Get Started Investing

Adam is one half of the smash hit economics podcast, Comedian v Economist . Adam is a stand up comedian, having played shows around Australia and is responsible for the famous Port Adelaide v The Bye YouTube video that we remember watching back at uni. Adam joins Bryce and Alec, and shares a lot about his investment journey, including how he became obsessed with his super, how he invests for his k...

It's another in our series of mistakes - the ones we've made, and how *not* to make them again! This week, we’re going to look at the reasons why we keep making these mistakes - known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them. Unsure about that definition? Basically—our brains...

Hey! Scared of investing because you don't want to stuff it up? Well, this is the right place to look. We’ve all made mistakes, and WILL make more mistakes as we learn to invest. That's part of the course! Don’t let the fear of making one stop you from getting started, and if you're wondering what other mistakes might be lurking on the horizon, that's what this episode is all about. We go through...

In the third chapter of our Asset class(es), Bryce and Alec talk about how they think of different assets in their own portfolios. Some of our favourite resources and offers to help you during your journey: $50-$200 OFF some amazing investing courses by our friend-of-the-show, Owen Track your investment portfolio with Sharesight. Get a free stock when you sign-up to Stake , using the code EQUITYMA...

In our second Asset class, Bryce and Alec break down the need for different assets, and how your choice might reflect the stage of investing you're at. They define the terms, look at some examples, and explore the risks, and then play a game of 'Who am I', to help better understand the appeal of different assets for different investors. Some of our favourite resources and offers to help you during...

We continue our chapter series with a deep dive into all your questions about assets! An asset is any resource that can be owned or controlled and has economic value. Everything from your house or your car, to a business’ intellectual property, are assets. Alec and Bryce talk about elements that beginner investors should think about when making investment decisions around assets, especially w...

On today's episode, Bryce and Alec are joined by one of our community members - Alisha Aitken-Radburn. Maybe recognised by some of you as a former contestant on some of our favourite reality television shows (we're talking about Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise) Alisha has a background working in politics, and is now a stake holder engagement and strategic communications specialist. We had so muc...

In the third of our GSI chapters, we start putting the elements together. We’ve spoken about passive and active investing styles, and you can probably identify what kind of investor you are now. We've gone through characteristics that define the different styles of active investing, and now we want to pull it all together, to lay out some practical steps and actions so you can just step into your...

This is the second of our three part series on Investing Styles! In Part 1 - we covered what we mean when we discuss ‘investing styles’, and what to weigh up when deciding between active v passive. What we discovered, is that decision is easy - buy and hold market indexes, managed funds or broad thematic ETFs. If you've decided you might be active however, then there is so much choice around the d...

We loved the narrative arc of our original 12 part series, so we’re going to try and bring that back with GSI. This is the first of our new chapters series, where we’ll be doing chapters of multiple episodes unpacking one key concept. So, the first chapter, is the #1 topic for the Get Started Investing community: what are investing styles In this episode we discuss why they matter and how you can...

Melissa Browne is not only an accountant, ex-financial advisor and entrepreneur, but also a financial wellness advocate, financial coach and occasional therapist, alongside finding work as an educator, speaker, advisor and an owner of multiple businesses. She's been a multi-award winning serial entrepreneur: as co-founder of The Money Barre, a financial planning firm for Gen X and Y; the co-f...

One question we get asked all the time at Equity Mates is, should I be investing if I have a lot of other financial commitments, including debt? In short, our answer is yes. Why and how? We answer that in this podcast. We cover all the questions you should be asking yourself - including the conundrum between paying off debt and starting an investment portfolio - what should come first? We also tal...

It's crypto week here at Equity Mates! So we're swapping equities for blockchain, and breaking down all your questions about the crypto climate. There’s a lot to understand and get your head around - so we're just unpacking the basics in this episode - the goal is you'll be able to have a conversation in the pub, break it down with your partner, or hold your own at the 2021 Family Christmas party....

Rohan's back! And he sits down with Alec and Bryce to talk about how his investing journey has progressed since he first opened his CommSec Pocket app all those months ago. He answers all the pressing questions: Is he still using CommSec pocket? Has he found any resources to be particularly helpful? Has it changed his mind about investing? Does he have any advice for people listening who...

In this very special bonus introduction episode, Bryce and Alec interview brand new hosts and members of the Equity Mates Media team - Maddy and Sophie. They talk about their plans for the podcast, a little about their investing journeys to date, and what listeners can expect as the new series, You're In Good Company unfolds! ***** Make sure you don't miss anything Equity Mates related by signing...

Bryce and Alec sit down with Natasha Etschmann - who documents her investing journey on Instagram and TikTok under the handle @tashinvests. At just 23 years old, Tash has built a sizeable portfolio, and wants to prove you don't need to work in finance to be good with your personal finance! Tash talks about her million dollar investing goal, investing for the first time when she was just eighteen,...

Forget the idea that you don’t have enough money to invest. Because long gone are the days of our parents when you needed thousands of dollars to dip your toe in the water. Brand new platforms allow us to begin investing with as little as a few dollars and cents - it's called Micro-investing. In this episode, we talk about the rise of micro-investing, and the way that it operates. We discuss the t...

Molly Benjamin is the founder of Ladies Finance Club in Australia. Ladies Finance Club was born in London in 2018 and in 2019 Molly launched in Australia with the same mission to build a tribe of money-savvy women and transform their relationship with money. Since then over 10,000 women have attended an event, webinar or workshop in Australia and U.K. and she has partnered with the likes of Financ...

Since the creation of the first company, nothing has created more wealth for more people than investing in companies. A lot of this wealth creation is due to the awesome power of compounding. In this episode, Alec and Bryce break down how this works, and look at how compounding has historically held true across the US and Australian markets. Also, Einstein agrees... “Compound interest is the...

In this episode we sit down with Phil Muscatello from the podcast 'Shares for Beginners', for a dual interview, where we compare notes about starting an investing podcast, favourite guests we've talked to, our biggest learning curves, and developing investing philosophies. ***** Any views expressed by the podcast host or any guest are their own and do not represent the views of Equity Mates Media...

In this episode we speak to Equity Mates community member, Candice, about her investing journey. Candice shares her experience getting started and her goal to achieve financial independence and retire early.  We break down the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement and understand how Candice puts the lessons she’s learnt into practice with her investing decisions. We also bust s...

On Valentine's Day, we'll be launching our latest podcast, Meet Pay Love . In this special bonus episode, we meet our newest hosts, Carmel and Zoe, and chat to them about the idea and concepts behind the podcast. Focused on the complexities of romance and money, their aim is to create an engaging and safe space to break down gender roles and stereotypes around money, whilst educating and normalisi...

On Get Started Investing, We've kind of talked about this topic before, but we thought it was important to revisit WHY we invest. Because as everyday people we can benefit from the pioneering work of the best minds in the world, simply by buying shares in their companies. Instead of working *for* the companies - relying on them to approve our pay rises - we can flip the script. Get the best CEOs t...

This is Get Started Investing, the podcast where they cover ALL the basics that you need to start your investing journey. We unpack all the jargon and confusing bits, hear your investing stories, so hopefully, it'll make investing less intimidating - and help you have a good time along the way. Today it's a 'welcome back' to the GSI feed, as we talk about the year that we have planned for 2021. Th...

The most common question we are asked is 'what broker should I use? " So, we've teamed up with Superhero to help answer this question, once and for all! Broker Basics with Superhero is a 3-part series, with questions crowdsourced from the Equity Mates Community. We’ll be covering:  Fundamentals of Brokers Choosing the right broker for you Making a trade and managing your portfolio. This is go...