Building Wealth & Investing
Should I invest in large, mid or small cap shares?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Where to invest within the share market? Large, mid or small cap? What is best? The answer to this is highly dependant on what types of returns you need – and your timeframes The content of this episode is general information only – Not...
Will the market crash in 2023?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Will the market crash in 2023? Interesting question – one that many people have answered. Every year - Ipsos asked more than 24,000 citizens of 36 countries to reflect on the year gone by and also make some predictions for the year ahead –...
Investing around geopolitical risks
Welcome to Finance and Fury. In this episode we will be looking at geopolitical risks and equity portfolios. Geopolitical risks are nothing new – these are always going on and equity markets are always looking at geopolitical risks – and how it will impact the price...
Finance & Economics
A response to “capitalism after the crises”
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Jim Chalmers, the treasurer of Australia recently wrote and published an article. Saw a lot of people freaking out about it – wanted to have a look and see if there is anything to the concerns This was a 6000+ word essay – titled...
Economics of population growth
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Economics of population and their output. In today’s episode, we will be looking at how population growth affects economic output – along with what is the optimal solution to population growth and economic output depending on the...
Investing around geopolitical risks
Welcome to Finance and Fury. In this episode we will be looking at geopolitical risks and equity portfolios. Geopolitical risks are nothing new – these are always going on and equity markets are always looking at geopolitical risks – and how it will impact the price...
Property
Reducing the barriers to entry for property investments
Welcome to Finance and Fury. In today’s episode, we will be going through how to reduce the barriers to entry to real estate investments, as well as where real estate assets fit into an investment strategy Australian’s love property – It is one of the more popular...
The negative gearing debate – should the government get rid of it?
Welcome to Finance and Fury – This episode we will be looking at the debate over negative gearing Saw a news article recently - Robert Kiyosaki – Author of Rich Dad Poor Dad came out saying that the Australian government should axe negative gearing to provide an...
Is the property party coming to an end?
Welcome to Finance and Fury – In this episode, we will be looking at the future of property prices based around recent changes in lending assessment, bond yields and what this means for interest rates It comes as no surprise when I say that property prices have gone...
Shares
Blackstone, liquidity and investment risks
Welcome to Finance and Fury. We will look at Investment liquidity and how this relates to risk to markets and investors – liquidity issues are starting to become an increasing risk factor for many investments as interest rates are on the rise With rising...
The economics of Hollywood and investing in entertainment
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Todays episode will be a little different than normal – as we will be looking at the Economics of Hollywood and the potential of investing in entertainment Companies like Disney, Paramount, Netflix, even in Australia you have companies...
Is it worthwhile to hedge currency exposures on international investment?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Is it worth it to hedge currency exposures on international investment? If anyone invests internationally, one major question beyond where to invest is whether you hedge your currency exposure or not But what does hedging mean, and how can...
Superannuation & Retirement
What are Commonwealth unfunded superannuation liabilities and who do these benefit?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday edition. This week’s question comes from Douglas: “Long time listener of your Podcast and it has great insights and thought-provoking ideas. Can you dive deeper in to who are the beneficiaries of the Future Fund from...
The future landscape of your superannuation accounts and the rise of the “megafunds”
Welcome to Finance and Fury. The future landscape of superannuation – the rise of megafunds through compelled mergers Numerous bodies, including regulators and government, have been keen for superannuation funds to merge The merging of several larger superannuation...
Is the ETF GEAR a good opportunity for long term growth and dividends?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Say What Wednesday Edition. This weeks question comes from Gab. “I had a question regarding a leveraged ETF from Betashares called GEAR. It is designed to offer around 2:1 exposure to the ASX 200, with 0.8% management cost. Looking at...
Politics, Psychology and your money
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...
Fully planned or self-organising chaos: which economic system leads to the best outcome for us?
nnWelcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. Today, we are going to go through the concept of planning versus chaos within an economic system Before we get into it - Which one would you prefer – purely based around the description – an economic system...
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
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...
Will property prices keep declining due to higher mortgage arrears?
Hey guys and welcome to Finance and Fury! Today we’re joined again by Jayden to talk about whether property prices will keep declining due to higher mortgage arrears. The RBA’s cookie cutter approach to rates will continue to try and help reduce chances of mortgage...
Say What Wednesday: Considering refinancing your mortgage with a smaller online lender?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the ‘Say What Wednesday’ edition. Today I’m here with Jayden! Today’s question comes from Gavin, “Is there anything to be considered when looking at refinancing mortgages with smaller lenders that run their business online like...
Welfare & Social Security
Regulations and the war on drugs
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Do regulations solve any problems? To explore this concept, we will be looking specifically at drug regulations – because if the answer was yes, regulations would solve the problems of society and have the intended outcome of creating a...
How to negate Central Banks negative effects in your own life
Welcome to Finance and Fury. There will be two parts to this episode. Firstly, do we even need Central banks and what is an alternative, then secondly, as they are probably not going anywhere anytime soon, how to negate their negative effects on your own life. If you...
A case for abolishing Central Banks
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode is exploring the idea that abolishing central banks in their current form would be better for you and I. Now I am fully aware that CBs like the Fed and RBA won’t be abolished anytime soon, modern financial system is too deep...
Technology & New Ideas
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...
Would a one world currency actually work?
Welcome to Finance and Fury, the Furious Friday edition. In this episode we will look at the concept of a one world currency and if one single currency could actually work for the world? There has been an increased level of discussion around this topic over the past...
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...
The Intro Eps
We’re back
Start here We're back! We're back! Sorry to keep you waiting for quite some time, but our absence hasn’t been wasted. As you can probably tell the podcast looks a little different, but don’t worry, you’re not lost. To help avoid any further confusion this is a quick...