by Aussie Firebug | Nov 15, 2019 | Podcast
Summary
Today I’m speaking to the former Fullback of the Sydney Swans, AFL premiership player Ted Richards.
Although Ted has had an illustrious career in football, he is also passionate about investing and is currently the director of business development at SixPark, an Australian Robo advisor investment platform. Today’s pod combines two of my favourite things which are investing and footy!
Some of the topics we cover today include:
- Investing as an AFL player
- What Ted learned in footy that can be transferred to investing
- The power of rules-based investing
- Why understanding behavioural economics is so important
- Six Park Robo investing platform
- The Richard Report
- Quickfire AFL related questions
And much more!
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by Aussie Firebug | Jun 17, 2019 | Podcast
Summary
In today’s episode, I’m speaking with two other Aussie’s (Tom and Ricky) who were with me at the premiere of the FIRE documentary ‘Playing with FIRE’ which follows 35 year old Scott Rickens, his wife Taylor, and their toddler Jovi as they embark on a year-long odyssey to understand the rules of this sub-culture and test their willingness to reject the standard narrative of adult life.
I want to congratulate Travis and the whole team who was involved in the creation of Playing with FIRE. The film is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone as it’s a super interesting documentary starring so many of our favourite FIRE bloggers and was surprisingly very funny as well.
Some of the topics we cover today include:
- The events that lead up to the Premiere
- Our initial thoughts after watching the film
- Things we liked and things we wanted to see more of in the documentary
- Talked about how hard it must have been to fit an entire concept like FIRE within 90 minutes
- The Q&A session after the film
And pretty much everything else we ended up talking about!
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by Aussie Firebug | May 20, 2019 | Podcast
Summary
Today I’m speaking to one of the most popular FIRE bloggers in the UK, Barney from The Escape Artist.
Barney is a super interesting guy who is married with three kids, worked in Finance and managed to reach FI at the tender age of just 43. He could have done it much sooner too if he had discovered FIRE earlier in the piece which we get into in the pod.
Since I’m now living in the UK, I was particularly interested in what the FIRE community is like here and if there are any major differences in approach. We also have chat about the film that could be a game changer for the entire FIRE community worldwide, that is, of course, the documentary ‘Playing with Fire’ which is premiering in London on the 12th of June! And yes I will be attending the premiere and would love to see some Aussie help me rep the FIRE community if you’re in the area.
Some of the topics we cover today include:
- Barney’s journey towards financial independence in the UK
- What made him start The Escape Artist
- How boredom can be the secret to creativity
- Why FIRE seems to be more prevalent in the United States vs most other places in the world
- The London premiere of ‘Playing with Fire’ which hopes to be a game changer for the FIRE community
And much more!
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by Aussie Firebug | May 2, 2019 | Podcast
*Human error can result in losses. Make sure you fully understand how matched betting works before trying this strategy out
Summary
My guest today is Nico who managed to create an online income stream through a technique called matched betting.
But don’t let the name fool you! Matched betting is not gambling but it takes advantage of the big signup bonuses amongst other things that the betting agencies used to lure people in.
The closest thing I can compare it to is signing up for credit card point to use on flights but matched betting is a lot more lucrative and easier IMO.
Nico runs Bonus Bank which is a website that helps Aussies with matched betting by finding the best opportunities out there. Make sure you stick around for the second half of the pod as Nico’s story about what life matched betting has enabled him to live is pretty cool and well worth a listen.
Some of the topics we cover today include:
- What is matched betting and how it works
- How Nico can make $300 tax-free dollars in 30 minutes
- Geoarbitrage with matched betting
- What is Bonus Bank and how they can help
- Infamous Betfair signup bonus story about winning a couple of grand in one night
- How Nico managed to replace the majority of his income through matched betting
So let’s jump into the world of matched betting.
Show Notes
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this code has changed to a 3-day free trial instead (as mentioned in the podcast)
The FIREBUG code has changed (from the start of Febuary 2020) and will now get you 25% off the first month of a Premium Monthly subscription
*Full disclosure. If you use this code, I will receive a commission through an affiliate program. Thank you in advance for helping me run and maintain this site 🙂
Update: The laws are apparently changing at the end of May 2019 and the Consumer Framework for Online Gambling has made a recommendation to remove of signup bonuses along with various steps to try and deal with problem gambling in Australia. We don’t know what this means exactly as I personally received the bonus even though I was registered in Victoria which was already a state that wasn’t meant to have them. From what I’m reading, if you signup and email them asking for the bonus, more often then not they are allowed to give it to you because it’s technically not a signup bonus but an incentive for an already established member. We will see how this plays out in the coming weeks.
by Aussie Firebug | Apr 15, 2019 | Podcast
Summary
Aussie Firebug has been discovered!
Late last year I woke up to a message from someone who lived in the same town as me saying they knew I was the Aussie Firebug and that my secret was safe with them…
I immediately jumped to the worse conclusion thinking maybe my boss had figured it all out 😱.
But it ended up being my mate from high school who as it turned out, was just as crazy about all things personal finance and investing as I am! It was my mate, Jimmy!
We’ve had countless chats at the pub multiple times about a whole bunch of stuff since that faithful message.
Today’s episode is two mates who went to high school together having a good old yarn about financial independence, investing, ETFs/LICs and much more.
Some of the topics we cover today include:
- How Jimmy discovered my alter ego ‘Aussie Firebug’
- Jimmy’s story about financial independence
- Real estate investing
- How Peter Thornhill ‘cleared the fog’ for investing in shares
- Jimmy’s strategy that looks at the number of units of a fund as opposed to what the fund is worth when setting the target
- ETFs/LICs
And much more!
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