• 43 minutes 2 seconds
    Not all income is created equal with Helen Mason | Schroders

    Australians love dividends, but in a higher-rate world, are investors overlooking other ways to generate income? Schroders’ Helen Mason makes the case for public credit, explains why she’s cautious on the private credit boom, and argues that investors need to look beyond headline yield to understand the risk, reliability and liquidity underneath it.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Are Dividends Overrated?

    04:20 Rethinking Your Income Options

    09:23 Private Credit’s Hidden Risks

    13:13 Public vs Private Credit

    16:44 Why Australian Credit Is Booming

    21:19 Stop Chasing Yield

    27:03 How Credit Investors Pick Companies

    30:27 What Bond Markets Signal

    35:10 What “High Yield” Really Means

    39:16 Diversification Beyond Yield


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    20 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 40 minutes 48 seconds
    Data centre resistance grows, CSL is (sort of) back & a stock picker joins Pimp my Portfolio

    Data centres are swallowing an ever-bigger share of the world’s electricity, and communities are starting to push back. Bryce & Ren unpack what rising resistance to AI infrastructure means for investors, why long-term borrowing costs are flashing an inflation warning, and the latest results from A2 Milk, JB Hi-Fi & CSL. Then Pimp My Portfolio returns, with Owen Rask reviewing Vishal’s 40-plus-stock portfolio and digging into concentration, selling discipline and what it really takes to let your winners run.


    00:00 Data centres face a growing backlash

    01:32 FinFest is 10 weeks away

    04:17 Data centres, power demand & opposition

    10:18 Rising borrowing costs and sticky inflation

    13:25 Reporting season: A2 Milk, JB Hi-Fi and CSL

    19:27 Anthropic’s staggering revenue growth

    21:00 Pimp My Portfolio returns

    24:11 Concentration, selling & letting winners run


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: A2 Milk (ASX: A2M), JB Hi-Fi (ASX: JBH), CSL (ASX: CSL), Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA), REA Group (ASX: REA), CAR Group (ASX: CAR), Southern Cross Electrical Engineering (ASX: SXE), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CPRX), Scorpio Tankers (NYSE: STNG), Chubb (NYSE: CB), iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ: SOXX), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), Maas Group (ASX: MGH), Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), BHP (ASX: BHP), General Electric (NYSE: GE), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX)


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    19 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 35 minutes 55 seconds
    How your financial plan changes as life changes with Matt Ingram

    Having kids can reshape almost every part of a financial plan, from income and borrowing capacity to childcare, super and the possibility of future school fees. Financial adviser Matt Ingram (Northhaven Financial Management) joins Bryce and Alec to unpack how planning ahead can preserve flexibility, why returning to work isn’t always a simple financial calculation, and the decisions worth thinking about well before kids arrive.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Introduction

    04:03 Preparing for Income Changes

    08:15 Avoiding Lifestyle Creep

    10:37 Financial Planning Before Kids

    14:09 Maximising Parental Leave

    17:56 The True Cost of Childcare

    23:01 Public vs Private School

    26:13 Funding Private School Fees

    29:41 Are Investment Bonds Worth It?

    32:03 Closing the Superannuation Gap

    34:04 Plan Ahead for Life Changes


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    17 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 32 minutes 35 seconds
    Banks flag a housing slowdown, AI won’t pick your stocks & Ren’s portfolio reviewed

    Australian housing is cooling, investors are stepping back, but the big banks are still making billions. Bryce & Ren unpack what the latest lending data actually tells us about house prices, before looking at the extraordinary collapse in diamond prices. Then, they answer a community question on finding stock ideas & using AI in the investing process, followed by running Ren’s stocks through an AI-powered thesis check.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Are Australian house prices really crashing?

    02:08 Housing slows as home loan applications fall

    08:03 Lab-grown diamonds disrupt a century-old market

    12:51 How do you actually find great stock ideas?

    18:01 Using AI to research and stress-test investments

    23:17 Putting Ren’s portfolio through Claude

    26:39 Is the Hims & Hers thesis broken?

    29:05 Pro Medicus, valuation and knowing AI’s limits


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Commonwealth Bank (ASX: CBA), Westpac (ASX: WBC), ANZ (ASX: ANZ), National Australia Bank (ASX: NAB), Anglo American (LSE: AAL), Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON), Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS), Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Mastercard (NYSE: MA)


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    16 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 15 minutes 54 seconds
    4 investors, $100,000: Who’s winning 6 months in? | Portfolio Challenge

    We’re just over halfway through the year, which means it’s time to check the scoreboard. Bryce, Ren, Ally and Betashares’ Cam Gleeson reveal how their $25,000 portfolios are tracking, unpack their latest trades and confront an uncomfortable question: is all that stock picking actually adding value? From Asian tech and cybersecurity to copper, uranium and momentum stocks, there are plenty of lessons on timing, conviction and the dangers of overtrading.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Who’s winning the portfolio challenge?

