Equity Mates Investing Podcast

Trading Talk: Stocks Affected by the Election Result

19 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With the Australian Federal Election now in the books, there are a number of CEO's out there either licking their wounds or celebrating their good for...

Expert Investor: Julia Lee - Picking Stocks

16 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode we sat down with notable Australian market watcher and equity strategist at Bell Direct, Julia Lee. Julia has worked in Australian ma...

Expert Investor: Warren Speaks, We Listen: Berkshire Hathaway Q&A - Part 2

12 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2 of our Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting special sees Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger answer a range of questions from investments in America...

Expert Investor: Warren Speaks, We Listen: 2019 Berkshire Hathaway Q&A - Part 1

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There were two big celebrations of investing over the weekend. In the Southern Hemisphere - the Equity Mates 100 Episode Party. In the Northern Hemisp...

Next Top Trader: Alan Ng | How To Win A Trading Competition

05 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last week we announced the winner of Next Top Trader, and as promised, we sat down to discuss the winning moves with Alan. Alan, 20 years old, did a f...

Book Club: Howard Marks - The Most Important Thing

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

First episode of the month means it is time for the Equity Mates book club. This month we are discussing Howard Mark's classic investing book 'The Mos...

Next Top Trader: We Have A Winner! | New York Awaits

28 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It is with great excitement that we can now announce the winner of Australia's Next Top Trader. After a great 6 weeks of trading and investing, there ...

Your Questions: Ask Us Anything - March & April

28 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Now with Australia's Next Top Trader behind us, it's time to go back and answer all the questions that have come in over the last 2 months. There have...

Basics: Putting the Super back in Superannuation

25 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Superannuation - something everyone has and very few people pay attention to. Most people are aware of the importance of making the right Super decisi...

Next Top Trader: Final Update & Market Recap

21 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past six weeks we've been watching some of Australia's best university students battle it out for the title of 'Australia's Next Top Trader'....

EM Chat: Stock of the Year Update

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this year, we each picked one company to be our 'stock of the year'. With the first quarter of the year past we thought it would be a good tim...

Next Top Trader: Week 5 Update | Walk Disney Is Hot!

14 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As always, we start this week with an episode that recaps the last 5 days of market trading in the US, the jostling of positions on the leaderboard of...

Deep Dive: Take a punt on this episode | Casinos

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

James Packer's company Crown Resorts (ASX: CWN) was in the headlines this week after it was revealed that US-based Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) was int...

Next Top Trader: Week 4 Update | The Best & Worst Performing Stocks

07 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bullish momentum continued this week in the US, with the markets rising again, just like Ren's position on the leaderboard. With only two weeks to go ...

EM Chat: Equity Mates Return Home

04 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After a solid 3 weeks of podcasts for Australia's Next Top Trader, we've now reached the point where we can switch our focus back to the core of Equit...

Next Top Trader: Week 3 Update | The Strategy Of A Technical Trader

31 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're now about to launch into the 4th week of Australia's Next Top Trader, meaning we are at the halfway mark! A lot of traders are in the green, whi...

Next Top Trader: Market, Stop and Limit | Different Orders

28 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When placing an order to buy or sell your stocks, you may have noticed there are a few options you can choose from - market order, limit order or a st...

Next Top Trader: How To Know When To Buy & Sell

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Knowing when to buy and sell may be the difference between making a lot of money in this competition, and actually winning the trip to New York. So in...

Next Top Trader: Turn Up The Volume!

26 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

No, we're not talking about the volume of your speakers. We're talking about the volume of trades. Volume, or the amount of a stock traded each day, i...

Next Top Trader: Investing In Market Sectors

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

At this point, you're a week into the competition and hopefully have started to make some money. As we enter Week 2, it is important you understand al...

Next Top Trader: Week 2 Update | An Expert Look at What's Hot & What's Not

24 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With the second week of trading behind us, it's time to recap the week that was, and look forward to what's coming this week! The markets finished the...

Next Top Trader: What is a stock vs ETF vs LIC?!

21 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The investing universe is massive. From individual companies to gold, from real estate to government debt - the options available to investors these d...

Next Top Trader: Pardon The Jargon | Company Specifics

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is the final episode of our short 'pardon the jargon' series, and we're focusing on an individual company level. When analysing an individual com...

Next Top Trader: Pardon The Jargon | Key Trading Terms

19 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2 of our 3 part Pardon the Jargon series. If you're a week into the competition and feeling a little unsure of yourself - this is a great place t...

Next Top Trader: Pardon The Jargon | Understanding The Market

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As a podcast, we hate jargon. We think it is one of the main reasons people never start investing, and we want to help people break through this barri...

Next Top Trader: Week 1 Wrap | The Top Strategy & What's Hot & Not

17 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We've made it to the end of the first week of competition, and with American markets opening again 12:30am Tuesday morning, it's time for us to do a w...

