Get Started Investing

The Rask + Equity Mates collaboration is a match made in heaven. Together, we bring you the best courses to learn about the nitty-gritty of investing in shares/companies — from the ground, up. Or, from beginning to… dividend? Take a  free course  or become part of the highly-rated  Value Investor Program , where you’ll get  downloadable resources , learn to do your own  Di...

Over the next couple of weeks we're doing a couple of episodes chatting to the Get Started Investing community. This episode is proudly brought to you by Sharesies , who help you invest, how you like. Easy! Choose from thousands of companies and funds across Australia, the US, and New Zealand — all with no minimum investment. In this episode Bryce and Alec chat through and answer many questions fr...

We're dropping in a special bonus episode - our latest podcast from the Equity Mates team - The Dive. In this episode, Brisbane, Australia’s third largest city, was announced it was selected to host the 2032 Olympics. And when it happens, the eyes of the world will turn to Australia. No small amount of eyeballs either - when Tokyo hosted, the Olympics reached more than 3 billion viewers. Yet,...

Over the next couple of weeks we;re doing a couple of episodes chatting to the Get Started Investing community, and it got us thinking about us as beginner investors. Here’s a few things we wish we knew when we were starting out investing as students in our Canberra dorm. ***** Calling all bulls, bears and party animals. The market’s closed and the bar is open. Come and trade ideas at Australia’s...

Simon Harvey has just joined the Equity Mates team as Head of Product, and keeping with tradition, Bryce and Alec have placed a microphone in front of him to garner some of the investing wisdom Simon has gathered over his investing journey, both in the U.K, and here in Australia. Simon gives some insightful perspective on the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement and how he was insp...

The Federal Budget for 2022 was delivered last Tuesday here in Australia. So the big question is ... Does this matter for the stock market? Bryce and Ren are joined by our Equity mates Chief Economist - Thomas (from the hugely popular Equity Mates podcast ... Comedian v Economist ) If you've ever wanted to know what the terms 'Fiscal policy' & 'Monetary policy' refer to ... then be prepared to...

We've gone out to the Equity Mates community and will answer the most common new investor questions in this week's episode. From the brand of hair wax Bryce uses, to a useful 'plan of attack' in current market volatile times. Is it best to dollar cost average, weekly, monthly, or fortnightly? What are the best ETF's for a core portfolio? What is leverage and why is it not a good idea to include wh...

It's a crossover episode from the team at Get Started Investing, together with You're In Good Company! The fun bits: CEO   Maddy | Sara Blakely - Spanx  Sophie | Brian Chesky - AirBnB Bryce | Elon Musk - Tesla & SpaceX Alec | Bill Pollock - Drake International.  Investor  Sophie | Cathie Wood  Bryce | Jim Simmons  Alec | Seth Klarman  Maddy | Emma Fisher...

The growing popularity of ETF's (exchange-traded funds) among the Equity Mates Community continues. The industry received record net inflows into existing ETFs and a number of successful new launches in 2021. Investors have shown a growing appetite for theme-based ETFs while maintaining similar enthusiasm for active and environmental, social, and governance factor-based ETFs. We came across some d...

Arguably history’s greatest investor, Warren Buffett is Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway . Berkshire Hathaway owns a variety of companies outright and then has a massive stock portfolio as well. It’s that time of year again, Warren Buffett has released his annual letter . These letters are often recommended as the #1 resource for a beginner investor, so in this episode Bryce and Alec give so...

Micro investing is a clever way to Get Started Investing in the markets. 41% of our Equity Mates community currently use a micro investing platform. In simple terms, micro investing is where a broker will pool investor money to buy one unit. In Australia you can micro invest with as little as 1cent. Micro investing gives us the ability to invest in small amounts, it can automate and allow us to se...

There’s been a lot of chat about inflation recently, and if you’re only reading the headlines, you might be feeling concerned or confused about what it all means. So in this episode Bryce and Alec answer the big questions we all have as investors. What is inflation? Where are we seeing it today? Should you be looking to diversify into new investments now ... or stick to your long term ETF investme...

