Once you’ve decided what to invest in, how do you actually make an investment?

If you're investing outside of superannuation, you’ll need to use a broker.

But which broker should you use? It’s one of the most frequent questions we get from people starting their investing journey.

There are so many of them available, it can be hard to know where to start. But no need to stress, that’s why we’re here and making this series!

In this episode you’ll learn:

· The two ways every person can invest

· What is a broker?

· The 4 factors we use when choosing a broker (and why they matter):

· Which brokers we use

This is Part 6 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

Chapters:

00:00:00 The First Choice Every Investor Makes

00:02:21 Super Or Outside: Your Two Options

00:05:05 Why You Need A Broker

00:06:41 The Four Broker Rules We Use

00:11:20 Avoid Dodgy Fees And Products

00:15:40 Brokers That Tick The Boxes

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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You can invest in all kinds of things through the stock market.

You might have heard a few of them thrown around like; Stocks, Bonds or Property. They’re called different Assets or Asset Classes.

So how choose which is right for you and how do these assets make you money?

That’s what we’ll cover in part 5 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

You will learn:

· What is an investable asset?

· The most common forms of investments

· How you can access them all through the stock market

· How do you actually make money from any of these assets? (2 ways)

· Why we prefer stocks over all the other assets

This is Part 5 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

Chapters

00:00:00 What Is An Investable Asset?

00:02:15 The Four Most Common Investments

00:04:53 ETFs are like Bundles

00:06:31 Two Ways Investments Make Money

00:07:47 Investing Versus Speculating

The Seth Klarman Clip at 7:42 is from 'Margin of Safety' on the Active Investor Magazine YouTube Channel, 14 Feb 2025.

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Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you actually invest? Well there's no one “right” way to do it; there are different styles which suit different goals and appetites for risk.

The first three episodes of this series covered the foundations you need to get sorted before you can start investing. Now, it’s time to tackle how to make an investment.

In this episode we cover what’s actually happening when you invest in the share market and how to know which investing style is right for you.

You will learn:

· What is the share market

· What is a share and what does it mean to own one?

· The different styles of investing

This is Part 4 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

Chapters

00:00:00 Why Investing Beats Letting Cash Sit

00:04:44 Owning Small Pieces Of Big Brands

00:08:10 Hands-On Or Hands-Off Investing

00:11:39 Three Hands-On Styles Explained

00:18:58 Finding A Style That Suits You

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Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The single most influential factor in growing your long-term wealth, is the amount you’re able to save.

Maximise your ‘savings rate’, then put that money to work by investing it and your future self will thank you.

So, how do you do that?

In this episode you will learn:

• How much money you need to start investing
• Why the most powerful factor is your savings rate
• Bryce’s approach: Rule of 3’s
• Ren’s approach: Pay yourself first

This is Part 3 of our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

Chapters:

00:00:00 The Money Habit With the Biggest Impact

00:01:58 Investing Isn’t Just For High Earners

00:02:58 This Is the Part You Can Control

00:05:28 How We Each Stay Disciplined

00:11:30 Find the Spending That Trips You Up

00:14:50 Saving Now Equals Freedom Later

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Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When is the “right” time to start investing? How do you know if you're ready?

We’ve heard plenty of reasons why people put it off. Not enough money, it feels too risky and more!

We are here to tell you: now is the time. You have everything you need.

In this episode you will learn:

• Why now is the time to start investing
• What you need to get started investing
• How to clear your high-interest debt
• About other debt: Mortgage, HECs etc.
• Building your emergency fund

This is part 2 in our 12 step series sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started, or to remind you of why it’s so important.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Why Delaying Feels Sensible

00:02:21 Waiting Wastes Your Advantage

00:04:07 Everything You Need To Begin

00:06:07 Clearing Costly Debt First

00:08:08 Mortgage And HECs: What Matters

00:12:54 An Emergency Fund Comes First

00:14:47 You Can Start With Just One Dollar

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Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Investing. It can feel daunting, confusing or just too hard. The great news is that getting started is not as difficult as you might think.

