Best Acwi Podcasts (2025)

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Q&A: Do You Really Only Need One Global ETF? 19:07

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2d ago19:07

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Listen to this next - What is the best Global ETF? In this podcast episode, we answer a common question: 'Do you really only need one global ETF in your investment portfolio?' The answer is yes and no. Yes - if you want to keep your approach as simple as possible. No - due to various reasons. We run through 6 scenarios where you might want to inves…

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Don't Make These 10 ETF Mistakes - Tom's Personal Finance 34:10

9d ago34:10

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Tom from @tom.tpf joins me on this podcast episode to discuss 10 of the top ETF mistakes that investors make. Investing into too many different ETFs, not understanding what an ETF actually invests in, how FX impacts returns, only focusing on an ETFs fee, just to name a few. Listen to the podcast episode for the full details! Other useful episodes m…

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I've Invested For 8 Years & Built A £180k Portfolio - 10 Most Important Lessons 20:41

17d ago20:41

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I've been investing for over 8 years and have built my investment portfolio to £180,000. In this podcast episode, we go through the 10 most important lessons that I've learnt along the way. Listen to the podcast episode for the full details! ----------------------------------------- More investing: 📝 Download my free investing guide to help you sta…

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Investing Into Pokemon & One Piece Cards?! And Other Alternative Investments - Funancialism 48:38

23d ago48:38

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Georgiy from @Funancialism joined me on this episode of the podcast to discuss ‘alternative investments’. Including his investments into Pokémon cards and one piece cards. I’m a complete beginner in this space, so was asking as many beginner questions as possible. Georgiy dropped a lot of gems and facts, going on to say that everyone should have at…

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What You Need To Know - The 2025 UK Budget 21:16

29d ago21:16

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The 10 most important things that changed that you need to know after the UK 2025 Budget yesterday. Plus, 8 things that didn't change (that you should still know about). What did you make of the budget? Let me know in the comments below. Listen to the podcast episode for the full details! ----------------------------------------- More investing: 📝 …

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Q&A: I've Used My £20k ISA Allowance, What Now? (Pension, GIA, SEIS/EIS/VCT, and more) 23:33

1M ago23:33

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In this podcast episode, I answer a question from Scott. The question was: 'Have you ever covered how to invest when you’ve maxed out your 20k isa allowance?' We go through the options, starting with a pension and a general investment account (GIA), before moving onto more niche options and some other ideas - from SEIS/EIS/VCT to crypto and gold an…

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Gold Investing For Beginners: Should You Buy It, Returns, Risks & 5 Ways To Invest 32:05

1M ago32:05

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Gold is up big in 2025, but should you invest in it? And if so, how? In this episode, we break down everything you need to know about gold as an investor. From what actually drives gold’s price, to its long term returns (including the real return after inflation), to how much of your portfolio you may want to allocate - the ultimate beginner-friend…

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Q&A: I Have £75,000 - Should I Lump Sum Invest It or Drip Feed Invest It Over Time? (Lump Sum Investing vs Cost Averaging) 14:55

1M ago14:55

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In this podcast episode, I answer a question from Jiani. This is a great question and a fairly common question one - is it better to 'lump sum' invest or 'drip feed' / 'cost average' invest. We go through the data, the pros and cons of each approach, some real life examples, what I personally do, and more, in this podcast episode. Listen to the pod…

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How To Budget A £35,000 Salary + Budgeting Tools, Techniques & Apps | The Quid Squid 43:36

2M ago43:36

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Mat from @thequidsquid joins me on this episode to discuss all things budgeting. From different budgeting methods, to budgeting techniques, to useful budgeting tools and apps, to juggling your budget whilst investing and saving. Mat shares how he used budgeting personally to save for his own house. As well as how to go about budgeting the average U…

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What Is The Best Global ETF? (VWRP, FWRG, ACWI & More) - Tom's Personal Finance 28:41

2M ago28:41

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Tom from @tom.tpf joins me on this podcast episode to discuss a very important question what is the best global ETF for UK investors? As Tom and I discussed on our previous podcast episode, investing really can be made simple - invest into a global fund and do this consistently for decades. However, which global ETF is best? There are many to choos…

