It’s the final episode of our Best Investing Ideas for FY26 series! And we’re bringing something a little different for your consideration.

Stepping beyond the usual suspects (cash, stocks, and bonds), we pitch 4 alternative assets that we’re watching as FY26 kicks off.

These are ideas that might fly under your radar but could add meaningful growth and diversification to your portfolio.

We cover:

• What alternative assets actually are and why they’re worth considering
• How to get access to these opportunities, even with a small budget
• Why these ideas made our personal watch lists for the new financial year

Bryce picks:

• Ways to invest in private equity that are more accessible than ever
• The cryptocurrency that makes up 10% of his portfolio

Ren picks:

• A tried and tested commodity that shines during economic uncertainty
• A unique corner of Australian property that’s quietly delivered over 200% growth in two decades

Links Referenced:

🎧 Listen to: our episode on Gold ETFs and How to buy property without a mortgage.

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

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our brand new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here.

📝 Download our FREE ETF Handbook: our step by step guide to get started with ETFs.

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In today's episode we continue our 'Best Investment Ideas For FY26' series - the ETFs and stocks that we’re watching or buying to help you get inspiration to freshen up your FY26 portfolio.

In this episode, we bring you 4 stocks. Some we own, some we're interested.

Bryce picks:

• A 'once-in-a-generation opportunity'
• The librarian of the internet - it's more interesting that it sounds!

Ren’s picks:

• A company with an incredible moat and AI potential
• A leveraged play on crypto but with more downside protection

Links Referenced:

📝 Download our FREE ETF Handbook it’s our complete guide to investing with ETFs.

📞 What are your best investment ideas for FY26? Leave us a voicemail, and we’ll feature them in the next episode.

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our brand new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here.

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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.

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Looking for fresh investment ideas for the new financial year?

Over the next three episodes, we’ll be sharing our best investment ideas for FY26. You’ll hear the ETFs and stocks that we’re watching or buying and get inspiration to freshen up your FY26 portfolio.

In this first episode, we bring you 4 ETFs. These are NOT the same core index ETFs you’ve already heard us plug. We bring you 4 new ideas for the new financial year, including...

Bryce picks:

• A compelling pitch for investing in the global banking sector.
• A small cap surprise.

Ren’s picks:

• An actively managed ETF with a strong 10-year track record (18%+!)
• A way to access Aussie growth ETF that “cuts the riff raff,” and that Bryce calls “the best ETF in Australia.”

Links Referenced:

🎧 Listen to our episodes on core and satellite investing: how we use core and satellite, how we would invest our first $5000 and how we’re investing for 2025

📝 Download our FREE ETF Handbook it’s our complete guide to investing with ETFs.

📞 What are your best investment ideas for FY26? Leave us a voicemail, and we’ll feature them in the next episode.

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our brand new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here.

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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.

“We want to enjoy life, drink great wine, go on holidays whenever we want… but we also want to save”

Introducing our brand new series; Boost My Budget. We unpack our listener's real budgets live. And with expert help, we show them how to track better, save more, and stress less.

Our first listeners to get their budget boosted, are couple Emily T and Emily B, who want to save for their dream family home while still living in the moment. Is it an achievable goal, or delusional thinking? They're not sure.

They don't have a budget to get them there. In fact, Emily B and Emily T don’t have a budget at all. In their submission to the show, instead of sending us one- they attached a picture from a recent holiday in Bali. (Which told us all we needed to know.)

That's where we come in. With a live unveiling of their spending, cashflow expert and financial coach Lexi Smith from MoneyVine digs into the figures and helps Emily B and Emily T step closer to their goals.

Links Referenced:

👉 Want your Budget Boosted? Submit here! (under ‘show segments’)

🙋‍♀️ Want to get in touch with Lexi? Use this form.

🤑 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

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our brand new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here

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

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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.

Even the most hands-off investors need a plan for staying on track. That's where rebalancing comes in.

Markets are always moving and life is always changing- rebalancing is a simple way to keep your portfolio aligned with your goals so that you can reap the maximum benefit.

In this episode, we break down this fundamental (and underused) investing habit step by step, and share a mistake we see far too many people make. Are you one of them?

We cover:

• What rebalancing is (and how we apply it to our portfolios)
• Why it matters (shouldn’t you want your winning stocks to run?)
• How to actually rebalance (two simple methods, with pros & cons)
• How often to rebalance (and how often we do it)
• The most common mistake (and how to avoid it)

Links Referenced:

🎧 Listen to: 2020 vs 2025 how are portfolios have changed and our DHHF and GHHF episode.

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

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our brand new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here.

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

Thanks to Betashares Direct for sponsoring this episode. Betashares Direct is designed to help self-directed investors build long-term wealth, find out more here.

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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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The RBA cut rates on Tuesday and it got us thinking- when interest rates are down, what are the best places to invest?

So we compiled a list of 4 ASX listed ETFs which we believe will be winners in a low rate environment.

If you are feeling unsure about what a rate cut means for your portfolio, (or what a rate cut actually means in the first place), we’ve got you. In this episode we give you a simple breakdown of everything you need to know about interest rates, how they affect the economy and your investments.

We cover:

• Why interest rate cut matters for investors
• How an interest rate cut may effect your portfolio
• 4 ETFs set to benefit from a rate cut
• Why and how each of them is set to benefit

Links Referenced:

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

🎧 Check out our other ‘Best ETFs for…’ episodes here

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our brand new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here

📝 Want to invest in great stocks? Download our FREE 4 step checklist to analyse any stock (It’s beginner investor friendly).

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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.

History's greatest investor - The man who turned $100 into $5.5 million and long time CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, is retiring.

So we're unpacking 4 lessons from his writings and example that changed our investing lives, and that will make you a better long term investor.

In this episode we cover:

• The stats that prove Buffet is the investing GOAT, and an example worth looking to
• The four lessons:
• 1. Investing is Simple, Not Easy,
• 2. Time in the Market Beats Timing the Market,
• 3. Boring investing = exciting returns,
• 4. Do less, and let compounding do its thing
• Plus, Did Buffett ever read our book we sent him? Our reflections on his impact on Equity Mates.

Links Referenced:

🎧 Listen to our episode ‘Don’t Panic: Why time in the market beats timing the market.’

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

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our brand new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here

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

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Listen to our original podcast: Equity Mates Investing (Apple | Spotify)

Pick up our books: Get Started Investing and Don’t Stress, Just Invest

Follow us on social media: Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

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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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“What was I thinking?” “A shit show to be honest”,

The last 5 years have been a wild ride in markets. Our portfolios tell that story. Today we directly compare our what our portfolios looked like in 2020 vs today in 2025 to see: how much we’ve learnt, the biggest position changes and whether we really practice what we preach?

We cover:

- A full breakdown of every holding in our 2020 core AND satellite portfolios

- How that compares to our 2025 holdings

- What asset allocations have changed the most and why

- Our biggest holding, allocation or strategy change from 2020 to 2025

Resources:

📝 Want to know how to invest in great stocks? Download our FREE 4 step checklist to analyse any stock (It’s beginner investor friendly)

Links Referenced:

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

💰 Want your budget to work harder for you? Have your budget improved by an expert, live on the show, in our new series Boost My Budget. 👉 Apply here under 'Show Segments'

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here

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Listen to our original podcast: Equity Mates Investing (Apple | Spotify)

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Follow us on social media: Instagram, TikTok, & LinkedIn

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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.