The stock market is a powerful wealth-creating machine, yet so many people miss out on utilising it.

That’s why back in 2019, we created this series to break down the barriers and explain how to start investing. 7 years on, we're doing it again! An updated (even simpler to follow) 12 part series, sharing everything we’ve learned about investing to help you get started or to remind you of why it’s so important.

Welcome to the first instalment! And if this is your first episode. Congratulations: your investing journey has officially begun.

In this episode you will learn:

• What is Equity Mates
• Who we are – Bryce & Ren
• Our first investments
• 4 reasons why we invest (and you should too!)

Chapters:

00:00 What this 12-part series will cover

02:35 Who we are (and why that matters)

04:40 If we can do it, anyone can

07:06 How our investing journeys began

11:16 Hear why other listeners invest

12:03 Our four reasons for investing

13:15 The power of compounding explained

17:17 The $1 a day investing challenge

20:10 In the next episode...

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Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Still haven't started investing because you're not sure what to actually buy? We're solving that today.

In this episode, Ren and Simon each reveal exactly what they'd invest in with $5,000.

Real holdings, real strategy, but fake dollars. These two portfolios are concrete examples to show you how simple getting started can be.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Why Starting Feels So Hard

00:02:05 – The Logic Behind Core and Satellite

00:06:39 – How Simon Builds a $5K Portfolio

00:09:54 – What Other Investors Would Choose

00:10:56 – Ren’s Approach to a Diversified $5K

00:18:07 – Takeaways for Your Investment Plan

ETFs mentioned: DHHF, QBTC, HACK, GHHF, EXUS | Stocks mentioned: Tesla, Coinbase, LVMH, Goodman Group

Links Referenced:

🎧 Listen to: core and satellite | Cybersecurity ETF: HACK | Our interview with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong

📞 Have an investing question? Leave us a voicemail, and we'll answer it on the podcast!

📝 Download our FREE 4 step checklist to analyse any stock (It’s beginner investor friendly).

📝 Download our FREE ETF Handbook: everything you need to get started with ETFs.

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Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hilda knows with the amount she’s earning- she should be saving more. But money is something she hates dealing with. Normally, she lacks the motivation to do anything about it. But with a recent pay cut, it’s clear things need to change.

So- she joins us on our series; Boost my Budget to get help building a low touch budget that will have her spending less, saving more and even- starting to invest.

Your saving rate has the biggest impact on building your wealth. If you’re someone who’s been burying their head in the sand or coasting by, knowing you could be making your money work better- good news. It doesn’t have to be hard or scary. In this episode we cover ways everyone can improve their savings rate.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 – Why Money Feels Hard To Face

00:01:34 – What Hilda Wants To Change

00:03:19 – Her Current System

00:05:37 – What Her Spending Says About Her

00:07:32 – The Surprises In Her Cashflow

00:09:26 – Where Her Food Budget Goes

00:10:52 – The Savings Gap She Didn’t See

00:12:42 – Is The Credit Card Helping?

00:14:13 – A System To Make Money Easier

00:16:28 – The Budget That Actually Works

00:18:49 – How To Make Savings Grow

00:20:40 – A Simple Way To Start Investing

00:22:07 – What To Do From Here

Links Referenced:

💸 Want your Budget Boosted next? Apply here

💲 PocketSmith is offering Equity Mates listeners 50% off the first 2 months of a Foundation Plan. To try PocketSmith for yourself head to pocketsmith.com/equitymates

📞 Have an investing question? Leave us a voicemail, and we'll answer it on the podcast!

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes here.

📝 Download our FREE 4 step checklist to analyse any stock (It’s beginner friendly).

Or our FREE ETF Handbook: everything you need to get started with ETFs.

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Want more Equity Mates? Across books, podcasts, video and email, however you want to learn about investing – we’ve got you covered.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.