bitcoin-collateralised peer-to-peer lending?

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– Dare we hope for a Budget surplus?

– Oil prices rise… and ripple through the economy

– The US SEC might cut reporting requirements

– The end of the Metaverse

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– Should I sell my LIC?

– Bonds vs. cash?

– Should I invest in property for my kids?

– Fixing the Budget and productivity?

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– Atlassian cuts 1600 jobs

– Allegra Spender’s great contribution on tax

– How can a fertiliser plant be sold for $1?

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– How do I think about international investing in the face of a higher dollar?

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– Surprisingly good GDP numbers

– The risks of a higher oil price… and the costs

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– A case against a Big Australia?

– How do I track the fundamental thesis when prices are volatile?

– How to put a lump sum to work in the market

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– Bouquets for earnings season

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– Why have Gold and Bitcoin diverged?

– How do I respond to the AI threat with ETFs?

– More on mean reversion, please?

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– A new Opposition… time for new policies?

– Where mining goes, goes the market

– Resources jump… and slump

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– Is there too much money chasing too few assets?

– When is remuneration too high?

– Have you changed your mind on the global order?

– A history correction for the Strawman

– Convince me rates won’t rise a lot

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– It’s expectations season

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– How can I keep my winners, but also rebalance my portfolio?

– Why aren’t people borrowing against their homes to invest?

– Use your real names, please!

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– Gold’s plunge

– I am the Kiss of Death

– Selling off the family silver

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– Is it time to get defensive?

– Should I hold Bitcoin directly or through an ETF

– Does mean reversion apply to small caps and AI?

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– Gold soars, Australian dollar soars. And the US dollar is sinking.

– An “employment ice age is coming”, according to some.

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– Notes from a loyal listener

– What on earth should we make of Japan?

– What about doubling the GST and paying it back as a dividend?

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– Valuations are high, but many have fallen?

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– How do I put Bitcoin into an SMSF?

– What do I do with a lump sum before I buy?

– Should I sell my AFIC shares?

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– I’m scared of losing my seed phrase!

– What to do with employee shares?

– How did Strawman come about

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– Can I trust a CEO I don’t agree with?

– Sure… but are you beating the market?

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Oh, and the boys make a lot of reckless predictions for 2026!

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– What’s the difference between investing and trading?

– “Buy [X] and go fishing”… an ETF, or Berkshire?

– What’s the best way to own Bitcoin?

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– What about the yield from a geared ETF?

– What would you do with seven figures?

– What about private credit

– Do you sell when trust is gone?

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– More spending on EVs and batteries?

– The downside of monopolies

– Woolies and Coles price gouging rules

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– Podcast recommendation: Wealth of Nations for Dummies.

– How big is too big a position?

– Why did you change your mind, Scott?

– What about Ripple, Ram?

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– The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort is going to run out of money 

– Arnotts (and Trafigura?) on the government teat

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– What Estate Taxes apply to Australians investing in the USA?

– Scott betrayed me!

– If Bitcoin is just money, why buy it?

– A Bitcoin question from a guide dog trainer

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– The ABS wants to count illegal cigarettes

– Are Governments finally choosing fiscal responsibility?

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– What happens to Bitcoin when quantum computing arrives?

– I’m 24. Should I invest?

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– Inflation soars

– The benevolent dictator’s solution

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– Is Bitcoin likely to be correlated with stocks or gold?

– How do we transition to a Bitcoin-only world?

– We still don’t know why planes fly!

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– Bloody bitcoin!

– NVIDIA booms

– Bankers in parliament

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– Aren’t Bitcoin-only exchanges expensive?

– Don’t rising prices make home-owners wealthier if they invest the equity?

– To hell with paper-pushing

– What about Super for kids?

– One coin to rule them all?

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– More political mucking around on ‘price-gouging’

– Menulog exits the Australian market

– Scott buys… Bitcoin?

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– AI deals are booming… What do I need to consider?

