Finance & Fury Podcast
Episodes by Topic
Building Wealth & Investing
Are sectors of the US share market in financial bubble territory?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Are sectors of the share market in a bubble, one in particular that comes to mind would be the US tech sector. There have been many bubbles in financial markets throughout history – if enough excitement is generated around some new asset,...
Investing in infrastructure as part of a wealth accumulation strategy.
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode will looking at infrastructure as an asset class, to see if it can help to provide some diversification for portfolios and decent moving forward. Infrastructure – physical assets that provide services that are essential for...
What is stakeholder theory and what does it mean for capital markets and investments?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. What is stakeholder theory and what does it mean for capital markets and investments? World Economic Forum annual agenda occurred a few weeks ago. One year ago, the World Economic Forum launched a new ‘Davos Manifesto’ in support of...
Finance & Economics
What are the proposed changes to the responsible lending laws and what this means for Australian borrowers and the economy at large.
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. In this episode – we will be going through the potential changes to the current Responsible lending laws that may occur next year – as these laws will either be watered down or completely removed - As it...
Why are profit incentives needed for a well-functioning society as opposed to trying to legislate this as an intended outcome?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. In this episode, I want to look at a core concept of economics – the need for monetisation/value of objects for them to exist – that is – that profits are a factor that help to maximise most outcomes in society...
What is the real economy and why should this be left alone?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. Two weeks ago on Furious Friday, we went through an intro to the great reset. This episode we will look further into this topic, at some of the proposals and break these down further. I managed to talk to...
Property
How to use your own home as part of a wealth accumulation strategy.
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode will be about using your own home as part of a wealth accumulation strategy Some strategies that I plan to do First – what is a home – a lifestyle asset – is still technically an asset as it has a value – as long as someone...
Can you own your personal place of residence inside of a family trust?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition, every week answering your questions. This week we answer Stephen’s question: “Hi Louis, I saw an article about purchasing a home inside of a family trust for asset protection. I’m just wondering if you have...
Why I finally bought another property and is this a good financial decision?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode is about a bit of personal story “Why I finally bought another property and if is this a good financial decision?” So – if the episode title didn’t give this away - I have recently bought a property – well - technically not...
Shares
Are sectors of the US share market in financial bubble territory?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Are sectors of the share market in a bubble, one in particular that comes to mind would be the US tech sector. There have been many bubbles in financial markets throughout history – if enough excitement is generated around some new asset,...
Investing in infrastructure as part of a wealth accumulation strategy.
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode will looking at infrastructure as an asset class, to see if it can help to provide some diversification for portfolios and decent moving forward. Infrastructure – physical assets that provide services that are essential for...
What is stakeholder theory and what does it mean for capital markets and investments?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. What is stakeholder theory and what does it mean for capital markets and investments? World Economic Forum annual agenda occurred a few weeks ago. One year ago, the World Economic Forum launched a new ‘Davos Manifesto’ in support of...
Superannuation & Retirement
Vanguard’s plans to disrupt the Australian superannuation industry.
Welcome to Finance and Fury – Vanguard bringing in some disruption to Australian markets - If you haven’t heard of them – Vanguard are the world's second biggest asset manager – dealing in index funds and ETFs Vanguard – have almost $9 trillion of funds under...
Checking if your superannuation is appropriately invested for you.
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Today we’ll look at how to get the right investments in super. Because super funds take care of it for people – a lot of people don’t pay attention – so in this episode want to explain what to look for and how to help determine if your...
The superannuation changes coming to an account near you.
Welcome to Finance and Fury. In this episode – want to look at the proposals for the superannuation industry overhaul – released in the latest budget – as there are some pretty big changes – In the budget – the super system is likely to be in for a shake up due to the...
Politics, Psychology and your money
What is stakeholder theory and what does it mean for capital markets and investments?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. What is stakeholder theory and what does it mean for capital markets and investments? World Economic Forum annual agenda occurred a few weeks ago. One year ago, the World Economic Forum launched a new ‘Davos Manifesto’ in support of...
