Equity Mates Investing Podcast

Ask an Adviser: Make work optional with passive income - Matt Ingram

02 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone wants passive income but when should it actually be the goal, and what really works once you get there?Bryce and Ren sit down with their trus...

New portfolios, same investing journey | Monthly Portfolio Update

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bryce and Ren kick off Monthly Portfolio Updates for 2026 sharing what they’ve changed over summer, how they’re thinking about core vs satellite, ...

Google and Nvidia will 20-bag from here according to this expert | David Tuckwell - ETF Shares

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bryce and Ren sit down with David Tuckwell from ETF Shares to unpack two companies shaping the future of global markets: Alphabet and Nvidia.David sha...

Brace for rate rises, which defence ETF is best & Pimp my Portfolio with Matt Ingram

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bryce and Ren unpack why a stronger jobs report has markets pricing a higher chance of an RBA rate rise in February, before diving into what’s actua...

Why 2026 is the Year of Resources - Luke Laretive

26 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Luke Laretive is our first guest in the studio for 2026 and he's wasting no time, laying out his call for the year ahead: 2026 is the year of resource...

Bryce reveals 500 to 5k results, China's warning signs and are software companies on sale?

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We're unpacking what China’s structural issues mean for markets, why SaaS stocks are being punished so hard, and whether AI fears have gone too far....

14 Bold Predictions with Andrew Brown

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Bryce and Ren are joined by long-time friend of the show Andrew Brown, value investor and Executive Director at East 72, to put 14 big calls on the ta...

Bryce sells everything, European defence stocks surge & managing your Super

21 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Bryce and Ren cover European defence stocks surging, silver's explosive run and why Bryce has rebuilt his portfolio from scratch. Plu...

We're back: 4 big investing themes & our Stocks of the Year

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Equity Mates is back in the studio for 2026 and Bryce and Ren are kicking off the year with the big investing themes they’re watching, plus the annu...

Essentials: How Alex Thompson is setting up clients for 2026 | Viola Private Wealth

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As 2026 kicks off with big headlines (AI bubble? trade wars? geopolitics?), Alex Thompson from Viola Private Wealth joins Ren to zoom out and discuss ...

Essentials: Our investing playbook

11 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back with Essentials, breaking down how we actually invest.In this episode, Bryce and Ren explain their core & satellite approach, why low...

Essentials: The fundamentals of good investing

07 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’re continuing our 2026 Essentials series with the seven rules of great long-term investing: the principles Bryce and Ren come back to every year,...

Essentials: Why we invest (& you should too)

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We’re kicking off the new year sharing the essentials for kickstarting investing in 2026. In the next four episodes Bryce and Ren go back to basics ...

Best of the Best: Building a portfolio of great managers - Daniel Kelly | Viola Private Wealth

17 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In our last Equity Mates Investing episode for 2025, Daniel Kelly, Chief Investment Officer at Viola Private Wealth, joins us to unpack how profession...

Best of the Best: We're definitely in a bubble (and that’s okay) - Alister Coleman | Folklore Ventures

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode Alister Coleman, managing partner at Folklore Ventures, joins us to unpack how an early-stage VC identifies standout founders, world-c...

Best of the Best: Ignore the noise & find great companies - Arden Jennings | Ausbil

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re joined by Arden Jennings, co-head of Emerging Companies at Ausbil and portfolio manager for their small and micro cap funds.Arden explai...

Best of the Best: Riding the waves of distruption - Anshu Sharma | Loftus Peak

07 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re continuing Best of the Best, our series profiling some of Australia’s top investors and the processes behind their performance.Today we’re...

Best of the Best: AI Hype, China Risk & Australia's Best Stocks - Julia Weng | Paradice Investments

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re continuing Best of the Best series and today we’re joined by Julia Weng, portfolio manager at Paradice Investment Management, who has consis...

Best of the Best: Good investing starts with a great process - Andrew Mitchell | Ophir

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're kicking off Best of the Best, our series profiling some of Australia’s top investors and the processes behind their performance. Today we’re...

Andrew Brown reviews his 2025 bold predictions

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Every year, Andrew Brown comes on to make big calls about markets, and then actually fronts up at the end of the year to see how he went. In this epis...

2025 Wrapped: Best ideas, insights & investments from a huge year

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

2025 had everything. An AI infrastructure boom, China roaring back, gold up nearly 50%, surprise rate cuts and a few scandals we’d all forgotten abo...

Housing, shopping, gambling: How they get you - Chris Kohler

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are you being ripped off…without even realising it?We brought in Channel 9’s finance editor Chris Kohler to unpack the scams, tricks and corporate...

Nvidia's wild swings & 11 experts pitched their best ideas for 2026, we review them

23 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nvidia had one of the wildest 36 hours in market history smashing earnings, soaring after-hours, then wiping out $450 billion in value by the next day...

Signals for 2026: What Matters, What Doesn’t - Seb Mullins | Schroders

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Seb Mullins, Head of Multi-Asset and Fixed Income at Schroders helps us cut through the noise and identify the signals that matter for investors headi...

