Finance & Fury Podcast
Episodes by Topic
Building Wealth & Investing
Gold as a portfolio hedge – Why is the price rising and what are the methods of accessing gold?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, Today – next gold rush – Final part of capital preservation – Allocation as a hedge for a financial meltdown - should preserve capital, withstand market volatility, and provide diversification across a portfolio Gold – an asset...
Financial Reset – Investments to avoid in a negative interest rate world
Welcome to Finance and Fury - This Episode – Look at Where to not invest in negative rates world – if it comes to that – other options First – what does the world in negative rates look like? – dive further into this to start – look at other countries, Japan, Denmark...
How to protect an investment portfolio? And is it worth using hedging instruments or changing the assets mix?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition Today's Question is from Gabriel With the latest news around trade wars, inverted yield curve and EU collapse, I would love to hear your thoughts on how to protect a portfolio, is it worth using hedging...
Finance & Economics
Don’t forget about Inflation! How it can either be your best friend if you have debt, or your worst enemy if you are building wealth
Welcome to Finance and Fury, Inflation and interest rate – real rates RBA update – Inflation and interest rates RBA - cash rate unchanged at 1% - following two consecutive rate cuts – past ep, talked about loans and property pieces Today – Look at the hidden wealth...
How do you identify a scam, before ASIC or the regulators do it for you?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The say What Wednesday edition where we answer your questions, and sometimes questions from people from the gym – such as today Is this a scam – moneysmart have a page on this – which is good resource – give a quick summary of this – but...
Has the first domino in the next banking crisis fallen?
Welcome to Finance and Fury Snuck this episode in ahead of time – only reading about news yesterday – need to do some further digging – but is it Time to sell shares in anticipation of a crash? Today – run through some news that you might not have seen – financial...
Property
Build to rent: Why are Banks and Super Funds becoming large Corporate Landlords?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, Past few Monday eps on Share concentration – and the holdings and influence that super funds have Today – talk about the legislation put into place and the plans going on now where you might end up renting an apartment from your super...
Is rent-to-own a good idea if you are trying to get into the property market?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition Hi Louis, My wife and I a looking for ways to buy a home, given some credit history and income stability challenges. I was hoping to get your thoughts on Rent-to-own arrangements. I really enjoy your...
Assets that will survive a financial correction
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Today’s we’ll be talking about what assets will survive a financial correction. The assets that that people still have confidence in. Confidence is key! In any asset, confidence is what is required. Why is confidence important? If...
Shares
Are tech shares like Afterpay and Facebook are a good long-term investment option?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition. Today's question comes from Mike - "Hey Louis, Wondering if you think buying Tech shares are worthwhile" We have the FANG and the WAAAX – US – FANG - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google Aus – WAAAX -...
Why the Australian Share index is so reliant on just 5 companies and the risks that this brings
Welcome to Finance and Fury Today we are discussing the concentration risk Last week – how the modern banking system acts like dominos failing– Due to their liabilities and obligations to one another this week – look at the other side of the balance sheet – Which is...
Bullish Shares versus Bearish Bonds – which one is correct?
Welcome to Finance and Fury The ASX is sitting around a high mark. But there is a lot of talk about recessions, analysis talking about share corrections, not a lot of optimism – Has there ever been? Don’t really see many articles with positive outlook on the...
Superannuation & Retirement
How do I transfer an overseas pension fund to Australia?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday Edition Today we have a question from Luke. Hi Louis, I listen to you often. Very informative and interesting episodes. My question is regarding super/pensions. I lived and worked in the U.K. for about 10 years - and...
How do I make an Investment Philosophy?
Welcome to Finance and Fury Today we are going to talk about how to implement an investment philosophy. It is a coherent way of thinking how you fit into your investment plan. It is a mission statement to follow when investing. It can help with understanding the types...
Say What Wednesday: Labor’s policy changes – Franking credits, negative gearing, super, and CGT
Welcome to Finance & Fury, the ‘Say What Wednesday’ edition where every week we answer questions from you guys. Today’s question is from John; “Thanks for the podcast and the content you provide. I thought a useful podcast topic could be the...
Politics, Psychology and your money
How does the adaptability of humanity open the door to Global Economic control?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Furious Friday edition Today we start discussing the SDGs in relation to The economy – few SDGs this relates to Go through each in detail in separate episodes – but this ep is an overview into how deep this goes. UN goals as...
Beggar thy neighbour – How devaluation of currency can make or break economic growth domestically, or for trading partners
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition Today's question comes from Jessica. Jessica – Hey Louis, You mentioned something about a Yuan devaluation in the Tech Share episode. I’m just wondering what this is and why a country would do this? Thanks...
Has the first domino in the next banking crisis fallen?
Welcome to Finance and Fury Snuck this episode in ahead of time – only reading about news yesterday – need to do some further digging – but is it Time to sell shares in anticipation of a crash? Today – run through some news that you might not have seen – financial...