    02:03 A volatile few months for markets

    02:37 Cam’s trades and the cost of overtrading

    04:46 Ren doubles down on tech

    08:09 Ally goes all-in on momentum

    11:03 Bryce’s no-trade strategy pays off

    13:52 Can anyone beat DHHF?

    14:31 The final stretch of the challenge


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Betashares Diversified All Growth ETF (ASX: DHHF), Deep Yellow (ASX: DYL), REA Group (ASX: REA), Karoon Energy (ASX: KAR), Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Betashares Emerging Markets Equity ETF (ASX: BEMG), Betashares Wealth Builder Diversified All Growth Geared Complex ETF (ASX: GHHF), Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF (ASX: HACK), Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ), Betashares Global Energy Companies ETF (ASX: FUEL), Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS), Life360 (ASX: 360), Betashares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASX: ASIA), Betashares S&P/ASX Australian Technology ETF (ASX: DRGN), Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: TLX), 4DMedical (ASX: 4DX), NEXTDC (ASX: NXT), Webjet Group (ASX: WJL), Megaport (ASX: MP1), Altria Group (NYSE: MO), Plato Global Alpha Fund, Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG), BHP Group (ASX: BHP), Betashares Energy Transition Metals ETF (ASX: WIRE), Betashares Japan ETF Currency Hedged (ASX: HJPN)


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    13 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 35 minutes 52 seconds
    3 impressive Aussie companies, how often should you invest & don’t listen to Michael Burry

    Markets around the world are hitting record highs and reporting season is delivering plenty for investors to unpack. Bryce & Ren break down results from some unassuming Aussie companies, ask whether the day or frequency of your dollar cost averaging actually matters, and explain how proposed capital gains tax changes could make record-keeping more complicated. Plus, Michael Burry is betting against the AI trade again. Should investors listen to the man who famously called the GFC?


    00:00 Markets are hitting record highs

    03:58 Australian reporting season: numbers that caught our eye

    05:30 Nick Scali, ResMed and REA Group

    14:04 Does the day you dollar cost average actually matter?

    18:16 How often should you dollar cost average?

    22:21 How will the CGT changes affect investors?

    28:44 Michael Burry’s latest bets against AI

    31:18 Why calling crashes is easier than making money


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Pinnacle Investment Management Group (ASX: PNI), CAR Group (ASX: CAR), Light & Wonder (ASX: LNW), James Hardie Industries (ASX: JHX), Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO), BHP Group (ASX: BHP), Charter Hall Retail REIT (ASX: CQR), Nick Scali (ASX: NCK), ResMed (ASX: RMD), REA Group (ASX: REA), CSL (ASX: CSL), Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT), PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ: SOXX), Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), Nebius Group (NASDAQ: NBIS), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ: LULU), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), Zoetis (NYSE: ZTS), Fiserv (NYSE: FI), Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC)


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    12 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 46 minutes 50 seconds
    AI investors are getting nervous. Should they be?

    Big Tech is spending at a scale we’ve never seen before to build the infrastructure behind AI, but investors are still trying to answer the trillion-dollar question: will the returns justify it? Alec is joined by T. Rowe Price portfolio specialist Sam Ruiz to unpack what earnings season has revealed, where the AI bottlenecks are shifting, and why the hardware supplying the boom may be an easier question to answer than picking the eventual AI winners.


    In this episode:

    00:00 Is the AI Boom Sustainable?

    03:52 Big Tech’s Trillion-Dollar AI Bet

    06:58 AI Revenue Is Surging

    09:17 Who’s Funding the AI Boom?

    12:19 The World Needs More Compute

    15:55 Why AI Stocks Swing Wildly

    20:01 Can AI Earnings Last?

    24:37 China’s AI Threat

    29:36 AI’s Battle for Your Ecosystem

    33:10 Did Apple Miss AI?

    37:40 Best Ways to Invest

    42:35 Protecting Against an AI Bust


    ETFs and stocks mentioned: Alphabet (GOOGL / GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta (META), Oracle (ORCL), Nvidia (NVDA), AMD (AMD), Intel (INTC), SK Hynix (000660.KS), Samsung (005930.KS), Vertiv (VRT), Siemens (SIE / SIEGY), Caterpillar (CAT), Palantir (PLTR).


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    10 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • We're back: AI selloff reverses, US earnings, Aussie property & more

    Bryce is back from 5 weeks in Europe and markets have been anything but quiet. AI stocks plunged & rebounded, leverage wiped out some huge trades, Big Tech delivered monster earnings, and markets pushed back towards record highs despite a shaky macro backdrop. Back home, Australian property prices are finally softening…


    In this episode:

    00:00 - Bryce’s holiday recap & a wild month in markets

    04:20 - The AI trade gets a reality check

    08:48 - Leverage, margin calls & Leopold Aschenbrenner

    12:30 - Is the AI spending boom sustainable?