Bitcoin is down bad, Ren’s portfolio shake-up & Pimp my Portfolio with Matt Ingram

19 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Bitcoin has slid into bear-market territory and we dig into the what's really driving the sell-off. Plus, we also look at a surprising shift in the US...

Ask an Adviser: What’s your exit strategy? Retiring at any age with Dylan Pargiter-Green

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Everyone needs an exit strategy — and today we're breaking down what it actually takes to retire well at any age.Financial adviser Dylan Pargiter-Gr...

Warren Buffett's swan song, we're changing our core portfolios & timing your investing

16 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Warren Buffett has penned his final shareholder letter. We break down the lessons worth carrying forward.Then we head to Guinea, where the long-awaite...

The case for and against an AI bubble - Alan Pullen | Magellan

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past decade, Alan Pullen and the team at Magellan are focused on finding the world’s best companies and staying disciplined through the hyp...

50-year mortgages are a bad idea, how to check for ETF overlap & why the Big Banks are struggling

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fifty-year mortgages are being pushed by President Trump in the US. Could this be the fix for housing affordability, or a ticking time bomb for l...

Buy or Sell: Ally Selby with Arms Rosenberg

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI-powered investing might sound futuristic, but Armina (Arms) Rosenberg, Portfolio Manager at Minotaur Capital, is proving it’s already here. Arms ...

Australia's fastest growing company, 3 stocks we're watching & Pimp my Portfolio with Matt Ingram

09 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the world’s fastest-growing companies isn’t in Silicon Valley - it’s right here in Australia. We unpack the rise of IREN, the local succe...

The $20 billion commercial property investor - Jason Huljich | Centuria Capital

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past 25 years, Jason Huljich and the team at Centuria have built one of Australia's largest property investors.With $20 billion in assets und...

All roads lead to Google, Mr. Beat-Up reviews WiseTech & Pimp my Portfolio with Luke Laretive

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we take a closer look at Big Tech’s latest results and what they reveal about the broader market.Plus, in Pimp My Portfolio Luke Lar...

Labubu, AI infrastructure & renewable energy: Why China is full of opportunity - Eric Wong | Stillpoint Investments

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It is time we rethink our approach to China? Today's guest believes it is time. And between AI, electric vehicles and renewable energy, there are more...

Our portfolio performance update, CHESS v Custodian explained & good news for Fortescue

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We believe there is power in financial transparency. So, every so-often, we share our full investment portfolios here at Equity Mates. This isn't a bu...

The Bull Case for China: What’s Changed & Where to Invest - Lukasz de Pourbaix | Fidelity

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today's guest thinks we need to rethink our views on China.For year's the world's second largest economy has been seen seen as uninvestable. But there...

Everything is hitting all-time highs, Pimp my Portfolio with Matt Ingram & is ethical investing back?

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Once again, everything is hitting all-time highs. We kick off the episode by travelling around the world - from Australia to the US, Japan to the UK -...

Ask An Adviser: Building 3 portfolios from scratch - Matt Ingram

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Your portfolio should be changing with your life. For many, that may be an obvious statement. The harder part is understanding how it should be changi...

Tesla's biggest quarter yet, what stocks are experts buying & Luke Laretive is back for Pimp my Portfolio

26 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tesla is one of the most controversial stocks in the world. To some it is a reflection of the chaos and ego of Elon Musk. To others it is ushering in ...

Boosting income in 2025 with Sam Watkins | PIMCO

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s expert entered the studio with a proposal- we rebrand to Bond Mates. PIMCO’s Sam Watkins is back to explain why income investing is h...

Rentvest your way to your dream home, 5 principles of building wealth, Q&A (Live podcast)

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever been told that you need to choose between investing in property OR the stock market? We think that’s wrong. In this episode recorded live ...

Buy or Sell with Ally Selby and Vihari Ross

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Buy or Sell is back with a new host! Ally Selby, marketing and distribution lead at Minotaur Capital is at the helm, discovering the stocks expert inv...

Big Bank's Big Warnings, core & satellite is dead & Pimp My Portfolio with Matt Ingram

19 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Big banks are flashing warning signs, Simon’s declaring the death of the core-and-satellite strategy, and Matt Ingram’s back to pimp a listener’...

How Loftus Peak Keeps beating the Market - And What They’re Buying Now | Alex Pollak

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This expert doesn't just talk disruption, he invests in it.And with a fund performance of 21% p.a since 2016 (that’s after fees), clearly it’s bee...

Chalmers blinks on super, lump sum vs DCA & Why You Might Own a Robot in 5 Years

15 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For the first time in Equity Mates history…Bryce is flying solo. He goes down the rabbit hole on humanoid robots. How close are we to living al...

Avoid ‘Boomer Pandering’ with your investments - Luke Laretive

13 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are Aussie investors stuck worshipping the banks and miners? Luke Laretive thinks so. We sat down with him to unpack it. He calls out the “Boom...