Next Top Trader: Utilising Watchlists & Understanding Your Holdings

14 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We've been receiving a few questions from competitors about using Stake, so we wanted to spend an episode explaining two features. Hopefully this help...

Next Top Trader: Playing The Short Game | Tips To Succeed In 6 Weeks

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Next Top Trader is a 6-week competition. That means 30 trading days to win your way to New York. With a short time horizon, you need to ensure your st...

Next Top Trader: Finding Inspiration | Where To Look For Your First Stock

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Finding the right trade is one of the hardest part about getting started. Every time you find a trade, you can find a way to talk yourself out of it. ...

Next Top Trader: Game Rules

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With Australia's Next Top Trader now in full swing, we want to reitterate the rules, as well as all the ways in which we'll be delivering lessons, upd...

Next Top Trader: The Comp Starts & What's Hot In The Markets w/ Matt

10 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to Australia's Next Top Trader! You're quite possibly feeling a bit overwhelmed right now, and very unsure on a lot of things, particularly wh...

Expert Investor: Brandon - Aussie Wealth Creation | Money Is Made In The Stock Market While You Wait

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When we sat down to chat with Brandon, who hosts the YouTube channel Aussie Wealth Creation, one of the first things he said was, "you never know the ...

103. Ask Us Anything - February (part 2)

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Due to the number of questions we wanted to answer, we had to split February's Ask Us Anything over 2 episodes. So here is part 2 - where we answer so...

Your Questions: Ask Us Anything - February (part 1)

03 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last episode of the month means we answer all of your questions. We've received so many, that we're going to split this Ask Us Anything over two eps. ...

News: Reporting Season - 8 Companies Under The Microscope

26 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time of year again when the report cards of companies are released to eagerly-waiting investors, for them to scrutinise. We're talking about...

Expert Investor: Louise Bedford - The Queen Of Candlesticks

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's not often you get to talk to a trading expert, a best-selling author, a trading mentor, a keynote speaker, and a Queen of Candlesticks, but in th...

EM Talk: Why We Invest

17 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past 6 months as more and more Equity Mates have joined us on this journey, we've thought it may be time to do a reset episode. To explain ho...

Expert Investor: Canna Campbell aka SugarMumma & The $1000 Project

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you haven't heard of Canna Campbell aka SugarMumma, and creator of the $1000 Project, then this is the perfect opportunity for you to get to know h...

Book Club: Titan - The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr.

07 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Another month, another meeting of the Equity Mates Book Club. Over summer we've been reading Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr by Ron Chernow....

Your Questions: Ask Us Anything - January 2019 (Part 2)

02 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

After our Christmas break, we had a lot of questions for our Ask Us Anything show. Way too many for one episode. So we've split it into two. If you ha...

Your Questions: Ask Us Anything - January 2019 (Part 1)

29 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Last episode of the month means Ask Us Anything - where we answer some of the questions you've asked over the past month. Due to our Christmas break, ...

EM Talk: Two Stocks of the Year & One Exciting Announcement

24 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episodes don't get much bigger than this. To kick off, we've got something really exciting to announce. Something we've been working on over summer. S...

EM Talk: We're Back! 2019 Bold Predictions

20 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We're back for 2019! After a short Christmas break, we're ready for a big year and excited for some of the new things we've got planned. As is traditi...

Summer Series #5 - Prime Financial Group (ASX: PFG)

12 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Equity Mates' Summer Series. As we take a break over the Christmas period, we're releasing a series of deep-dive episode...

Summer Series #4 - Doriemus PLC (ASX: DOR)

05 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode of Equity Mates' Summer Series. As we take a break over the Christmas period, we're releasing a series of deep-dive episode...

Summer Series #3 - GPT Group (ASX: GPT)

29 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Equity Mates Summer Series. As we take a break over the Christmas period, we will be releasing a series of deep-dive episodes to keep y...

Summer Series #2 - Latin Resources (ASX: LRS)

23 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Equity Mates Summer Series. As we take a break over the Christmas period, we will be releasing a series of deep-dive episodes to keep y...

Summer Series #1 - Baby Bunting (ASX: BBN)

16 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the Equity Mates Summer Series. As we take a break over the Christmas period, we will be releasing a series of deep-dive episodes to keep y...

EM Talk: Farewell 2018

08 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Before we take a break for Christmas and the New Year period, we take some time to tie a few things off and have a final quick discussion on the state...

Expert Investor: Jesse Felder - Clear Thinking On What's Happening In Markets

08 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are so excited to bring you another episode in our Expert Investor series. Our guest this week is someone who we have been following for a couple o...

Book Club: Little Book That Still Beats The Market

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

First episode of the month means the next instalment of the Equity Mates Book Club. We're pretty excited to talk about this book - an investing classi...