– What happens when CBOE expands here?

– How long should I stay in cash when the market is expensive?

– How do I choose which business to buy?

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– Burry’s big bearish bet

– Westpac’s results out… And suffers the innovator’s dilemma?

– Rates on hold… for years?

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– Don’t we have a ‘real’ sovereign wealth fund?

– What should we do with the surplus?

– We’re measuring the wrong things.

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– WiseTech CEO in the spotlight again

– Is Domino’s about to be taken over?

– Are we due for a pullback?

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– Doesn’t supply and demand fix the housing problem?

– What have you learned from Domino’s?

– How do you value a business with a lot of debt?

– What if the government borrowed a motza?

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– Will $1.44t in Australian Super be invested in the US?

– Flexibility and rules collide on work-from-home

– Chemist Warehouse sales soar

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– What about bad directors?

– How do we get out of this debt hole if we adopt sound money?

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– They’re lining up for a bailout

– The ‘last mile’ as a microcosm of the economy

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– Does rising inequality keep asset prices high?

– Does Super distort the market?

– Should I invest inside or outside Super?

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– GyG back below the IPO price… and buying back shares

– Deloitte pays an AI refund

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– 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?

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– A gas reservation system on the agenda

– The EV FBT program blows out

– Gold and stocks both on the rise?

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– What’s your view on Net Tangible Assets?

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– Don’t try to hold back the tide

– Mt Isa about to get a cheque

– Myer tanks… again.

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– Didn’t you get the returns on borrowing wrong?

– Should I buy the Australian- or US-listed NASDAQ ETF?

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– The banking industry is fighting to retain card surcharges

– Super Retail’s boss gets punted

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– 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?

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– Big 4 banks axing jobs

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– DCA into BTC?

– What is Bitcoin?

– Why is my ETF suddenly paying a higher dividend?

– Have we seen the end of MMT?

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– Earnings season recap

– What Chinese cars say about innovation

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– How to trade returns against volatility?

– How would you fix housing affordability?

– We need to fix mining taxes!

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– More ‘support’ for housing affordability

– Woolies and Coles’ divergent fortunes 

– Tobacco excise jumps the shark

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– Some debt is good!

– Is housing really expensive?

– Will Bitcoin liquidity dry up?

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– Economic roundtable disappointment

– CSL, James Hardie and Audinate hit for six

– Qantas’ $90m fine and NAB’s $130m make-good 

– CBA’s AI SNAFU

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– 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 Thislethwaite

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– CBA profits grow, shares fall

– EV road user charge

– Chart crimes and misdirection

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– 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?

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– Up go tariffs… again

– The NSW government caves to Star and Crown

– ASX’s TPG blunder

– What Elon’s $44 deal says about Tesla

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– 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?

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– Higher tariffs ahead

– More money… for Mt Isa

– Productivity summit

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– 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 printing

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– 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?

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– 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? 

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– 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? 

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– What are the implications of growing online sales? 

– How can I embark on a career in share trading? 

– Do we tax mining companies enough? 

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– What advice can you give me for tracking my portfolio?

– How should we prepare for AI?

– Do dividend timings matter?

– Should I sell down my holding that’s now over 20% of my portfolio?

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– The huge boom in passive ETFs

– Tax reform to balance the budget?

– Rex gets more government money

– Amazon bells the cat on AI

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– A listener rant on the banks

– A reminder about getting old

– Is it time for me to cut and run?

– Should I buy Berkshire if the market is ‘frothy’?

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– ASX hits a record high 

– Virgin to list, Rex might survive, Qantas shuts Jetstar Asia 

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– Is value investing dead?

– Can insider ownership be bad?

– Do I have enough Super?

– Lay off Australia!

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– Trump doubles steel and aluminium tariffs 

– Trump’s bill to turbocharge US debt 

– Soul Patts and Brickworks tie the knot 

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– What do you disagree on?