Introducing the great reset and what is on the agenda of the World Economic Forum.
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. I hope you are all going well. This episode is all about “the great reset”. It sounds like some weird, out there agenda, but it is carried out by some of the most influential organisations on earth. I want to...
Why are billionaires in favour of Universal Basic Income?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. Last week – went through the rise in billionaires in favour of additional socialist policies – went through why I think this is the case - I think that most of the billionaire class are in favour of calling...
Why are some billionaires in favour of a more socialist state?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. This episode – be looking at the weird combination between socialism and billionaires that is emerging – especially focusing on why billionaires are increasingly becoming in favour of socialism? Or additional...
Overcoming political divisions in a partisan world
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. This episode is a little different – it is some of my commentary about the political division that is starting to emerge – especially in America – but also how to avoid it in your own lives and also prosper...
What is the difference between inclusive versus exclusive economic systems?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday editon. Last week – looked at laissez-faire economic system What laissez-faire should provide – a system of let it be – at the core – a system of relative freedom for the individual – doesn’t mean freedom for everything...
Tax
How to use the recent tax cuts as an opportunity to build additional wealth!
Welcome to Finance and Fury You might have seen the budget that came out last week – in this episode we will be looking at the bringing forward of the tax cut – but also using this as an opportunity and what to do with it The budget and the tax cuts – The Government...
What happens when a family trust comes to the end of its life? What happens with the assets and are there CGT or stamp duty liabilities?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, The Say What Wednesday edition. Today's question comes from Gab. Hi Louis, thank you (as always) for the great content. I've got another question that I've struggled with recently, and I'm hoping you can shed some light on the topic. I've...
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:...
Debt and Cash Flow
How to use the recent tax cuts as an opportunity to build additional wealth!
Welcome to Finance and Fury You might have seen the budget that came out last week – in this episode we will be looking at the bringing forward of the tax cut – but also using this as an opportunity and what to do with it The budget and the tax cuts – The Government...
Should I make additional mortgage repayments or start investing?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition. This week’s question is from Scott: “Hi Louis, I am currently in my 30s and have recently bought my first home. I would like to get your view if I should take advantage of low interest rates and start to put...
How to avoid getting further into debt and get spending habits back in line
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Credit cards and pay day lenders are on the rise, as some of those out of work are becoming strapped for cash. Today, we look at this further but also look at some alternative strategies to avoid the debt traps. We’ll also look at how to...
Welfare & Social Security
Market integrity, disruptions, innovations and the fallout of Wall Street versus retail traders.
Welcome to Finance and Fury. In this episode, we are going to look at some of the potential fallouts from the GameStop saga – looking at market disruptions, market integrity and the ongoing implications of potential regulation changes If you want an overview of this,...
Welcome to GameStop: may we take your order?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. In this episode, we're going to cover the GameStop saga. It's still ongoing at the time of recording this, so new information may be out by the time you listen. I wasn’t going to cover this topic – I saw this first pop up either Monday or...
Investing in Asian markets.
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode on about how to invest in Asian markets and how to avoid some of the biggest pitfalls in these markets – I have covered the Aus market, and the US market in detail, but haven’t covered much on a giant portion of investments...
Technology & New Ideas
What is the real economy and why should this be left alone?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. Two weeks ago on Furious Friday, we went through an intro to the great reset. This episode we will look further into this topic, at some of the proposals and break these down further. I managed to talk to...
Introducing the great reset and what is on the agenda of the World Economic Forum.
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. I hope you are all going well. This episode is all about “the great reset”. It sounds like some weird, out there agenda, but it is carried out by some of the most influential organisations on earth. I want to...
Do robots pose a danger to the employment sector and what does future of employment look like?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition. This week’s question is from Phuong. “Hi Louis - With strikes happening at Sydney’s port recently and worker asking for pay rises, do you think that Robot will eventually replace human workers? And what are...
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...