Australian Finance Podcast

Welcome to Shares Month on The Australian Finance Podcast! This month is all about how to analyse stocks like a Pro investment analyst. Today's episode applies our 5-part investing checklist (that we introduced you to last week), to a company that we all know and love, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS). It's Cathryn Goh's debut on the show, so Kate throws her in the deep in analysing Disney! We...

Have you ever wanted to be your own Sherlock Holmes and start investigating companies? Welcome to Shares Month on The Australian Finance Podcast! This month is all about how to analyse stocks like a DIY investment analyst. Today's episode introduces you to Rask's 5-part investing checklist that will help you get started researching Australian and global companies. Kate and Owen chat about how to r...

This episode is part of The Rask Financial Resilience Mission for 2021. Financial resilience is all about having the resources and tools needed to overcome financial setbacks in your life. In this episode, Owen and Kate have a fun chat with podcast listener Tash (known on insta as @tashinvests). Tash shares her investment journey over the last few years, her relationship with money growing up, fra...

Robots can do just about anything nowadays can’t they? On this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen try something a little different, having a debate of-sorts on the merits and downsides of robo-investing (robo-advice) in Australia. A robo-adviser designs various investment portfolios that you can invest in, and helps automate the process for you. We cover both sides of the coin...

It’s not hard to invest according to your ethics — you just need to work out what they are. This is probably the most controversial episode we've ever done. Not because we're trying to push the line, but because investing investing is just so d*mn personal. There's no one size fits all answer, and as we're sure you'll work out during this episode, there's a lot of different views on what constitut...

Everyone deserves an equal opportunity to build their wealth. In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen chat to Brooke Roberts, the co-founder of micro-investing platform Sharesies. As a company that makes investing as easy as online-shopping, Sharesies shook up the investing game in NZ, and is now bringing their platform over to Australia. We chat about her entrepreneurship...

The world is changing rapidly. Teams are becoming distributed, working-from-home in professional industries is more common, employers need more flexible business models. All the change can be overwhelming, especially for people looking to change careers or start one. One of the most important things is getting hands-on experience in a job. But with the work-from-home movement and change underway i...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen crack open the podcast inbox for another in-depth Q&A episode. From discussing DRPs & DSSPs, when to get a tax agent, side hustles v overtime and LICs or ETFs, grab a cup of coffee and tune into our latest Q&A episode. By the way, if you want to get straight into the questions, skip from the first 7 minutes (Owen tried playing radio ho...

Getting financial advice is a big decision, so in this episode, Kate chats to Aussie financial adviser Paul Benson about some essential questions to keep in mind when making this decision. We discuss what financial advisers can help you with, key questions to ask when finding a financial adviser, and most importantly...what it actually costs. Grab your tea or coffee, and tune in now for a great co...

"If you let the small decisions paralyse you, you'll run out of time to spend on the big ones." In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen dive into the art of making better financial decisions, inspired by the great Annie Duke (and her fairly new book, How To Decide). Financial decisions we make today are among the most important life decisions we'll ever make, so it’s criti...

FIRE stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early (or as some people like to call it, FIOR - Financial Independence, Optional Retirement). It’s as much of a mindset as it is a way of life or an aspirational goal. FIRE is all about increasing your savings rate, consuming less, pursuing happiness, and having the financial freedom and flexibility to choose if, how, and when you work. In this episo...

What's up with the ACDC ETF? In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Owen talks to Kanish Chugh from ETF Securities about their battery technologies ETF, aptly named ACDC. ETF Securities is the sponsor of this podcast series. SEE WHAT'S INSIDE THE ACDC ETF: https://bit.ly/acdcpod Owen's warning: Always consider the risks of investing. The ACDC ETF can be a volatile investment and it has...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen crack open the podcast inbox for another in-depth Q&A episode. From discussing current market valuations, investing for private school fees, student side hustle ideas, and keeping on top of your investment paperwork, grab a cup of coffee and tune into our latest Q&A episode. By the way, if you're not interested in listening to our off-...

This episode is part of The Rask Financial Resilience Mission for 2021. Financial resilience is all about having the resources and tools needed to overcome financial setbacks in your life. In this episode, Kate and Owen chat to listener Jeff about his financial journey over the last few years, including the slippery slope into credit card debt, and how a sound financial position can be quickly tur...

Morgan Housel gets interviewed by Kate & Owen for The Australian Finance Podcast about his brilliant book, The Psychology of Money. SHOW NOTES & KATE'S WORKBOOK: bit.ly/morganAFP “Money has many ironies. Here’s an important one: Wealth is what you don’t see." That's a quote from The Psychology of Money, written by today's special guest all the way from the US, Morgan Housel. Morgan has a way of ex...

This episode is part of The Rask Financial Resilience Mission for 2021. Financial resilience is all about having the resources and tools needed to overcome financial setbacks in your life. In this episode, Kate and Owen chat to listener Dean about his journey paying off a substantial amount of student debt and the challenges of being an international student in Australia. Dean also shares some ins...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen interview podcast listener Renee, in our very first community story interview. Renee kindly shares her inspiring story of moving countries, paying off debt and increasing her income. This interview is the first of our listener stories, which we are publishing as part of our overall Financial Resilience Mission. PLEASE NOTE: the audio...

Welcome back to The Australian Finance Podcast for 2021 - we're back for a third year running, who'd have thought! We're here to help you level up your personal finances and get on top of your money in 2021. In this episode we're chatting about our saving and investing ideas for the year, and we've tried to mix it up, so it's not your typical how-to list. We've also included some listener suggesti...

Talking about your goals is important, and they shouldn't be something that you write up and tuck away in the back of your drawer for the year. In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen reflect on their 2020 financial goals, provide some thinking points to help you examine your financial journey throughout the year and dive into some of the essential goal setting steps. We a...

Welcome to our last listener Q&A episode for 2020 - it's been a big year! On this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell and Owen Raszkiewicz discuss: I'm up 260%, when do I take profits off the table? How to find high yield ETFs Ways to save with irregular income, and What happens when interest rates go to zero? We want to thank everyone who has tuned into the show during the ye...

Let's talk Christmas - Kate's favourite time of the year! Well it's high time we wrap up 2020 and wave in the new year, we're ready for a break over here! But before we do that, we wanted to share with you some of our highlights of 2020 both in the financial space and from our personal lives, to end the year on a high note. This is not a hard hitting episode filled with information on buying share...

What does the future of work look like and how are you preparing yourself for it? In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate and Owen chat to Andrea Clarke, about the future of work and how to get comfortable with the changing workplace. We also chat about the importance of building your reputational capital (rather than just your personal brand) and the why is it so critical to inves...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, we bring you a truly fascinating and thought provoking conversation with Australian entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Killelea. We chat with Steve about the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI), how it works and where it’s being tried and tested globally. Steve also spoke about his own personal journey to measure and understand global peace...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen crack open the podcast inbox for another in-depth Q&A episode. From discussing the pros and cons of paying off debt faster, finding out if an ETF pays a dividend and some different ways to get your partner onboard with your financial future, grab a cup of coffee and tune into our latest Q&A episode. Join our brand new Facebook communit...

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen chat to Peter Singer, one of the world's leading philosophers in effective altruism and moral ethics. Peter is such a special guest to have one the show given his contributions to the world, and has pioneered the idea of effective giving, by sharing the tools we can use to do the most good in the world. We chat with Peter about our rol...