You're In Good Company

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. Befor...

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...

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 mea...

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...

Welcome to Super Saturdays - an Equity Mates Media series on superannuation, proudly brought to you by our friends at Superhero , who are now disrupting traditional super on their platform. With recent government changes to super legislation here in Australia, $100 billion of Australian’s money in underperforming super products, and a lot of people feeling a little in the dark when it comes to the...

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 glob...

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 shoul...

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 i...

It’s a very special episode of You’re In Good Company… a big, exciting mixed bag of selections for FOMO Fridays at Melbourne Central! That’s right, late last month, we hosted our very first live show in front of our YIGC community. Together we talked about what we are adding to our watchlist, battled each other in a head to head definition challenge, and shared your best FOMO stories. Keep track o...

June 30... It’s the tax (wo)man’s favourite time of year! And that means, it’s time to start thinking about your tax return. For many of the YIGC community who have only recently started investing, this will be the first year you’ll be required to declare income from investing. Tax can be a pretty complicated topic, but the good news is that the ATO already knows a fair amount about you and your i...

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, the trend towards more intentional consumption is on the forefront of a lot of our minds. We are living in an era of severe climate impacts. As young people who will live with future conseq...

How do you know whether a company is a good investment? Well, the answer depends on your personal investing style. But what *is* a personal investing style? We know how important it is to understand your goals and risk profile, but then it's all about strategy, strategy, strategy, cause then you can use your preferred style to help decide where to put your hard earned cash. So what are they? And w...

What happens when you go on a podcast and announce to the listeners that you will begin investing? You don’t really have a choice except to start! 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 ser...

We bet you’ve heard the story of the tortoise and the hare? The well known punch line is that slow and steady wins the race, and the same logic applies when it comes to investing. In fact, getting rich slowly is a great investing motto - it’s all about buying good companies and holding them for the long term. Today, we chat with the incredible Emma Fisher about what a good company looks like and h...

We all know that Google can lead us down a rabbit hole of information, and when it comes to investing it’s no different. The amount of info and differing opinions out there can seem overwhelming, but we think that if you stick to a couple solid resources that make sense for you, then the research process can be interesting and fun! Today we speak with three of our community members, Kate, Zac and...

This year’s federal budget has been labelled a ‘spendathon’. So, in today’s episode we breakdown 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. Whether it be the first home super saver scheme, jobs (jobs, jobs) or funds for female economic security, we can’t underestimate...

We have looked at the macro factors that affect the markets as a whole, but now it’s time to delve into the micro factors that are specific to a company. These factors can help us determine whether a company is a good investment or not. Ask yourself... Who is managing this company? Are they profitable? Who are they competing against? The list could go on! Our chat with Candice Bourke will set you...

Everyday the news cycle is filled with a variety of new stories and trends that impact our lives. We saw how COVID led to lockdowns, we read about how a new US president might change the way taxes are implemented for international companies, and we know a devastating cyclone off the coast of Australian can mean bananas are going to be really expensive again. One way or another, these events affect...

Have you typed ‘best broker to use’ into Google before? This is definitely in our search history! Whilst Google is a great resource, there is so much information to digest. So, you asked and we listened! Today we are going to breakdown the search for you and provide summaries for some of the most common brokers that our community are using! The list is by no means exhaustive, but will help you sta...

Choices, choices, choices! You’ve decided to take the plunge and buy shares, but how? Where? Well, if you’ve got a bank, you’ve probably got a broker! 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 n...

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. We p...

Are you a risk taker? Or do you avoid risk all together? Either way, investing can be for you! Today we jump into the first of two episodes with Sarah King, the woman with the superpower to make any investment jargon understandable. 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 inves...

Goals can be hard to create, especially when it comes to money - but facts are facts - you are more likely to stick to a plan when you have a goal on your horizon. Today we speak to the enthusiastic, accountable, and driven Tash Etschmann , otherwise known as “tashinvests” on her social media platforms. Tash believes that you don’t need to give up on the things you love to get on top of your perso...

Sharing is caring, especially when profits are involved! You may have come across some words like shares, stock market, ETFs, dividends and so on - but what does it all mean? Today we find out! We are joined by the lovely Betsy Westcott , who is going to help explain and contextualise all the terms you need to know. Betsy has helped an abundance of people work toward their money goals and on this...

Have you worked hard to develop good money habits? Well now it’s time to make your hard-earned money do some work for you! It doesn’t need to be a full-blown break up but maybe it’s time to give your savings account a little bit of space. The stats say that the long term benefits of investing far outweigh keeping all of your money in low interest savings accounts. In this episode, we chat to a new...