Finance & Fury Podcast
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Building Wealth & Investing
Which Vanguard ETFs are best to diversify into?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Say What Wednesday Edition This week the question is from Dan I am 21 and have about 70k in a term deposit and 5k in VHY and VGS ETFs. I am wondering whether over a period of 20~50 years I would be better diversifying into VAE or VGE...
Why do Central Bank’s target 2-3% inflation and what are they trying to accomplish by having it in that range?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Say What Wednesday edition – Every week answering your questions – Hi Louis, thank you for the great content and the research you put in! I have another question you might be able to tackle: why do central banks target 2-3% inflation?...
Should I switch my investments from High Growth to Conservative and why store gold personally instead of a vault?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday Edition Back to answering individual questions - Two questions this week – follow up to recent episodes on gold and economy First from Mario – just a quick one - I listened to a recent podcast you made about gold and...
Finance & Economics
The circular economy – The greatest barrier to competition and choice, or the saving grace for our futures?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition Last week - went over partnership programs and potentials for coercive monopolies – today – implementation of policies in the circular economy – SDG12 Today’s ep – go through google and the largest companies on...
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...
The Cash Bill – stabilising the financial system for negative interest rates, Bail Ins and more, all at your expense
Welcome to Finance and Fury Last Monday's ep – Cash Restrictions Bill – Went through black economy and outline of regulations Today – Go further into implications of this – along with other considerations such as bail-ins and negative rates why bill needed – not for...
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
How passive investments are creating market bubbles and positive feedback loops
Welcome to Finance and Fury Passive Investing is the Flavour of the day – Central banks entered the markets to provide a feedback loop Central banks Trying to create the wealth effect - Bernanke’s easy money policy was intended to boost economic growth by boosting...
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...
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
The circular economy – The greatest barrier to competition and choice, or the saving grace for our futures?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition Last week - went over partnership programs and potentials for coercive monopolies – today – implementation of policies in the circular economy – SDG12 Today’s ep – go through google and the largest companies on...
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...
Tax
Pay more in taxes, electricity prices and costs of goods, or the climate will change!
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Furious Friday edition Today – cover Resource control over an economy/society – Energy, food, water – Many SDGs – 7, 13, 15, 16 – Mainly focus on 7 and 13 – this is the core of most SDGs – justifications for them anyway Goal 13:...
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...
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
The dark past of ‘environmentalism’ provides clues to the point of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Furious Friday Edition. The final episode in the mini-series for the SDGs - Covered a lot – today - Summary wrap up and piece together next step One sentence – UN's Agenda 2030 wants us giving up sovereignty to a global unelected...
Why do Central Bank’s target 2-3% inflation and what are they trying to accomplish by having it in that range?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Say What Wednesday edition – Every week answering your questions – Hi Louis, thank you for the great content and the research you put in! I have another question you might be able to tackle: why do central banks target 2-3% inflation?...
We are entering new economic and investment territory – An introduction to QE, what does it look like and what does it mean for investments?
Welcome to Finance and Fury We live through transformational times – new environment for finance and investing We are fast reaching the limits of monetary printing - markets are still trying to work out how to price that in Past model – print money Get GDP growth...
Technology & New Ideas
Where to invest in preparation for the next financial collapse?
Welcome to Finance and Fury Today – Want to start looking at what would likely survive another financial correction or worse, collapse Been thinking a lot recently about the structure of the modern economy – This episode is probably more like a FF ep, but this topic...
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...
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...