Investing in your local economy is ok ... However, the opportunity to invest globally means that we can diversify and have access to some of the biggest companies on this spinning planet. We do have to build the skills, but we also do have to 'fill out the forms' to ensure we abide by the laws and treaties of different countries, but also avoid paying too much tax unnecessarily. Bryce and Alec exp...

In this episode Alec & Bryce chat with Nicole Haddow about Ethical Investing. Nicole is the author of Smashed Avocado: How I Cracked the Property Market and You Can Too and her brand new book, The Ethical Investor: How to Quit Toxic Companies and Grow Your Wealth What is Ethical Investing? What is Micro-Investing? What is Ethical Property Investing? So many questions ... all is explained by Ni...

If you're new to investing, 2022 is the year to start! And if you've already dipped your toe in the water, then this year is definitely the year to follow through with your investing goals. Bryce and Alec are back, excited, and ready to help you make sense of investing in 2022. In this episode they look at what they're most looking forward to in the coming year, chat about inflation, savings, and...

It’s the final episode of our summer series, and we’re rounding out the series with a comprehensive list of the best investing resources that Bryce, Alec and our community members have used in their investing journeys. There are a huge range of resources shared here, including books, podcasts, websites and videos. There’s something for everyone in this episode.  This summer, Superhero are par...

Over the past five weeks, we’ve heard from over a dozen community members about their investing journeys and the most important things they’ve learnt along the way. This week, in our penultimate episode of the summer series, we’re hearing from our guests again as they tell Bryce and Alec about the biggest myths or barriers they’ve faced with investing.  This summer, Superhero are partnering w...

It’s easy to forget that we all started with that one first investment. In this episode, we’re hearing stories from four of our community members about how they started investing and why they continue to do so. We welcome back Natasha Etschmann (@tashinvests) to the show, as well as Maddie, Dylan and James, who share some great stories with Bryce and Alec.  This summer, Superhero are partneri...

In this episode, Bryce and Alec are joined by Molly Benjamin, the founder of Ladies Finance Club, as well as Youtuber Justin Baldori and fellow community member Josh Sgro. Our three guests have a few years of investing experience, but they share the key things they wish they knew before they started investing. We hope this episode might help you side step a few of the common mistakes, and get ahea...

Today we’re hearing about the biggest mistakes that three of our community members have made. Even the world’s most successful investors make mistakes, the important thing is that we learn from them. Bryce and Alec chat with Queenie Tan (@investwithqueenie), Simon Rinne and Courtney Wade, who share their mistakes in the hope that others might avoid doing the same thing. And of course it wouldn’t b...

This is the first episode of our summer series on the Get Started Investing feed. Over the next 6 weeks, Bryce and Alec will be speaking to over a dozen members of the Equity Mates community to hear about their investing journeys. In this episode, we’re joined by community members Alisha Aitken-Radburn, Rachel Tucker and Leigh Gant, who share their personal investing goals and the styles they use...

To close out the year, before we launch our Summer Series, Bryce and Alec chat to Equity Mates team member AND content manager, Darcy. Learning from, and then modeling other people is one of the fastest ways to Get Started Investing, and in this episode Darcy describes how he started. From his first investment, to what he is doing within his portfolio as he prepares for 2022. Web3, DAOs, NFTs ......

We’re getting to the end of the year, and people are thinking about their financial goals - property is a big one for a lot of people around the world. In this week's episode we cover 4 ways retail investors can invest in property without buying a house. Listed options: REITs and ETFs Unlisted options New apps and platforms Companies exposed to housing market Here at GSI, we unpack all the jargon...

Good friend of the Equity Mates Community is Flynn. Flynn is a 30-year-old lawyer and one of the best DCA investors we know. He's NEVER sold a stock he's owned. Dollar cost averaging (or DCA) is the investing strategy of dividing up the total amount to be invested and periodically purchasing over time in an effort to reduce the impact of volatility on the investment. Dollar cost averaging is where...

Dollar cost averaging (or DCA) is the investing strategy of dividing up the total amount to be invested and periodically purchasing over time in an effort to reduce the impact of volatility on the investment. Dollar cost averaging is where you invest smaller, fixed amounts on a regular basis. It’s generally done over an extended period.  For example; you may have $2000 you want to invest. Rat...