    14:48 - Earnings season delivers blockbuster numbers

    21:46 - The companies crushing expectations

    25:34 - Iran, inflation & the global macro picture

    28:44 - Australia: rates, property prices & staying invested


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), SpaceX, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV), MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI), Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), Betashares Global Banks ETF (ASX: BNKS), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX)


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    9 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 38 minutes 45 seconds
    The economics of the AI companies is being tested with Alex Pollak | Loftus Peak

    Big Tech is pouring unprecedented amounts of capital into AI infrastructure, but is it a once-in-a-generation investment opportunity or the beginning of an expensive arms race? Loftus Peak CIO Alex Pollak joins Ren to unpack why hyperscalers continue to spend despite growing bond market concerns, whether AI models will become commoditised, and how investors should think about semiconductors, disruption and portfolio construction as the AI race evolves.


    In this episode:

    00:00 – Has AI moved beyond the bubble debate?

    03:03 – Why semiconductor stocks are falling despite record AI spending

    09:10 – The bond market, debt and funding the AI buildout

    14:31 – Will AI models commoditise or remain valuable?

    21:01 – The AI arms race and the prisoner's dilemma

    24:43 – Meta, Oracle and the next phase of AI infrastructure

    27:12 – How Loftus Peak is managing disruption investing today

    34:38 – Beyond AI: biotech, batteries and the next wave of disruption


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), OpenAI, Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO), ASML (NASDAQ: ASML), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), SpaceX, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), CATL, Walmart (NYSE: WMT), John Deere (NYSE: DE)


    This episode has been sponsored by Loftus Peak - https://www.loftuspeak.com.au/

    Support from partners like Loftus Peak help us keep all our content free.

    If you want to learn more about Loftus Peak’s Global Disruption active ETF (ASX: LPGD) head here: https://www.loftuspeak.com.au/loftus-peak-global-disruption-active-etf/


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    6 August 2026, 7:05 pm
  • 34 minutes 59 seconds
    Luxury: How Experiences Became the New Luxury | The Decade Ahead

    The rich are getting richer, and they're spending in ways that are reshaping entire industries. In this episode of The Decade Ahead, Bryce & Ren unpack why rising wealth inequality could become one of the biggest investing themes of the next decade. From luxury brands to Formula One, VIP experiences & ultra-premium travel, they explore where the world's wealthiest are directing their money, the companies positioned to benefit, and the risks investors need to watch.


    In this episode:

    00:00 – Why wealth inequality is creating a luxury boom

    03:54 – The numbers behind the luxury economy

    09:50 – From luxury goods to luxury experiences

    15:02 – Why the US is replacing China as luxury's growth engine

    17:53 – The biggest risks facing luxury investing

    24:41 – Listed luxury brands and experience businesses

    30:33 – Why luxury ETFs have struggled

    33:34 – Final takeaways from The Decade Ahead series


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: LVMH (EPA: MC), Hermès (EPA: RMS), Ferrari (NYSE: RACE), Prada (HKG: 1913), Christian Dior (EPA: CDI), Richemont (SWX: CFR), Formula One Group (NASDAQ: FWONK), Madison Square Garden Sports (NYSE: MSGS), Madison Square Garden Entertainment (NYSE: MSGE), Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV), Viking Holdings (NYSE: VIK), Ten Lifestyle Group (LSE: TENG), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), SpaceX, Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL)


    This episode of Equity Mates - The Decade Ahead is brought to you by ANZ Business Start Right https://www.anz.com.au/business/business-hub/starting-business/start-right/


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    5 August 2026, 7:05 pm
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    Agriculture: Robots, Drones and the Future of Food | The Decade Ahead

    The world can't create more farmland, but it does need to feed more people. From AI-powered cattle collars and autonomous robots to precision irrigation and gene-edited crops, this episode explores the technologies transforming agriculture. Bryce & Ren unpack why AgTech could become one of the defining investment themes of the next decade, the companies leading the charge, and the risks investors need to understand before backing the future of farming.


    In this episode: 

    00:00 – Why agriculture is one of the decade's biggest opportunities 

    03:47 – Agricultural innovation & feeding a growing population 

    05:41 – AI, robotics & smart farming transform the paddock 

    13:19 – Genetics, CRISPR & the next generation of high-yield crops 

    15:57 – Cold chains: the overlooked technology reducing food waste 

    17:52 – The biggest risks facing agriculture and AgTech investors 

    25:31 – Companies & ETFs investing in the future of agriculture 

    31:55 – Final thoughts: where investors should look for opportunity


    Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: John Deere (NYSE: DE), Kubota (TSE: 6326), Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), Corteva Agriscience (NYSE: CTVA), Bayer (XETRA: BAYN), Betashares Global Agriculture ETF (ASX: FOOD), VanEck Agribusiness ETF (NYSE: MOO), iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers ETF (NYSE: VEGI), Global X AgTech & Food Innovation ETF (NASDAQ: KROP)


    This episode of Equity Mates - The Decade Ahead is brought to you by ANZ Business Start Right https://www.anz.com.au/business/business-hub/starting-business/start-right/


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    2 August 2026, 7:05 pm
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