Australian Investors Podcast

On this Australian Investors Podcast, Rask's Chief Investment Officer, Owen Rask, is joined by Senior Analyst Kevin Fung to discuss the best investments of 2023. If you're hoping to reflect on the: Best ASX shares of 2023 Top ETF performers Most attractive themes (e.g. AI), and Stellar US stocks This is a 'must listen' episode with Owen and Kevin. Some of the topics and investments discussed inclu...

Karen Eley, founder of Women Talking Finance, is a financial adviser with 15 years experience, now money coach, who is an Australian leader in helping singles and couples with money. In this extremely insightful Christmas special, Owen Rask and Karen discuss: How to talk to your partner about money or investing Where our beliefs in money or investing come from The difference between being rational...

This week, Rask's Chief Investment Officer, Owen Rask, and Wattle Partners Managing Director, Drew Meredith, record the final 2 Sense episode on The Australian Investors Podcast - and it's a cracker. Drew and Owen cover: 6 million downloads across Rask ZIP Co Ltd (ASX: ZIP) - down 2% ytd  Dubber Corp (ASX: DUB) - down 68%, ouch Brainchip Ltd (ASX: BRN) - down 76%, yikes Why everyone got wrong in 2...

BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP) has paid the biggest dividends of any company over the past 3 years. Think about all of those BHP franking credits! BHP's Chief Financial Officer David Lamont recently sat down with Rask's Chief Investment Officer Owen Rask to discuss: BHP's past, present and future The BHP capital allocation framework and acquisition criteria The major emerging commodity groups like potas...

This week, Rask's Chief Investment Officer, Owen Rask, Wattle Partners Managing Director Drew Meredith revisit the news that Chemist Warehouse will launch into its ASX IPO, discuss the outlook for the ASX's top bank stocks and why wishing for too much dividend yield might be a mistake. Of course, they also answer your investing questions, covering: Is MyState (ASX: MYS) doomed to fail? Do more ret...

Shane Parrish was on my - Owen Rask - top 10 interview wish list to speak with. Here he is, appearing on the Rask network. Shane Parrish is a former spy, turn writer, student of life, blogger, author, podcast host and investor. His journey through life is twisted, random but also very deliberate. Today, Shane spends his time helping hundreds of thousands of people, including CEOs, professionals, f...

This week, Rask's Chief Investment Officer, Owen Rask, Wattle Partners Managing Director Drew Meredith dive into news from Perpetual Ltd (ASX: PPT) and Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL), how to do an in-specie transfer, and how short selling works. Of course, they also answer your investing questions, covering: What is short selling and why is Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) a target?...

In this episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, Rask's Chief Investment Officer Owen Rask is talking with Betashares' Senior Investment Strategist CameronGleeson about all things fixed income and bonds. If you're interested in investing for passive income and retirement, this is a great episode to help you understand the essentials of investing in fixed income or bonds, whether through ETFs o...

This week, Drew and Owen share their favourite Charlie Munger quotes, imagine they were 20 year olds with $200k, discuss Origin's takeover offer and how infrastructure spending impacts inflation. Of course, they also answer your investing questions, covering: - What to when your investment falls 20% - Collins Foods' KFC binging results - What to do when you're 20 - What is real dollar-cost-averagi...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the buzzword of 2024, and - potentially - all of 2020s. In this episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, your host Owen Rask talks to Betashares' Tom Wickenden. Owen and Tom dive into American exceptionalism and why it's lead to ongoing earnings growth, whether Asian stocks are past the worst of their volatility, behavioural finance for ETF investors and how we...

In this 2 Sense episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, Rask's Chief Investment Officer Owen Rask is back with WattlePartners Managing Partner and Financial Adviser, DrewMeredith. This week, Drew and Owen discuss results from Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA), NVIDIA, Telstra (ASX: TLS), the Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) debacle and much more. Of course, they also answer your investing que...

Jonathan Boyar is the President of Boyar Research in New York, an analyst and long-term investor. He is acutely focused on special situations and companies offering long-term value. In this episode of The Australian Investors Podcast with Owen Rask, Jonathan Boyar walks us through three of his special situations in News Corp (NWSA), GE Healthcare (NASDAQ: GEHC) & Masterbrand (NYSE: MBC). Episode r...

In this episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, Rask's Chief Investment Officer Owen Rask is joined by Richard White, CEO and founder of WiseTech Global Ltd (ASX: WTC) - one of Australia's most successful technology companies. If you own, or would own, WiseTech shares this podcast is required listening. In this podcast with WiseTech's Richard White, Owen & Richard cover: Richard's story growi...

