Should you add more ETFs or keep it simple? Is debt recycling worth it? And can putting too much into super actually cost you more in tax?

Financial adviser Matt Ingram joins Bryce and Ren to tackle your biggest money questions, from building a diversified portfolio and investing for kids to insurance, buying a home and making the most of your super.

Chapters:

00:00 Your Biggest Investing Questions Answered

01:38 Managed Portfolios vs DIY Investing

03:58 Building a Better ETF Portfolio

08:58 ETF Overlap, Capital Gains Tax and Dividend Investing

11:31 HECS Debt, Bonds and Debt Recycling

19:10 Investing for Your Kids

23:54 Super Contributions, Tax Traps and Insurance

31:48 Financial Independence and Buying Your First Home

Stocks & ETFs mentioned: Betashares Diversified All Growth ETF (ASX: DHHF), Betashares Wealth Builder Diversified All Growth Geared ETF (ASX: GHHF), Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ), VanEck MSCI International Quality ETF (ASX: QUAL), Betashares Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200), Betashares Global Shares ETF (ASX: BGBL), Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS), Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (ASX: VGS), iShares S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV), Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (ASX: VDHG)

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Fresh off a 90-minute interview with Bill Ackman, Bryce & Ren are coming to you from Old Mates Pub in Downtown Manhattan. They're unpacking Ackman's biggest investing lessons and the stocks making up his concentrated portfolio. Plus, are Australian businesses really doomed when they expand overseas? The boys explore the Aussie brands making waves in America, the spectacular failures, and what separates the winners from the rest.

In this episode:

00:00 First Reactions: Bill Ackman & New York

03:27 Ackman on AI, Buffett & the Everyday Investor

06:23 Inside Bill Ackman's Investing Philosophy

10:24 Ackman's Top Holdings

11:26 Uber's Robotaxi Bet

15:20 Aussie Brands Conquering America

20:19 Why Australian Businesses Fail Overseas

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Pershing Square Inc. (NYSE: PS), Pershing Square USA (NYSE: PSUS), Pershing Square Holdings (LSE: PSH), Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), Brookfield Corporation (NYSE: BN), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Howard Hughes Holdings (NYSE: HHH), Visa (NYSE: V), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT), Guzman y Gomez (ASX: GYG), Wesfarmers (ASX: WES), Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ)

A big thanks to Old Mates Pub for hosting us while we recorded this episode in New York! Check them out at oldmates.com

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Asia is home to half the world’s population, half of global economic activity and more than half of global growth, yet it makes up only around 15% of global benchmarks. Platinum Asia Fund portfolio manager Cameron Robertson joins Bryce & Ren to unpack what Australian investors could be missing. From Korea’s AI hardware boom and China’s overlooked companies to India’s healthcare opportunity, Vietnam’s emerging consumer & Indonesia’s beaten-down valuations, Cameron takes us across the region looking for the companies offering the most compelling opportunities.

In this episode:

00:00 Why Australian investors are underweight Asia

04:14 Geopolitical risk, oil prices & emerging-market consumers

07:42 The Asian companies powering the AI boom

17:22 Beyond AI: overlooked opportunities across Asia

21:46 India’s enormous healthcare opportunity

29:47 Vietnam and Indonesia’s emerging middle class

33:20 China: AI enthusiasm, Tencent & an unlikely lighting winner

42:42 The biggest mistakes Australians make investing in Asia

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Platinum Asia Fund Complex ETF (ASX: PAXX), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TWSE: 2330), SK Hynix (KRX: 000660), Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Sea Limited (NYSE: SE), Jollibee Foods Corporation (PSE: JFC), Mayora Indah (IDX: MYOR), Yatharth Hospitals (NSE: YATHARTH), Mobile World Investment Corporation (HOSE: MWG), Astra International (IDX: ASII), Tencent Holdings (HKEX: 0700), Guangzhou Haoyang Electronic (SZSE: 300833), Unilever India / Hindustan Unilever (NSE: HINDUNILVR), Hanwha Ocean (KRX: 042660)

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For listeners interested in exploring this approach to investing in Asia, the Platinum Asia Fund Complex ETF (ASX:PAXX) provides access to Platinum’s actively managed Asia strategy through the ASX. To learn more, visit Platinum.com.au and search PAXX.

