Australian Investors Podcast

Topics covered in Part 1 include: What are the 3 most common types of bonds (and bond funds) and what's their place in a portfolio? 5 factors to know when studying a bond fund Are hybrids, or ETFs like BetaShares Active Australian Hybrid Securities Fund (ASX: HBRD), worth investing in? Commercial real estate debt Fixed-income ETFs like Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest ETF (ASX: VAF) REITs, like...

Gaurav Sodhi is Deputy Head of Research at Intelligent Investor, an investor and prolific investment writer. Given that I have followed him for many years, speaking to Gaurav Sodhi on The Australian Investors Podcast was a real treat for me. Note: given that Gaurav wanted to walk around to make cups of tea and do a family puzzle while being interviewed by me, we did this interview as audio-only. I...

Part 1/5 of the Passive Income series on The Australian Investors Podcast features Owen Rask and Drew Meredith, CFP. Owen and Drew discuss how to build a diversified portfolio from scratch, whether a 4% portfolio income yield is still achievable and more. Topics: Topics covered in Part 1 include: Balancing capital growth versus dividend income How tax works on: Blue-chip shares Managed funds ETFs...

Which ETF is the best Australian shares ETF? Is it Vanguard Australian Shares ETF (ASX: VAS), VanEck Equal Weight Australian Shares ETF (ASX: MVW) or maybe even iShares S&P/ASX 200 Core ETF (ASX: IOZ)? Drew Meredith, CFP is a financial planner and Director of Wattle Partners financial planning in Melbourne. Drew joins Owen Rask to talk about the most popular ETFs for Australian shares, including:...

Kip McGrath Education was started by Storm's father, Kip, from a garage in 1976. Over the years, KME has gone through many challenges and changes to become the global education provider it is today. In this episode of the Australian Investors Podcast, Storm McGrath and Owen Rask talk about: KME's origin story Why a fixed fee model doesn't work for franchise businesses The market for tutoring young...

When you've spent a lifetime building up your property portfolio, how do you retire? When you have 2 or 5 or more properties, how should you manage that for ongoing income and rental yield? In the final episode [5/5] of Rask's Property Investor podcast mini-series on The Australian Investors Podcast, featuring Owen Rask and Wealthful founder and mortgage broker Chris Bates, we tackle the topic of...

I firmly believe that being good at long-term investing is as much about 'the artful' as it is about 'the science'. However, too much of one and not enough of the other can lead you astray. For example, if you believe the best way to invest is to take 5 stock valuation ratios and buy the shares, you will be rudely surprised. Conversely, if you disregard profitability or management's capital alloca...

Welcome to the fourth episode in Rask's Property Investor podcast mini-series on The Australian Investors Podcast, featuring Owen Rask and Wealthful founder and mortgage broker Chris Bates. In this podcast, Chris Bates and Owen Rask talk about the weaknesses and issues involved in building a big portfolio of properties. This is part 4 of 5 of our property investing mini-series. In episode four, Ch...

🏋️ Click here to download Owen's free Investor Bootcamp training manual In this Investor Bootcamp episode on The Australian Investors Podcast, Owen and Luke dive into the exciting and often volatile yet fascinating segment of small company investing. After that, Owen and Luke talk about the importance of assessing management teams. Owen asked Luke to prepare his 5 favourite reasons why small compa...

Investing in property for the first time? Want to know how to get started investing in property in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide? Welcome to the third Property Investor podcast mini-series on The Australian Investors Podcast, featuring Owen Rask and Wealthful founder and mortgage broker Chris Bates. This is part 3 of 5 of our property investing mini-series. In episode three, Chris...

Pete Wargent is one of Australia's leading experts on property investing, wealth creation, financial education and independence, and the economy. He has authored multiple books, and regularly presents at conferences or on television. Most recently, Pete Wargent has gone back into business with his co-founder Doron Peleg to start a property platform known as BuyersBuyers. BuyersBuyers connects you...

In this Investor Bootcamp episode on The Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask dives deep into competitive advantages, otherwise known as "moats". Topics covered include: What is a moat? Morningstar's 5 moat ratings: Network effects Efficient scale Intangible assets Cost advantage Switching costs Where wide, narrow and no moat companies are found How moats are measured (ROIC - WACC) Why the airl...