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23 Years Old & £15,000 Invested. How To Start Investing In Your 20's - Will Gryba 31:52

6M ago31:52

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Will from @nextgenngpf joins me on this podcast episode to explain exactly how he has built his own investment portfolio from £0 to £15,000 by age 23. This includes what specific platforms to look into and what specific ETFs to consider investing into. Investing seems very complicated, which is why reason why many people never start. But it can be …

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What To Look For When Selecting An Index Fund or ETF - Tom's Personal Finance 34:50

6M ago34:50

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Tom from @tom.tpf joins me on this podcast episode to go through exactly what to look for when selecting an index fund or ETF to invest in. Investing really can be made simple - invest into a global fund and do this consistently for decades. However, how can you pick a fund? What should you look for? It can get a bit technical. And in this episode …

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'I’m 42, Have £122,000 Invested & Will Retire With £550,000 In 8 Years' - Neil Invests 46:49

6M ago46:49

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Neil from @NeilInvests joins me on this podcast episode for a fascinating and insightful chat where we discussed his entire investing journey to date and his future investing plans. For context, Neil is currently in his 40's and is planning to build his Stocks & Shares ISA portfolio to £500k+ to enable an earlier retirement. Neil runs us through th…

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My EXACT Crypto Strategy (Platforms, Investing, Storage, Tax & More) 20:25

7M ago20:25

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With Bitcoin back at all time highs I've received a few questions on cryptocurrency recently, so I thought I would collate them all into one podcast episode where I run through my exact crypto approach and strategy. From the platforms I use, to cryptos I invest in, to how I store my crypto. We discuss all of this and more in this episode. Timestamp…

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Beginner Questions Answered From A Listener (Transferring Pensions, FTSE vs MSCI, UK stocks, Bonds, and more) 30:06

7M ago30:06

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Massive shoutout to Ian who asked these brilliant questions. From transferring defined benefit and defined contribution pensions, to comparing the index providers of FTSE and MSCI, from UK stocks and their fees, to investing into bonds, and a lot more. This episode has a little bit of everything. Timestamps for each question are below. And if anyon…

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Why I Don't 'Buy The Dip' 14:09

8M ago14:09

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What happens if the dip keeps on dipping? When the market falls, no one knows: 1. How big the fall with be. 2. How long the fall will last. 3. When the market will bounce back. This is exactly why I don't personally 'buy the dip'. Long story short, because it's impossible to time the best time to invest. Which is why only investing when the market …

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The 2025 Stock Market Crash - What You Should Do 16:30

8M ago16:30

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The stock market has been rough in 2025. Both the US stock market and global stock market are down heavily since the beginning of 2025. Time to panic? I don't think so. As we go through in this episode, the big mistake that people often make at these uncertain moments is panic selling. We need to avoid that. Not just because it is impossible to 'ti…

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EVERYTHING You Need To Know About Pensions (State, Workplace, SIPPs & more) - Wealth By Alex 50:35

10M ago50:35

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Alex from @wealthbyAlex joins me on this episode of the podcast to discuss all things pension. This episode really is a 'crash course' in absolutely everything that you need to know about pensions. Alex is extremely knowledgeable on pensions and if you have any type of pension then this episode will be extremely helpful to allow you to cut through …

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When Will The Stock Market Crash? 15:09

10M ago15:09

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Will the stock market crash? If so, when will it happen? When it does happen, when will the bottom be? And when will it bounce back to a new high? These are all great questions that we discuss in this podcast episode. Spoiler alert though - I have no idea. And no one else does either. 'Timing the market' is impossible. Whilst the stock market is cu…

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Which ISA Is Best & Which ISA Should You Prioritise? (Cash, Stocks & Shares, Lifetime or Innovative) 22:11

11M ago22:11

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Which ISA is best? That is the topic of today's episode. First, we cover exactly what an ISA - or Individual Savings Account - is and break down how each of the 4 different types of adult ISAs actually work. We then move into which ISAs are likely to be best to prioritise in certain situations. Overall, and everyone's situation will be slightly dif…