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This episode has been prepared by Platinum Investment Management Limited ABN 25 063 565 006, AFSL 221935, trading as Platinum Asset Management (“Platinum”). Platinum is the responsible entity and issuer of units in the Platinum Trust® Funds (the “Funds”). This episode contains general information only and is not intended to provide any person with financial advice. It does not take into account any person’s (or class of persons’) investment objectives, financial situation or needs, and should not be used as the basis for making investment, financial or other decisions. You should read the entire Platinum Trust® Product Disclosure Statement (including any Supplement(s) thereto) (“PDS”) and consider your particular investment objectives, financial situation and needs before making any investment decision to invest in (or divest from) a Fund. The Funds’ target market determination is available at www.platinum.com.au/invest-now. You can obtain a copy of the current PDS from Platinum’s website, www.platinum.com.au or by phoning 1300 726 700 (within Australia), 0800 700 726 (within New Zealand) or +61 2 9255 7500, or by emailing to [email protected].

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Live from Central Park in New York, Bryce & Ren unpack a cooling Australian property market before turning to two enormous IPOs testing investor appetite for AI. Anthropic is chasing a potentially record-breaking US listing, while Australian data centre operator Firmus is targeting a valuation that would instantly put it among the ASX’s biggest companies. But, when Firmus is stacked up against global AI infrastructure peers, does the valuation make sense, or is the hype running ahead of the numbers?

In this episode:

00:00 Live From Central Park: Property, AI & IPOs

04:06 Australian Property Prices Keep Falling

09:15 Anthropic & Firmus Test the AI Trade

10:31 Inside Anthropic’s Eye-Watering IPO Numbers

14:36 Firmus Targets a $43.7 Billion Valuation

17:27 What Exactly Is an AI Factory?

22:38 Firmus vs Global AI Infrastructure Competitors

27:06 Would Bryce & Ren Buy Firmus?

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: SpaceX (NASDAQ: SPCX), Telstra (ASX: TLS), Woolworths (ASX: WOW), Coles (ASX: COL), Cochlear (ASX: COH), Transurban (ASX: TCL), NEXTDC (ASX: NXT), Nebius (NASDAQ: NBIS), IREN (NASDAQ: IREN), Cipher Digital (NASDAQ: CIFR), Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD), NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), TSMC (NYSE: TSM)

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AI may be transformational, but does that make AI stocks good investments?

Forager Funds Management’s Steve Johnson explains why he’s steering clear of the AI trade, where he’s finding value in Australian small caps, and why he still prefers stocks over property for building long-term wealth.

Chapters:

01:48 Steve Johnson on AI

04:28 AI Investing and Bubble Risk

10:33 What Could End the AI Trade

12:35 Forager’s Costly Mistakes

17:12 Software and Small Cap Opportunities

30:06 Motorcycle Holdings and Australia

38:15 Shares Versus Property

41:30 Credit and Australian House Prices

45:05 Advice for Long-Term Investors

Stocks & ETFs mentioned: EML Payments (ASX: EML), Fiserv (NYSE: FI), Xero (ASX: XRO), MYOB (formerly ASX: MYO; delisted), Catapult Sports (ASX: CAT), Wix.com (NASDAQ: WIX), Motorcycle Holdings (ASX: MTO), Eagers Automotive (ASX: APE), BYD (HKEX: 01211), Honda Motor (TSE: 7267), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META)

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Bryce & Ren are back with their monthly portfolio check-in after a rough month across global markets. They unpack what’s working, what’s hurting and where they’re putting money to work, from Alphabet to QXO, the boys discuss which positions they’ve sold, what they’re holding on and what they’re eyeing off. Plus, Waymo’s staggering lead in autonomous driving and the latest sign America has blurred the line between investing & sports gambling.

In this episode:

00:00 What happened in markets this month

03:20 How global markets performed this month

04:25 Bryce’s Portfolio Performance

06:58 Ren’s Portfolio Performance

08:31 Why Bryce is buying more of

11:40 Waymo’s massive lead in self-driving cars

14:04 Sports team ETFs: investing or gambling?