Gold & Bitcoin hit all-time-highs, building the ultimate core portfolio & Pimp My Portfolio with Luke Laretive (and he's fired up)

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We’re in “the season of all time highs”, as Bryce is calling it. From gold and bitcoin, to Australian property and even global government debt; ...

Leverage isn't just for property: we compare two globally geared ETFs

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australians love using leverage for property, but what about in a share portfolio? In this episode we compare popular ASX-listed global ETFs; BGBL, DH...

Best investments to start the financial year, Buffett’s not done yet & is it time to buy Japan?

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are three months into the new financial year and we've seen a wide range of performance in different markets. Today we unpack which markets are up ...

Ask an Adviser: Everything you need to know about life insurance - Phil Thompson | Skye Wealth

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Insurance: Often considered not important, until that moment when it becomes the most important thing. So today on the podcast we wanted to unpack how...

This is not a bubble, Pimp my Portfolio with Adam Dawes & the mental biases holding you back

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Could we be living through an AI stock market bubble? Or is the market hitting all-time highs back by fundamentals? Those are the questions we seek to...

Not just for boomers: The basics of bonds and fixed income - Adam Bowe | PIMCO

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Think fixed income and bonds aren't for you? Today's fund manager wants you to think again. Today we speak to Adam Bowe, executive vice president and ...

A looming threat for REA and Domain, Bryce argues "banks aren't boring" & we answer your Super questions

01 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One in five Sydney homes sold last year without ever being listed on REA or Domain. We dig into what it could mean for the property portals. Plus EA’...

Buy or Sell: Ally Selby with Jess Farr-Jones

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Buy or Sell is back! One of our favourite episode formats is back in your podcast feeds, with a brand new host.Tune in as Ally Selby, marketing and di...

Google's reinventing education, our complete Super checklist & Bryce has a $500-to-$5k surprise!?

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Across most countries, education is one of the largest industries and one of the most difficult to change. Google's latest product release may give us...

Why most investors are looking in the wrong places - Frank Thormann | Schroders

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Look for companies with a "positive growth gap".That is the message from today's expert, Frank Thormann, Portfolio Manager at Schroders.Using plenty o...

Buffett's latest 30-bagger, 3 ways to boost your Superannuation & the basics of rent-vesting

24 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Warren Buffett may have announced he's retiring at the end of the year, but he's certainly not finished yet.Recently his company has sold out of an in...

Ask an Adviser: 3 enduring principles to build long-term wealth - Charlie Viola | Viola Private Wealth

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Charlie Viola is the founder of Viola Private Wealth and is a regular at the top of the lists of Australia's best financial advisers. Today on the pod...

Larry Ellison's historic week, Pimp my Portfolio & the power of voluntary super contributions

21 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Has Larry Ellison just had the best week in business history? He added $101 billion to his net worth in an afternoon, briefly became the world's riche...

5 steps to maximise your Super - Daniel Shrimski | Vanguard

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Only 43% of Australians have positive feelings about retirement. Getting our Superannuation in order is a big way to change that.As we continue our Su...

It’s rate cut season, a portfolio for passive income & choosing the right investments in Super

17 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rate cuts, rate cuts, rate cuts. The financial media has been abuzz with the prospect of a rate cut in the US (despite annual inflation ticking up fro...

Are we nearing a market top, Bryce's $500-to-$5k do-over & getting insurance right in Superannuation

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Are we nearing a market top? Is the market overvalued? Should I wait to start investing? As markets hit all-time highs we've started noticing these qu...

Separating what's real from the hype: Roblox, Games Workshop and more - James Abela | Fidelity

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With so much opportunity being presented to investors everyday, it can be a challenge separating good opportunities from great ones.Today we speak to ...

Keeping up with AI, your Superannuation options & Pimp my Portfolio with Luke Laretive

10 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The pace of change in the AI landscape continues to accelerate. From lofty valuations, new use cases and changes in government policy, we're chatting ...

AI agents, stablecoins & the next big thing in crypto - Blake Cassidy | Bamboo

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI agents with crypto wallets, the explosion of crypto treasury companies, stablecoin volume reaching $27 trillion. Today we speak to our corresponden...

Google's loss turns into a win, Super is now double the size of Australia's economy & X-marks the stock

07 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When is a loss actually a win? That is a question Alphabet executives are probably pondering after they escaped any serious punishment after losing an...

Good news for Aussie investors, why you need to invest globally & Super September continues

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australian investors are having a good month: the ASX 200 hit all-time highs and were entering the largest month of buybacks in Australian history. We...

The bull market for Australian small caps - Claude Walker

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Australian small caps have had a great run lately. Today we're speaking to an expert investor to figure out how we can make the most of it.We are join...

Super September is here, highlights from reporting season & Pimp my Portfolio with Matt Ingram

31 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Too many Australians do not engage with their Super. For the month of September, we're working hard to change that. We are back with this year's Super...