Equity Mates Investing Podcast

Last week we announced the winner of Next Top Trader, and as promised, we sat down to discuss the winning moves with Alan. Alan, 20 years old, did a fantastic job to win the competition in 6 weeks, with over a 30% return. With a focus on day trading, and swing trading, Alan had to change his strategy as he was going on holidays. Luckily, the strategy paid off! Like many, Alan is relatively new to...

First episode of the month means it is time for the Equity Mates book club. This month we are discussing Howard Mark's classic investing book 'The Most Important Thing'. Howard Marks is the co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a $120 billion fund based in America. Howard is known for his memo's - a must read for any investor. In this book Howard uses his old memo's to illustrate some of the m...

It is with great excitement that we can now announce the winner of Australia's Next Top Trader. After a great 6 weeks of trading and investing, there can only be one winner. Our winner had a return of 36% over 6 weeks. That's 315% annualised. A massive result. To find out what stocks he traded to win the trip to the New York Stock Exchange, and how he came storming home in the last week, tune in n...

Now with Australia's Next Top Trader behind us, it's time to go back and answer all the questions that have come in over the last 2 months. There have been so many great ones! We've endeavoured to answer as many as we can, and will post answers to those that we haven't, on the forum on our website. In this episode you will learn: • our thoughts on investing for your child's future, and what assets...

Superannuation - something everyone has and very few people pay attention to. Most people are aware of the importance of making the right Super decisions, but a lot of the time it gets put into the 'too hard' basket. In this episode we hope to make things a little bit clearer. We've been receiving plenty of questions from listeners (and we'll do a big Ask Us Anything episode soon) but we wanted to...

Over the past six weeks we've been watching some of Australia's best university students battle it out for the title of 'Australia's Next Top Trader'. With the competition finished, we've recorded this episode to wrap it up and look back on the past 6 weeks. While we're not ready to announce the competition winner, we can announce the winner of the competition within the competition: who won betwe...

Earlier this year, we each picked one company to be our 'stock of the year'. With the first quarter of the year past we thought it would be a good time to take stock and see how they're going. In this episode you will learn about: • The companies Bryce and Alec chose for Stock of the Year • Why Alec's pick has actually gone backwards • The key industry drivers of Australia's horticultural industry...

As always, we start this week with an episode that recaps the last 5 days of market trading in the US, the jostling of positions on the leaderboard of Next Top Trader, and a review of our portfolios. With Ren maintaining his lead over Bryce, we look at both of the portfolio's performances and discuss what our strategy is going to be for the last week of the competition. Alec is sitting pretty, so...

James Packer's company Crown Resorts (ASX: CWN) was in the headlines this week after it was revealed that US-based Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) was interested in a takeover. While Wynn are saying they are no longer interested in Crown, it got us here at Equity Mates interested in the Australian gambling industry. So here is our 'shallow dive' into the Australian gambling industry (think deep dive w...

Bullish momentum continued this week in the US, with the markets rising again, just like Ren's position on the leaderboard. With only two weeks to go for the competitors in Australia's Next Top Trader, it's getting to crunch time. In this week's update, we review the week that was in the US, and dive into our portfolios to see who is the better trader at this point in the competition. In this epis...

After a solid 3 weeks of podcasts for Australia's Next Top Trader, we've now reached the point where we can switch our focus back to the core of Equity Mates - the Aussie market. This episode we go back to our roots, moving away from the US markets for the moment, to discuss what has happened on the markets in Australia while we've been dreaming of New York, and helping the contestants get there!...

We're now about to launch into the 4th week of Australia's Next Top Trader, meaning we are at the halfway mark! A lot of traders are in the green, which is great news. Our top 10 are flying, and the race for top spot is really heating up. As usual, to start the week, we discuss the week that was on the US markets. We take a look at oil, the S&P500, the NASDAQ, and discuss the performance of ou...

When placing an order to buy or sell your stocks, you may have noticed there are a few options you can choose from - market order, limit order or a stop order. Each order type has its advantages, and can be used in different situations, depending on what you are trying to achieve. Understanding what these order types mean, and how to execute them, will help you manage your risk and return. The mos...

Knowing when to buy and sell may be the difference between making a lot of money in this competition, and actually winning the trip to New York. So in this episode we offer some tips & tricks to help you think about the right time to get in or out of a stock. In this episode you will learn: • 3 possible strategies for timing your buy & sell decisions for this trading competition • Some key...

No, we're not talking about the volume of your speakers. We're talking about the volume of trades. Volume, or the amount of a stock traded each day, is a key metric many investors use to help them make buying and selling decisions. When a stock is in demand, its price tends to go up, as there are more people wanting to buy than sell. Conversely, when a stock is out of favour by investors, and more...

At this point, you're a week into the competition and hopefully have started to make some money. As we enter Week 2, it is important you understand all the different options out there. So in this episode we break down the major categories companies are divided into on the share market, these are known as 'sectors'. Hopefully they give you a greater idea of all the investment options available to y...

With the second week of trading behind us, it's time to recap the week that was, and look forward to what's coming this week! The markets finished the week down, with a very bumpy ride on Friday night. Volatility shot up, gold hit highs, and utility companies performed well. Tech was hit, and weed cooled. In this episode we: • review the markets in the US for the last week • recap the trades that...

The investing universe is massive. From individual companies to gold, from real estate to government debt - the options available to investors these days is unprecedented. However, this choice can also cause problems for investors, simply overwhelming them with choice and causing some of the best opportunities to never be found. In this episode, we're going to help simplify the options available b...

This is the final episode of our short 'pardon the jargon' series, and we're focusing on an individual company level. When analysing an individual company you'll often come across terms and metrics that are not clear. We're hoping to make it slightly clearer in this episode today. In this episode you will learn: • What the term Market Cap means and how you can calculate it • How to understand Earn...

Part 2 of our 3 part Pardon the Jargon series. If you're a week into the competition and feeling a little unsure of yourself - this is a great place to start. Don't get put off by the terms you haven't heard before and are struggling to understand - we're heard to break them all down. In this episode we're going to break down some of the key trading terms you'll hear. In this episode you will lear...

As a podcast, we hate jargon. We think it is one of the main reasons people never start investing, and we want to help people break through this barrier. So in this episode (and the next couple to come) we're going to break down some key investing terms that you'll come across during the competition and in the course of your investing life. In this episode you will learn: • What is meant by the ac...

We've made it to the end of the first week of competition, and with American markets opening again 12:30am Tuesday morning, it's time for us to do a wrap-up of the first week. In this episode, we discuss how our trades performed over the past week, what we bought and what our strategy will be going into the second week of trading. We get some insight into the strategies of the Top 10 traders on ou...

We've been receiving a few questions from competitors about using Stake, so we wanted to spend an episode explaining two features. Hopefully this helps you with the competition, and gets you one step closer to New York. If you still have questions about the Stake platform or the competition more generally - hit us up at contact@equitymates.com.auIn this episode you will learn: • Where to find the...

Next Top Trader is a 6-week competition. That means 30 trading days to win your way to New York. With a short time horizon, you need to ensure your strategy is suitable. In this episode, we break down some key tips & trips to excel with such a short time horizon. In this episode you will learn: • How Chris Brycki won the ASX Sharemarket game 3 times - and what you can learn from that • What to...

Finding the right trade is one of the hardest part about getting started. Every time you find a trade, you can find a way to talk yourself out of it. So in this episode, we cover some of the ways you can find trading ideas, and hopefully set you on the path to finding that competition winning trade. In this episode you will learn: • 3 ways to find stocks: • Let the numbers do the talking • Follow...