– Should I sell my employer-provided shares?

– Help… I’m starting to invest at 40

– Fix housing for me!

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– The challenge of productivity

– Return to the office has stalled

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– What’s your list of attributes you value?

– What should I invest in, at 60?

– Should we just tax everyone at 10% and be done with it?

– Shouldn’t a long term investor buy units in a geared ETF?

– How does a company benefit when I buy shares on the ASX?

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– Moody’s downgrades the US, and turmoil in the bond market

– Westpac cutting jobs

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– How is Super fare for young people?

– Isn’t Bitcoin going to make inequality worse?

– Can we be more clever with tariffs?

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– Trump’s tariff truce

– Bank profit round-up

– Super tax increase… what to do now?

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– Your tariff thoughts lack nuance

– How do governments collect tax in a Bitcoin world?

– Aren’t tariffs just another tax?

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– Fed holds steady, but worries

– NAB’s rate cut call not all good news

– Buffett resigns

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– How can I find out more about a company?

– What should I buy in the next crash?

– Are fund managers torching our money?

– My mortgage is large, but my portfolio is small

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– Put options to preserve the value of my investment in the short term?

– Are we missing the tax benefits of an SMSF?

– What if we voted on what our tax dollars are spent on?

– Why can’t I invest in gold inside my Super?

– Intend your puns!

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– Trump may (or not) fire Powell

– Macquarie bails out of international funds management

– Coalition promises to let international airlines fly domestically from Darwin

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– Should I include the value of my house and Super when thinking about diversification?

– Is the economy built wrong?

– Should I use the First Home Super Saver scheme?

– I’m worried about the US empire collapsing and taking my portfolio with it

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– The opportunity among the noise

– Housing ‘affordability’ back on the agenda

– The answer to better policy?

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– Can Bitcoin really replace all government currency?

– What about AXON Enterprises?

– How can you believe the efficient market hypothesis is false?

– Mortgage Offset vs. Investing?

– Is Europe the new TINA?

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– Irrational pessimism… and optimism

– To invest or not invest?

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This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Benny Ou about Big Four bank, NAB (ASX:NAB).

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– Should singles and couples be taxed differently?

– Are we in for entrenched inequality?

– Why are airlines such bad businesses?

– Which business models make for good investments?

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– Policy-by-drunk-uncle

– ANZ hit with new capital requirements

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This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Andrew Legget about high-tech defence company Droneshield (ASX:DRO).

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– What does inflation do to share prices?

– Is debt recycling always a bad idea?

– How to build a core/satellite portfolio?

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– And a petrol tax cut

– The government to outlaw non-competes

– JeansWest goes… west.

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– What happens when Super outflows are bigger than inflows?

– Should young and poor Australians be outraged by Super taxation?

– When do we consider the thesis busted and stop holding on?

– How do I decide which investments to buy next?

– How quickly should I sell everything?

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– US rates on hold

– General tariffs on the way?

– The value of brand value

– We have our first dividend aristocrat

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– How do I have high conviction but remain diversified? 

– What’s the best platform for a young investor? 

– Which books should I read about economics? 

– Rex serves a useful purpose 

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– What can we expect economically? 

– So… what should Australia do? 

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– Should I keep, or sell, company-issued shares?

– How far do dividends fall in bad times?

– Our pollies should be jealous of our financial planners

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– You can’t avoid risk

– GDP turns up

– Vanguard gets the memo

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– Give me 5 yellow flags

– Great investing is just like great health

– What contrarian bets have you made?

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– Why is inflation so insidious

– In the shadow of a slump

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– Is the US dollar going to lose its status as the reserve currency?

– Should I have an SMSF?

– Should bank hybrids be banned?

– How do you benchmark your returns?

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– Rates cut… but is it ‘one and done’?

– NAB and Bendigo sink like stones

– Whyalla goes broke, and governments step in

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– My advisor recommended ETFs. Now what?