Your Questions: Ask Us Anything - November 2018

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

End of the month can only mean one thing - Equity Mates ask us anything. Once again we've collected some of our favourite questions from our website, ...

Trading Talk: What's Happening In Markets & How We Are Investing

24 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Since we began this podcast in January 2017, global markets have been on an incredible run. 2017 was an uninterrupted climb higher and higher, and asi...

Expert Investor: Daniel Foggo, RateSetter - Understanding Peer-To-Peer Lending

20 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Knowing what to do with your cash while you're perhaps saving to invest it in stocks or compiling it to buy the next dip, is sometimes hard. You might...

EM Talk: Christmas Is Coming... And So Are Two Massive IPO's!

14 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Cricket is back on the TV (well sort of, we hear its on Foxtel) and Coles and Woolies have brought out their Christmas lines. That means Christmas is ...

Basics: Okay, So You Want To Start Investing?

11 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

85 episodes in, who would have thought?! We've learnt a lot over the past 18 months, and the Equity Mates community has grown significantly, along the...

Trading Talk: The Buy-And-Hold Cult

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you haven't already heard of the 'buy and hold' strategy, then this is the episode for you. If you have, then this is certainly the episode for you...

Book Club: Liar's Poker

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the inaugural Equity Mates Book Club! As we speak to more and more expert investors, we keep hearing the same thing - the importance of rea...

Your Questions: Ask Us Anything - October 2018

27 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It's that time again. The last episode of every month we answer your questions. This time we've selected 6 questions that range from what we studied, ...

Trading Talk: ASX Game And An Afterpay Update

23 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're now getting towards the pointy-end of the ASX Sharemarket game, so it's time we check-in to see how our portfolios are going. After a couple of ...

Expert Investor: Todd Harrison - The Emmy Award Winning King Of Pot

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How often do you come across someone who graduated from university and was given the job of managing the money of UBS (one of the biggest investment b...

Expert Investor: Chris Brycki - 3x Winner Of The ASX Sharemarket Game

13 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"The best advice is boring.." - this is episode is anything but boring, AND is full of great advice. Today we're excited to bring you an interview wit...

Expert Investor: Kerr Neilson - Meet The Investor

09 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Kerr Neilson is one of Australia's greatest investors. He is someone a lot of our listeners won't be familiar with, but hopefully after this episode y...

News: Millennial Portfolio Update

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Millennial investing - Cypto, Snapchat, Tesla and pot stocks. While at Equity Mates we are strongly against this portfolio construction, it has been a...

Your Questions: Ask Us Anything #1

29 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

'Ask Us Anything' is a new segment we're kicking off this week. On the last episode of each month, we are going to answer all the questions that come ...

EM Talk: Bryce Surprises Ren

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As promised in our last episode, episode 75 is titled Bryce Surprises Ren. In this episode we each have something to discuss we think will surprise th...

EM Talk: No GFC 2.0?

19 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Right back at the start of 2018 we sat down and made a few bold predictions about what we thought might happen during the year. One of those predictio...

Basics: Forget Stock Picking

16 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With our live shows done, we wanted to discuss a theme that came up over and over again in our listener Q&A and conversations afterwards. It's a q...

Your Questions: Listener Mailbag #2

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

One of the reasons we started Equity Mates Investing Podcast was to track our journey of learning the ins-and-outs of investing, and more importantly,...

News: The Strangest IPO

05 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Previously on the show (Ep #39) we've discussed IPO, or Initial Public Offerings. You might otherwise know them as a 'float'. IPOs are when a private ...

News: Another Day, Another PM | How Leadership Changes Affect Markets

01 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Australia has a new Prime Minister. That fact was inescapable last week as the two Liberal Party leadership spills were plastered across news headline...

Tips & Tricks: The Biggest Risk Is Not Investing | Books

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There are so many great investing and business books out there that sometimes it's hard to know where to start, and often, finding the time to finish ...

Trading Talk: Strategies In Practice | Who's Up, Who's Down?

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The competition is really heating up. Over the last two weeks, we have revealed the strategies that we hope will take us to the top of the leaderboard...

Basics: Pardon The Jargon - 5 More Terms You Should Know

18 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Investing jargon. We hate it. Nothing makes it harder for new investors to get started than overcoming the wave of acronyms and terminology that comes...

Basics: Investing Platforms - The First Decision Every Investor Makes

13 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It is a decision every investor faces before they make their first trade, and for a lot of people it can be overwhelming. With so many options and so ...

Trading Talk: Alec's Investing Strategies Revealed | ASX Game

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

As we started discussing last week, the ASX Sharemarket game has kicked-off. The rules are simple: $50,000 in play money, and 4 months to invest as be...

Trading Talk: Bryce's Investing Strategies Revealed | ASX Game

05 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Who doesn't like the opportunity to put their investing strategies to the test without having the fear of losing your hard earned money in the process...