17:32 Ren’s buy, hold & sell

25:20 Why HUB24 is on Ren’s buy list

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON), Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: TLX), TransMedics Group (NASDAQ: TMDX), Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU), Sea Limited (NYSE: SE), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), Grab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), QXO (NYSE: QXO), TopBuild (NYSE: BLD), HUB24 (ASX: HUB), Netwealth Group (ASX: NWL), AustralianSuper, Global X Ultra Long Nasdaq 100 Complex ETF (ASX: GGUS)

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AI, electrification, renewables & energy security are driving an infrastructure investment boom on a scale Shane Hurst says he hasn’t seen before. ClearBridge Investments portfolio manager joins us to unpack the physical assets sitting beneath these megatrends, from electricity grids & gas pipelines to data centres, water networks & mobile towers, and explains why traditionally defensive utilities are increasingly showing structural growth characteristics.

In this episode:

00:00 Why infrastructure is entering a structural growth era

02:34 What actually counts as infrastructure?

08:24 The megatrends driving an infrastructure supercycle

13:36 How the energy grid could transform over the next decade

18:25 The physical infrastructure powering AI

22:04 The biggest risks to the AI infrastructure boom

26:43 Where the trillions in infrastructure investment are flowing

32:26 Active vs passive & how investors can access infrastructure

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: APA Group (ASX: APA), Transurban (ASX: TCL), Atlas Arteria (ASX: ALX), Severn Trent (LSE: SVT), Pennon Group (LSE: PNN), Brookfield Corp (NYSE: BN), Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: SPCX), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), ClearBridge Global Infrastructure Value Fund Active ETF (ASX: CUIV), ClearBridge Global Infrastructure Value Fund (Hedged) Active ETF (ASX: CIVH), ClearBridge Global Infrastructure Income Fund (Hedged) Active ETF (ASX: CIIH), ClearBridge Real Income Fund Active ETF (ASX: R3AL)

If you'd like to learn more about the megatrends reshaping our economy, and how to invest in the infrastructure behind them, speak to your financial adviser, or visit Franklin Templeton's website for fund information, the relevant Product Disclosure Statement, Target Market Determination and a range of investment resources.

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The RBA has lifted rates to a 15-year high, so what does that mean for mortgages, inflation and the Australian economy? Bryce & Ren unpack the latest rate rise before turning to SpaceX’s Starship breakthrough & Google’s plans for AI data centres in space. Then Henry Jennings from Marcus Today joins Pimp My Portfolio to help simplify a growth-heavy portfolio, before the Equity Mates community portfolio gets its latest health check.

In this episode:

00:00 RBA rates hit a 15-year high

06:50 SpaceX Starship reaches orbit

09:17 Google’s plan for AI data centres in space

11:27 Pimp My Portfolio with Henry Jennings

19:12 Simplifying an ETF portfolio

22:35 Reviewing 16 individual stocks

26:29 Is the Community portfolio beating the market?

29:01 Investment committee: finding the next stock

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQ), iShares S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV), Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA: VUG), VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ: SMH), Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSEARCA: VEU), Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA: VYM), Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA: SCHD), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB), AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), ASML (NASDAQ: ASML), Stealth Group (ASX: SGI), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), ImmunityBio (NASDAQ: IBRX), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Visa (NYSE: V), Wesfarmers (ASX: WES), QXO (NYSE: QXO), Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG), LifeMD (NASDAQ: LFMD), iShares S&P 500 AUD Hedged ETF (ASX: IHVV), Betashares All Growth ETF (ASX: DHHF), Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: TLX), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV), Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF (ASX: DRIVE), Bitcoin (BTC), PWR Holdings (ASX: PWH), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Adrad Holdings (ASX: AHL), Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), Washington H. Soul Pattinson (ASX: SOL), CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP), Grab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB), Codan (ASX: CDA)

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Scott Phillips is the Chief Investment Officer at The Motley Fool, but he thinks most people shouldn’t be picking individual stocks.

Fresh off writing The One Page Investing Plan, Scott joins Bryce and Ren to explain why simple investing habits often beat complexity, why ETFs should be the default for many investors and why trying to time the next market crash can cost you.

