by Adam Preston | Mar 3, 2023 | Podcast
Summary
I’m so excited for this one today.
There’s been a few potential Super changes put forth by the Albanese government lately and I wanted to get two different viewpoints on the podcast to debate the pros and cons of the changes. I also wanted to talk about Super as a high-level concept.
What exactly is Super?
What’s the purpose of Super?
Is Super fulfilling its job? etc.
We have two returning guests joining in today’s discussion. CIO of The Motley Fool Australia, Scott Phillips and Economist Dr Cameron Murray. I’m playing moderator between these two as they give their different opinions on some of the following topics:
- What is the purpose of Super? (00:03:26)
- Is there an alternative to the current Super system? (00:11:38)
- Thoughts on how we could fix the Super system (00:19:27)
- Do we actually need to have both Super and the Age Pension? (00:39:48)
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by Adam Preston | Feb 26, 2023 | Podcast
Summary
Today my guest is Queenie Tan. She’s a 26-year-old Sydneysider who has amassed over 350K followers on various social media platforms. Raised by a single dad in Sydney, Queenie was earning $400 a week after she moved out of home at just age 19. A few years later she was able to save a $100,000 property deposit and now at age 26, has a net worth of half a million dollars.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
- Queenie’s upbringing and relationship with money (00:02:12)
- How Queenie built her net worth to $500K by age 26 (00:10:03)
- Dropping out of uni to start earning money (00:15:40)
- Changing jobs every couple of years (00:21:11)
- Queenie’s thoughts on the term “Finfluencer” (00:46:28)
- Financial content creators and the ASIC guidelines (00:51:09)
- Sydney housing markets and financial freedom (01:05:34)
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by Adam Preston | Jan 27, 2023 | Podcast
Summary
My guest today is Brandon Ganch who is better known in the FIRE community as the Mad Fientist.
Brandon is an ex-computer programmer turned blogger and podcaster who reached financial independence at the ripe old age of 34 with his wife Jill. It’s always a pleasure to speak with Brandon as one of my financial/investing heroes and someone who’s been on the scene since the early days when I first discovered the concept of FIRE.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
- The life-changing event of becoming a parent and how FI has helped (00:07:10)
- Did Brandon really crack the Billboard Top 40 list with his debut album? (00:16:15)
- How to raise a money conscious kid (00:20:13)
- What’s life been like since Brandon quit his day job as a programmer? (00:30:03)
- Difficulties switching from portfolio accumulation to consumption (00:36:50)
- How the utility of money changes as you get older (00:40:22)
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by Adam Preston | Jan 20, 2023 | Podcast
Summary
Today my guest is Liz Thames who is better known as Mrs Frugalwoods. Liz is a mother of two who lives with her husband Nate on a 66-acre homestead in rural central Vermont USA. She’s the author of the popular FIRE book called “Meet the Frugalwoods: Achieving Financial Independence Through Simple Living”.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
- Liz’s motivation behind writing a memoir-styled book (00:02:44)
- How to transition from saving to living off your investments (00:07:39)
- What does FIRE mean to Liz? (00:11:36)
- How Liz and Nate achieved financial independence (00:15:37)
- What does the Frugalwoods investment portfolio look like? (00:31:03)
- Financial privilege. Can everyone achieve FIRE or is it only possible for a lucky few? (00:41:35)
- How FIRE helps when raising two young girls (00:47:19)
- Tips for buying a home (00:55:47)
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by Adam Preston | Dec 9, 2022 | Podcast
Summary
Today I’m talking with the Chair of the Australian Electric Vehicle Council, Tim Washington. Tim has also co-founded two companies – JET Charge, who specialise in supplying and installing EV chargers and Charge Fox, Australia’s largest EV charging network.
EVs have been a hot topic in the FIRE Facebook group lately and I’ve had a few episodes on EVs in general but none that dig into the charging side of the equation which is a big part.
Some of the topics we cover in today’s episode are:
- How does a home EV fast-charger work with your home solar system? (00:21:29)
- How will the new FBT legislation affect the cost of EVs in Australia? (00:23:44)
- How much does a EV fast-charger cost to buy and install? (00:26:09)
- Is vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology currently an option for Australians? (00:32:27)
- Turning your car into a money-making asset instead of sitting idle 90% of the time (00:34:24)
- Can Australia’s electricity grid handle the upcoming transition to EVs? (00:46:59)
- Hydrogen cars (01:01:11)
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