Global Reserve Assets – Move over US Dollars, SDRs are coming to town
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Furious Friday edition. In money system – need a reserve – gold, currency – gives a floor value which gives confidence Doesn’t provide much stability – Most central bankers use the same terms when talking about current international...
Will enforcing recycling legislation help to save the environment?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the ‘Say What Wednesday’ Edition. We recently had an awesome email from Zoe about a potential market solution following the ‘Solution for pollution’ episode last week; “We sort our cans from our mixed recycling in our Sydney CBD office...
What is Luck? And how can we be manipulated through information, destroying the luck that we have
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition Last week: Being grateful for what we have, where Australia started and where we have come Today: Luck truly running out How it can be manipulated What is luck? Success or failure apparently brought by chance...
Tax
Death and taxes, or taxed to death?
Welcome to Finance and Fury A plan for structural reforms to help increase Australians’ ability for upward mobility. The coalition will likely have enough seats to squeeze through a lot of reforms. Today: Income axes going up aren’t much of a concern What about the...
The Election Battle between those who pay tax, and those who don’t
Welcome to Finance and Fury Today will be a quick update for the upcoming election and policies in response to the budget plans released last week. This election is becoming a battle for votes among salary earners. In the past we have talked about class warfare...
Say What Wednesday: Labor’s policy changes – Franking credits, negative gearing, super, and CGT
Welcome to Finance & Fury, the ‘Say What Wednesday’ edition where every week we answer questions from you guys. Today’s question is from John; “Thanks for the podcast and the content you provide. I thought a useful podcast topic could be the...
Debt and Cash Flow
How to use your home for Investments
Welcome to Finance and Fury Today we have Jayden here, and we will be talking about using your home for as an investment and as a forced savings account. You can start turning the bad debt into good debt. Through paying down the loan quicker, and then redrawing on the...
The 4 reasons when not to buy property
Welcome to Finance and Fury Today’s episode is with Jayden and we will be talking about why property might not work for you, or when you shouldn’t buy property. We have talked about using property to build long term wealth using leverage. However, there are some...
Say What Wednesday: Australia’s National Debt Crisis – a ticking time bomb
Welcome to Finance & Fury, the ‘Say What Wednesday’ edition. Today’s question comes from Brad, “Any chance you could do a podcast on Australian foreign debt? Is it possible to pay it off? Will paying it off have a negative effect on our economy? Are most or all...
Welfare & Social Security
How do I start my journey to financial independence?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Say What Wednesday Edition Series to cover a number of questions asked – FAQ on stages of life Hard to get through all questions – from questions compiled – put together run through of steps Go through 3 or 4 – stages of life – cover...
Financial Reset – Investments to avoid in a negative interest rate world
Welcome to Finance and Fury - This Episode – Look at Where to not invest in negative rates world – if it comes to that – other options First – what does the world in negative rates look like? – dive further into this to start – look at other countries, Japan, Denmark...
Economic Robin Hoods – the 200-year-old economic theory providing the basis by which developed countries are used for GDP redistribution
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Furious Friday edition Continuing SDGs – today we are covering Economics or SDG 8 First, look at the economics of the UN itself – something never talked about Who pays for the UN – Member states - A complex formula - US pays most at...
Technology & New Ideas
Should we be getting charged up for Electric Vehicles?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Say What Wednesday Edition Today’s question came from Matt and Lucas Labor’s plan for 50% of new cars to be electric by 2030 plus introduce a carbon emissions target for new cars. The Greens have one-upped this. Today we break down the...
The Financial Curse – When a Financial System does more harm than good
Welcome to Finance and Fury the Furious Friday Edition On the last episode we talked about the City of London Corporation, a mini plutocracy Today we are exploring at what point does a financial sector state to crowd out real economic growth? Referred to as the...
Say What Wednesday: Cryptocurrency Assessment
Hi Everyone, and Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition. Today we have a question from Daniel: The question is around cryptocurrency; Daniel has come across a fascinating crypto called Liven. The business model seems really sound, with the...
The Intro Eps
(Intro Series) The wrap up party
Intro - Episode 6 The wrap up party Hey guys! Welcome to the wrap up party for this little intro series Well done if you’ve made it to this point listening. I know a lot of it could have come across pretty confusing …and don’t worry I was quite confused myself by this...
(Intro Series) What does your retirement look like, and why?
Intro - Episode 5 What does your retirement look like, and why? What do you normally think about before you go anywhere? Anyone who has ever left the house before has probably had to think about something before taking a step out the front door. Anyone who hasn’t,...
(Intro Series) Trusting yourself and learning the basics
Intro - Episode 4 Trusting yourself and learning the basics To start off, do you think that having a map to financial independence would be the ideal solution? Compared to a puzzle it actually would be far better than trying to piece together something, if you could...