– Can I get a 300% franking credit?

– What happens to the balance if I cancel my dividend reinvestment plan?

– The problem with underwritten dividends

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– The government flags a buyout of Rex

– Will HELP help, help?

– CBA’s eye-watering profit… and valuation

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– What Bitcoin broker does Andrew recommend?

– Is there a role for short-selling?

– What about Eroad?

– Bitcoin for kids?

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– NAB cuts fixed rates… but why?

– Is there too much maths in economics

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– Should I withdraw money from Super in retirement?

– Should I pay a financial advisor?

– Should I own two competitors in the same industry?

– What about Megaport?

– What happens to shares when the world’s population falls?

– Can we blame inflation on the first business that increased their prices?

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– Please, Treasurer… do the right thing

– Back to the well on AI

– Mosaic finally hits the wall

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– Should I consider Bitcoin separately from my shares?

– Are advice fees justified to take care of the family?

– The benefit of staying the course

– What can governments do to help control inflation?

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– What does Project Stargate mean for us?

– Is Star circling the drain?

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– Helping the kids invest better

– Have I overthought the currency?

– Why does good news result in lower prices?

– What about Quantum Computing and AI?

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– CBA calls for an end to card surcharges

– Star teeters on the edge

– Telstra, Macquarie and AI, oh my.

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– Capital gains tax on crypto? Sometimes.

– Should we run when companies change strategy?

– Can I deduct management fees from my tax?

– Why do you love home ownership so much?

– The right recipe for avocado toast?

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– How to approach a Trump presidency

– Godfrey’s reborn… and lessons for investors

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– What’s going on with DroneShield?

– Who writes the Motley Fool articles?

– Should I investing in overseas companies through Super?

– Is inflation different to currency debasement?

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– Stock brokers are inviting me to gamble!

– How do you keep up with it all?

– What about a UBI?

– How do you find differing opinions?

– What infrastructure is required to facilitate everyday transactions in Bitcoin?

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– Could shares be better represented as digital tokens?

– Are bank shares a Ponzi scheme?

– How are investors taxed on US shares?

– What if we made interest tax deductible for our own homes?

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– US rate cuts… and the market and Aussie dollar tank

– The challenges of MYEFO

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– How do I best structure my portfolio for retirement?

– What about sequence risk?

– How can we find takeover targets?

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– Rates on hold, but cuts on the horizon

– US inflation rises after rates are cut

– Coffee’s up… buy Breville?

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– Keeping track of Bitcoin CGT?

– Can Bitcoin become the global reserve currency?

– Isn’t an ETF just a fancy CDO?

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– The challenge of productivity

– A 40 year mortgage? No thanks!

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– How do I choose a US broker?

– Should I just follow your picks?

– How can I find out more about the money system?

– How can we prepare for the new geopolitical reality?

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– CPI tells a tangled tale.

– The folly of Trump’s tariffs

– Black Friday sales soar… again

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– What Super option should I choose?

– Does compounding have an upper limit?

– Are the academics right?

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– Will tariffs lead to a market crash?

– The Treasurer is meddling with the Future Fund

– Should the government make businesses accept cash?

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– How much should I keep outside Super?

– Start investing, or save for a house?

– Should I use debt recycling?

– Your list sounds like Buffett’s…

– Help… my portfolio is too unwieldy

– What if we have a 5 or 10 year bear market?

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– Elon and Vivek’s new jobs

– Jim Chalmers’ productivity fund

– Betashares is now offering free brokerage

– Andrew takes a (Bitcoin) victory lap

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– I have a lump sum… do I drip it into the market?

– Does foreign investment mean money is leaving the country?

– My son loves seeing his companies in the street!

– The perils of low P/Es

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– RBA’s rates call

– The importance of management… again.

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– Would an ETF beat property, over time?

– How to best invest for the kids?

– What’s the best investing app?

– Where does the debt come from?

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– Growth… or a moat?