Expert Investor: Ali Hamed - Thinking Differently & The Wisdom Of Youth

31 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ali Hamed is a name you may not be familiar with yet, but we're betting you will be. At just 26 years old, Ali is not only a co-founder of CoVenture -...

Tips & Tricks: Talking All Things Tax Time

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Australia loves investors. You need to understand the tax advantages of a lot of your investments to make the most of it. But trying to understand it ...

Expert Investor: George Lucas - From Acorns Raiz Grows

22 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Since our first interview with George Lucas a lot has changed. When we last interviewed him, he was the head of Acorns Australia. Now, less than 6 mon...

Expert Investor: Matt Leibowitz - An Expert Reviews Our Trades | Stake Competition Wrap

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"This is not mission impossible!" - Matt Leibowitz, CEO of Stake This episode is a cracker. As many of you are aware, we were invited to participate i...

EM Talk: Finding Strange And Surprising Companies

12 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a little different to most. When the rumours first broke about football superstar Christiano Ronaldo going to Juventus, the Juventus s...

EM Talk: Portfolio Deep Dive

07 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Following on from the last episode, where we discussed three important elements for building an investment portfolio, we deep dive into our own portfo...

Basics: How to Build a Great Investment Portfolio

02 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How to build a great investment portfolio? - it's easier than you think! There is no real hidden secret that only the professionals know about when it...

Basics: Stock Buybacks | Own More By Doing Less

28 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stock buybacks are all the rage these days. Fuelled by tax cuts, low cost of capital and not a lot of growth opportunities on the horizon, companies h...

EM Talk: We're In A Trading Competition! | Wall St History

23 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This is an exciting episode for us! We've been invited to join in a trading competition, hosted by our friends at Stake (if you haven't already, you m...

Tips & Tricks: Managing Risk & Protecting Your Downside

19 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

"Rule number 1: Never lose money. Rule number 2: Never forget rule number 1" - Warren Buffett Managing risk is critical to long term investing success...

Expert Investor: Andrew Brown (pt. 2) - End-to-end Investing Process

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Something we wanted to understand through this podcast is how expert investors find, evaluate and make decisions on stocks. End-to-end, what is their ...

Expert Investor: Andrew Brown (pt. 1) - Finding Insights In A Sea Of Information

09 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This episode marks a first for Equity Mates. Our first repeat guest! Who better to have back on than Andrew Brown, the Executive Director of East 72 H...

Expert Investor: Adam O'Connor - Investing For Tomorrow | Tech, Hackers, Sustainability

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Can you believe that a casino got hacked via a digital thermometer in one of it's fish tanks? Our final episode in our three part series on exchange t...

Basics: WTF Is An ETF? | ETF 101 BetaShares

30 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ultimate Guide To ETFs Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have been one of the buzz words in the investing world for a number of years. They're changing the...

Expert Investor: Ilan Israelstam - BetaShares

27 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

True or false? There is an exchange traded fund called 'Global Millennials ETF (Code: MILN)' that holds companies that service millenials. True or fal...

Tips & Tricks: How To Think Like Warren Buffett | Part 3

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we wrap up our 3-part series 'Thinking like Warren Buffett'. We've pulled out a 9-question checklist from Buffettology, a book by Warr...

Tips & Tricks: How To Think Like Warren Buffett | Part 2

16 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We continue on our quest to try and think like the worlds greatest investor, Warren Buffett. If you missed the previous episode, it is a must listen b...

Tips & Tricks: How To Think Like Warren Buffett | Part 1

12 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Warren Buffett is one of the worlds most successful investors, amassing a fortune of over $84 billion dollars! Wouldn't it be nice to be able to think...

Basics: Fees | $1000 To $4.3 Million

08 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

An investor walked onto the trading floor and asked "What's the difference between $300k and $4.3 million?"... "Fees!" yelled a savvy investor. "Haha ...

Expert Investor: Graham Cooke - Insights On Saving And Investing

03 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Graham Cooke is the Insights Manager at comparison website Finder.com.au. We spoke to him to gain the benefit of his work at Finder and to better unde...

EM Talk: We Catch-Up Pt. 2 | Banking Royal Commission | Books We're Reading

29 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With so much going on in the financial world, we couldn't fit all of our catch-up into one episode. So for this episode we bring you part two of our c...

EM Talk: We Catch-Up Pt. 1 | Amazon Vs Walmart | Flat Markets

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With a lot going on and things moving very quickly we took the opportunity to sit down and catch-up on a few things that have piqued our interest over...

Expert Investor: Matt Leibowitz - Free Brokerage? It's No MiSTAKE

18 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There's a new player in town and they're offering free brokerage if you want to buy stocks in the United States! And I mean, who doesn't? With some of...