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How this swans player is investing to build a life beyond football

Hayden McLean knows a thing or two about playing the long game. After missing out on the AFL draft twice, Hayden kept going until he earned his place at the Sydney Swans

4 months into investing: My full portfolio update

4 months into her investing journey and Jess’ life has completely changed. She’s since bought a house, switched her core portfolio to geared investments, gotten a dog an

From living paycheque to paycheque to a $1M+ net worth in 6 years

Amy has built a $400,000 share portfolio, owns an investment property, and has grown her net worth to $1 million. But just six years ago, things looked very different.

How spending 15 minutes on your super could be worth hundreds of thousands

Do you know how much is in your super? Or what it’s invested in? Most Australians know what's in their bank account but superannuation? Not a clue. This lack of attentio

What putting $3K into a mate’s stock tip taught Ryan about investing

Ryan thought he was doing everything right with his money until a stock tip made his ETF feel like the wrong choice. For years, Ryan followed a very traditional approach

Can AI help me find more money to invest? I asked a financial controller

What if you already had more money to invest... you just didn't realise it? Jess has spent months manually analysing her spending, trying to free up more money to invest

How Kelly built a $280K portfolio and bought two investment properties before 30

Kelly grew up watching her immigrant parents work two jobs, seven days a week, after arriving in Australia with very little money. She thought the only path to wealth wa

How should couples manage money and invest? A financial adviser explains

Joint accounts or separate? Split bills 50/50? Invest together or keep it separate? Ask five couples how they manage money and you'll probably get five different answers

How owning 27 ETFs at once taught Gav that less is more

Gav loves spending money. Watches, skincare, Apple products, travel - give him money and he’ll find something to spend it on. So when he discovered investing, he did wha

Should I sell my Aussie ETF and just invest in Global Shares?

Australia or the world - where should you be investing? Jess has both Australian and global ETFs in her portfolio, but lately she’s been seeing more investors question w

How Ally is balancing investing, buying her first home and having a baby

What would make you finally take control of your money? For 29-year-old marketer Ally, it was watching her mum navigate life after divorce. Seeing someone she loved sudd

I have a mortgage now…should I stop investing?

Once you buy a house, where should your next dollar go? Should you build your offset account? Pay down your mortgage faster? Or keep investing? In this episode, financi

Why this MasterChef star wishes he'd started investing at 18

Most Aussies know Hayden from MasterChef. But away from the cameras, he's gone from growing up with a fear of debt to building businesses, backing founders and investing

What’s the the best way to invest in AI? A financial adviser teaches me.

Everyone says they want to invest in AI... but what should you actually buy? Do you buy Nvidia? An AI ETF? The Nasdaq? Or are you already getting AI exposure through the

How this 24 year old turned a four year plan into $162,000

At 18 years old, in the middle of the pandemic, today’s guest gave herself 4 years to complete the following: Save 150KGraduate with two bachelors degreesBuy an investme

Should I replace my ETFs with the geared version?

To gear, or not to gear- that is the question... Geared ETFs have had a bit of a moment in the past few years. Plenty of popular ETFs such as NDQ, A200 and DHHF now have

“I don’t want to retire, ever”: why this 30-year-old actor invests

PJ has five jobs, so his pay is almost never the same two weeks running. Working in a creative field, pay can be scattered and unpredictable. So how does he invest consi

The next big IPO is coming, should I Invest in it?

Jess' been seeing the headlines about Anthropic and OpenAI entering the stock market later this year and keeps thinking, “should I buy that?” Looking back on the recent

How this 29-year-old nurse paid off $25K debt and started investing

For years, Bree hid her credit card debt from the people closest to her. "It's not just really wealthy people that are investing," she tells Jess. "It is everyday people

Where should my next $500 go: Super or my portfolio?

Which is better in the long run- adding extra cash to super? OR to your own portfolio instead? Jess wants to know. Jess’ Superannuation balance is smaller than it should