Plus, Scott shares his case for shares over investment property, the risks of thematic and leveraged ETFs, and why staying invested matters more than predicting what happens next.

Stocks & ETFs mentioned: Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), John Deere (NYSE: DE), Xerox (NASDAQ: XRX), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL), Visa (NYSE: V), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Webjet Group (ASX: WJL)

Chapters:

00:00 Why Scott Says “Invest Anyway”

01:50 The One Page Investing Plan

07:24 Why Most People Shouldn’t Pick Stocks

11:15 Finding Your Investing “Why”

19:31 The Investing Habits That Actually Matter

26:59 Shares, ETFs and Thematic Investing

32:21 Shares vs Property: Scott’s Case

40:20 Should You Invest With a Market Crash Coming?

Check out Scott's new book 'The One-Page Investing Plan: Start Simple, Stay Patient, Build Serious Wealth'.

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OpenAI hacked an Australian Medicare portal and the government didn’t find out from the company until months later. We unpack what the incident says about AI safety, human error & who should be liable when autonomous systems cross the line. Then, why booming US business activity could spell trouble for interest rates, before closing out Super September with listener questions on the First Home Super Saver Scheme, ETFs & gearing inside super. Plus, we take a trip around the world to check in on the battered “super apps” and ask whether the businesses are stronger than their share prices suggest.

In this episode:

00:00 OpenAI hacked Medicare

07:08 When good economic news becomes bad news

11:25 Super September: Your final questions

12:02 First Home Super Saver Scheme explained

17:02 ETFs and taking control of your super

22:11 Gearing inside superannuation

25:41 What exactly is a “super app”?

31:12 Apps under the microscope

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Betashares Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200), iShares S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV), Betashares Wealth Builder Diversified All Growth Geared ETF (ASX: GHHF), ProShares UltraPro QQQ (NASDAQ: TQQQ), Tencent (HKEX: 0700), Grab (NASDAQ: GRAB), GoTo (IDX: GOTO), Sea Limited (NYSE: SE), Kakao (KRX: 035720), Rakuten Group (TYO: 4755), Mercado Libre (NASDAQ: MELI), Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA), Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR), Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), A.P. Moller - Maersk (CPH: MAERSK-B), Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP), Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930), SK Hynix (KRX: 000660), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Meituan (HKEX: 3690), PDD Holdings (NASDAQ: PDD), JD.com (NASDAQ: JD), Alibaba (NYSE: BABA)

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What does Australia look like in 40 years, and what does it mean for your money? Bryce & Ren unpack the latest Intergenerational Report and what an older, slower-growing population could mean for investors. Then they bust the myth that you need $1 million to retire. Mr. Beat Up also returns, putting Southeast Asian super app Grab under the microscope, from its beaten-up share price to its ambitious push into banking & financial services.

In this episode:

00:00 — What will Australia look like in 40 years?

02:11 — Australia’s ageing population & slowing economy

07:56 — Canva’s valuation markdown & AI problem

14:12 — Do you really need $1 million to retire?

20:37 — Can shares help your super beat inflation?

22:43 — Mr. Beat Up: Grab

29:02 — Does Grab have a competitive advantage?

35:01 — Grab’s valuation & the super app opportunity

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Grab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB), Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), Sea Limited (NYSE: SE), Jumia Technologies (NYSE: JMIA), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Space Exploration Technologies Corp (NASDAQ: SPCX)

Share your thoughts via this link and help shape Betashares Super. You’ll go in the draw for your chance to win 1 of 4 $250 Prezzee gift cards. T&Cs apply. The form is open until midnight AEDT, 30 September 2026. Betashares Holdings Pty Ltd is conducting this competition. Please read the relevant PDS and TMD before deciding whether to invest in the new Betashares Super or Betashares Pension products. LINK: https://betashares.typeform.com/to/e7hyKA2R

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This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes only. Any advice is general advice and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs. If unsure, speak to a financial professional. The host of this podcast and their guests may have positions in the companies mentioned. Equity Mates Media is part of the Betashares Group but maintains editorial independence and operates under Australian Financial Services licence 540697.

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