Cryptocurrency ETFs are now live and trading in Australia, with ETF providers including ETF Securities and 21 Shares launching their Bitcoin ETF (CBOE: EBTC) and Ethereum ETF (CBOE: EETH). This Australian Investors Podcast episode was recorded in December 2021 and features Kanish Chugh, of ETF Securities, and Ophelia Snyder, co-founder of 21 Shares. This podcast on cryptocurrency ETFs is split int...

Welcome to the second Property Investor podcast mini series on The Australian Investors Podcast, featuring Owen Rask and Wealthful founder and mortgage broker Chris Bates. This is part 2 of 5 of our property investing mini series. In episode two, Chris Bates and Owen Rask discuss upgrading (e.g. from first property to inner city) in detail, including: Do I buy first or sell first? Bridging loans -...

Investing biases are incredibly powerful, so it's vital we understand them. It's only then we can use mental models and frameworks to control or empower, our investing. In this short podcast, I take you through some of the most common and powerful biases, such as confirmation biases, recency biases, linear thinking, loss aversion and more. To learn more about these concepts, I strongly encourage y...

Welcome to the Property Investor podcast mini series on The Australian Investors Podcast, featuring Owen Rask and mortgage broker Chris Bates. This is part 1 of 5 of our property investing mini series. In episode one, Chris Bates and Owen Rask discuss: Why property is different to other asset classes The historical of performance of property Inflation, rates & property How property investing goes...

Do you want to invest like an analyst and learn to value individual companies? Is value investing dead? What’s on Owen’s watchlist? In this special crossover episode between Rask Australia and Equity Mates, Owen Rask and Bryce & Alec from Equity Mates, announce the launch of the Value Investor Program, a new program designed to give you all of the tools and knowledge you need to invest successfull...

In this Investor Bootcamp episode on The Australian Investors Podcast, Owen Rask is joined by Ryan Newman, CFA to talk about company valuation. It's everything you need to know about how stock market valuation is done in practice. Download Owen's Investor Bootcamp training manual: https://bit.ly/rask-analyst Topics covered include: What is valuation? Why does it matter? Valuation multiples - the g...

Bob provides an in-depth overview of the investment process at Claremont Global and demonstrates this through a lot of global names. This chat instilled valuable insights into the qualities a business and a management team ought to possess to become truly great. Talking points Introduction - Bob Desmond gives a fascinating rundown of what it was like growing up in his home country, Zimbabwe. 08:15...

Here are our top investing tools and best investment apps, software and programs for analysts and investors. VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/jZmk7EmNz3A Download Owen's Investor Bootcamp training manual: https://bit.ly/rask-analyst In this Investor Bootcamp mini-series episode of The Australian Investors Podcast, analysts Owen Rask and Raymond Jang share some of their favourite investing tools wit...

Brian Feroldi is the author of Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?, an investor in high-growth stocks, and a fantastic investment educator. Brian Feroldi recently joined Owen Rask on The Australian Investors Podcast to talk about Brian's investment checklist, why and how he invests in high growth stocks/businesses, and why Brian Feroldi is no longer following a traditional 'value investor strategy' l...

When I (Owen) started my investing journey I was so privileged to be surrounded by great writers who doubled as great analysts, at The Motley Fool. The likes of Bruce Jackson, Joe Magyer, Matt Joass, Claude Walker, Andrew Page, Mike King, Scott Phillips, Ryan Newman… For the record, growing up I was never a reader. Never. Ever. Pick up a book and read? No, thanks! I stayed that way until I discove...

Max is a founding partner and managing director with Invesco Global Real Estate, which manages around $80 billion across the US, Europe and Asia. Max and I talk about the challenges facing the global property market then dive into particular opportunities such as the ‘retail apocalypse’, rising inflation and interest rates, as well as the key sectors Max is most excited about. Over the past 12 mon...

In this Investor Bootcamp episode, I was joined by 7Investing's Anirban Mahanti, PhD and Shareplicity's Danielle Ecuyertalk about our best Twitter accounts for investors. In other words: every intermediate or aspiring investor should follow these 15 Twitter accounts to get better at investing. Of course, it's also worth following your co-hosts for this episode of The Australian Investors Podcast o...

On this Australian Investors Podcast episode, Smartpay's Marty Pomeroy and Owen Rask take a deep dive into the payments market in Australia and New Zealand, covering everything from how payments are facilitated to the difference between online and in-store. Topics covered by Smartpay's Marty Pomeroy and Owen Rask include: Marty's journey with Smartpay Smartpay versus Tyro Payments Ltd (ASX: TYR) v...