After one of the most popular Australian Investors Podcast episodes of 2022, Ashley O’Connor is back. Ashley is an experienced equity and bond markets investor at Invesco. Ashley joins Owen Rask on The Australian Investors Podcast to talk about Senior Secured Loans (SSL) and what's changed in the past year, since Ash referred to SSLs as a 'once-in-a-generation' opportunity. Episode specific resour...

In this 2 Sense episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, Rask's Chief Investment Officer Owen Rask and Wattle Partners Managing Director Drew Meredith, CFP answer your questions and get to the bottom this week's Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate rise. Every week, Drew and Owen answer your questions as part of our laid back '2 Sense' episodes on The Australian Investors. Send us your ques...

The Dicker Data Ltd (ASX: DDR) share price is up an eye-watering 4,600% since its 20-cent IPO in 2011. And, this past year, DDR has paid quarterly dividends of 35.5 cents FULLY FRANKED! So, is Dicker Data the ASX's best dividend stock?  In this Australian Investors Podcast interview, your host and Rask Invest Chief Investment Officer, Owen Rask interviews David Dicker, the founder and Chairman of...

In this 2 Sense episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, Rask's Chief Investment Officer Owen Rask and Wattle Partners Managing Director Drew Meredith, CFP answer your questions and get to the bottom this week's stock market news. Every week, Drew and Owen answer your questions as part of our laid back '2 Sense' episodes on The Australian Investors. Send us your questions! In this episode, Owe...

What makes a company like Intuit Inc (NASDAQ: INTU) or SAP SE (ETR: SAP) a game-changer for investors? How can you identify these types of global compounders... in advance? Ryan Joyce is a portfolio manager at Magellan with a focus on financials and technology companies.  As part of the recent Australian Shareholders Association (ASA) Virtual Investor Summit, Ryan sat down with Owen Rask to talk a...

In this episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith, CFP answer your investing questions! With US results season underway, the duo have a blast covering results from US technology: Google / Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Kogan.com Ltd (ASX: KGN) Woolworths Ltd (ASX: WOW) Plus, Drew and Owen tackle the question: will the RBA raise interest ra...

Sometimes to make time for what matters, we need to give things up. The average human lifespan is undoubtedly brief, but that doesn't mean we can't make the most of it. With approximately four thousand weeks on earth, if you live to 80, Oliver Burkeman shares his insights on improving our relationship with time and embracing the finite nature of our lives. Oliver joins Kate Campbell on the show to...

Will Ozempic sink ResMed Inc (ASX: RMD) and CSL Limited (ASX: CSL)? Will Tesla's Cyber Truck come to Australia? Your Australian Investors Podcast 2 Sense hosts, Owen Rask and Drew Meredith, tackle your questions on topics like: Drew and Owen's #1 piece of advice for peeps in their 20s, 40s and 60s With war on the horizon, how do investors deal with uncertainty in the financial markets? Netflix's r...

Ilan Israelstam is a co-founder and chief commercial officer of Betashares, one of Australia's largest and fastest growing fund managers.  For years, I -- Owen Rask -- have admired the way Ilan and Betashares go about serving (now) over 1 million investors throughout Australia.  WATCH THE VIDEO That's why I was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with Ilan on The Australian Investors Podcast...

Arjun Vij is a portfolio manager for the J.P Morgan Asset Management Global Bond Fund, based out of Hong Kong. Arjun speaks with Owen about the current state of bonds around the world, why now could be a compelling time to invest in bonds, how the JPAM seeks to identify bond mispricings, and much more. This is a sponsored episode of The Australian Investors Podcast. Episode resources JPAM bond fun...

Fiona Balzer is a highly experienced equities analyst and corporate governance expert, overseeing so much of the work at The Australian Shareholders Association (ASA).  In this sponsored episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask talks with Fiona Balzer about her wonderful journey analysing stocks, real assets, "entrepreneurial companies", holding companies, investment banking and more...

While Owen is away in Bali, and Dr Andrew Meredith, ESQ takes a break from forecasting, we figured you'd love this: a deep dive into 5 ASX shares with Scott Phillips from TMF. Scott makes the case for Betashares NASDAQ 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ), Kogan.com Ltd (ASX: KGN), Adore Beauty Ltd (ASX: ABY), Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd (ASX: SOL), and Corporate Travel Management Ltd (ASX: CTD). Like the...