– Navigating US election uncertainty

– Median house prices soar… again.

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– Can governments get out from under the pile of debt?

– Time for longer electoral terms

– Do we need a recession?

– Did I just find free money?

– How do I start an investment diary?

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– Qantas flies to an all-time high

– Coles and Woolies say suppliers are responsible for price increases

– Shock! Banks call for reduction of the lending buffer

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– Shouldn’t we wait for ETFs to fall before investing?

– Help me make sense of bank share buybacks!

– I’m going to buy new ETFs. Should I sell the old ones?

– Global or just US ETFs for international diversification?

– What US ETF is best for me?

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– Don’t worry about the Feds… the States are the new problem?

– Payment processing fees for the chop?

– Time for APRA to step up to stop housing affordability getting worse

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– What about a Quality-focused ETF?

– You’re wrong about Pro Medicus

– ASX dividends are worth more than US dividends!

– The five (okay eight) things we want in an investment

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– When should I switch from ETFs to shares?

– I’m paying how much for financial advice?

– AI is coming for the podcast…

– Unscrambling a property egg for tax purposes

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– What about Kina Securities?

– Should I hedge if I’m worried about structural currency changes?

– Is financial advice necessary?

– How to talk to the financially disinterested?

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– Retail sales bounce, putting interest rates on watch?

– Should we care about Qatar buying into Virgin

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– Are we doomed, or is there an offramp?

– Why don’t you like resource companies?

– Hedged or unhedged?

– Are economics causing us to have fewer kids?

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– Negative gearing back on the agenda

– Supermarkets in the firing line

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– The benefit of investing the baby bonus

– Berkshire post Buffett? Fortescue post Twiggy?

– What would the economy look like without COVID-19?

– What’s missing in NTA and NAV?

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– Will the RBA respond?

– Pinot and Picasso goes to the wall

– Lessons from the death of Tupperware

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– Will franking credits be killed off?

– The case against DRPs

– How do I balance my income and my life?

– Let’s talk about Buffett’s mistakes!

– A $1 million inheritance. Now what?

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– Bad policies: Tariffs, company tax cuts and price caps

– Lithium bounces back… for now

– Star still in turmoil

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– Here’s how I plan to help my nephews invest…

– Isn’t $10k too much to put away for a newborn?

– What are the costs and benefits of High Frequency Trading?

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– GDP: Worse than expected, better than feared

– Housing and Roman aqueducts (yes, really)

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– Are investment bonds better than shares, for kids?

– Do ETFs distort the market?

– Do I have my portfolio allocation right?

– Hang around to hear us design a Sovereign Wealth Fund!

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– Commercial property feeling the pinch

– Supermarket earnings impress… and annoy some.

– BHP makes $20b… but the future might look different

– Berkshire hits $1 trillion… and the market doesn't get it

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– How do I find new ideas?

– Will a US trade war hurt the global economy?

– Why do funds have such a high weighting of Australian shares?

– Is this what it feels like before a big fall?

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– Lessons from share price volatility

– The market is back baby… at least for now

– The newest Vanguard Index Chart is out

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– Why list on the ASX?

– Chief Bottlewasher?

– ASX or overseas ETFs?

– Should I invest inside or outside Super?

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– CBA’s $9.84b profit

– Just how are ‘fair prices’ for shares arrived at?

– Seek delivers a loss

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– Surely it’s time to buy Magellan?

– When should I stop adding to my portfolio?

– I have a valuation challenge for you!

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– Where is the serious economic policy?

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– Oi! Bitcoin is a currency, not an investment.

– Did Xero make a mistake cutting staff?

– How can bitcoin make my pizza cheaper?

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– We’re still in a per capita recession

– 50 year mortgages rear their ugly heads again…

– Losing another airline is careless

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– Don’t let the numbers mislead you

– Should companies capitalise R&D?

– Is Soul Patts as good as it seems?

– What can we learn from the Rich List?

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