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How Can You Achieve Financial Freedom? - Up The Gains 27:25

11M ago27:25

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Sammie from @upthegainsmoney joins me on this episode to discuss how we can achieve financial freedom. It comes back to our 'FIRE number', the number we need to grow our investment pot to to then achieve financial freedom. Which is why 'retirement' is a number and not an age. Sammie introduces a concept called 'the gap'. We all have a gap and in or…

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What Will Happen To The Markets In 2025? 15:46

12M ago15:46

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In this video I discuss what will happen to the financial markets in 2025. First though, it's helpful to revisit what was predicted in 2024. And then what actually happened in reality. There was a big difference. Including the world's biggest bank getting their prediction wrong by an unbelievable 38%. In fact, since I started investing back in 2017…

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How I Invested £17,976 In 2024 16:38

1y ago16:38

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In this video I discuss exactly how I invested £17,976 across 2024. Including the platforms I use to invest and the specific investments I've made down to the penny. The very large majority of this money went into global index funds and ETFs. That's the investing approach that I personally follow. I then also invested a little bit of money into cry…

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Vanguard Have Increased Their Fees - The Details, The Maths, Should You Switch & More 20:18

1y ago20:18

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In this video I discuss the recently announced changes to Vanguard UK fees. This took me by surprise. In short, if you have £32k then you are not impacted by this. This fee change also doesn't impact Junior ISAs…

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Are You Investing? If Not, Stop Waiting, Start Investing (plus my investing mistakes and investing journey to £100,000+) 28:25

1y ago28:25

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In this video I discuss my brand new book Stop Waiting, Start Investing - that came out on 26 November 2024 - in more detail, run through the investing mistakes I made (of which there were quite a few) and take you on the journey of how I built my portfolio from £0 to £100,000+ over the last 7 years. To do this I didn't do anything special or inher…

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Building A Six-Figure Investment Portfolio (and the 5 specific funds to do this) - Monty Lane Finance 38:37

1y ago38:37

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Monty from @montylanefinance joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk all things investing. Monty has grown his investment portfolio from £0 to £89,000+ over the last 3 years, spread across a Stocks & Shares ISA and SIPP, and is on his way to a six-figure investment pot. That's a huge sum of money in a short space of time - so I wanted to fi…

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How To Invest For Your Children (Junior Stocks & Shares ISA, Junior SIPP and more) - Iain Geddes 28:36

1y ago28:36

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Iain from @IainJGeddes joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk about investing for your children. If you don’t currently have children, this is useful future information. Even if you don’t want children, you can hopefully pass on this knowledge to friend's children, nephews and nieces. We have three main options: Junior Stocks & Shares ISA,…

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Investing & Taxes Explained (everything you need to know about taxes when investing) 11:31

1+ y ago11:31

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In this video I go through everything that you need to know about investing and taxes in the UK. This includes the 3 main vehicles we can use to invest in the UK - ISAs, pensions and general investment accounts. And the 3 main 'phases' of investing - before investing, during investing (i.e when we are invested in something) and when withdrawing. Ul…

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How I Invested £100,000+ In 5 Global Funds 17:59

1+ y ago17:59

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It's no secret that I am a fan of global funds. I am largely just a global index fund investor. Why? Because it keeps my approach as simple and as diverse as possible. Across my various investing accounts, and there are a lot of them (as we go through in the podcast), I usually solely invest into the lowest cost, most globally diversified fund I ca…

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11 Extra Side Hustle Income Streams (Making An Extra £1,912 In 2 Months) - The Bank Engine 36:56

1+ y ago36:56

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Thomas (@thebankengine) joined me on this episode to talk about how he makes extra income each month - specifically a whopping £1,912 across April and May 2024. Not just in the last two months though, Tom the bank (or tank 🚂) engine has been making thousands of additional pounds across the last few years. This is all through extra income streams/ex…

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How I Invested £6,505 in 2024 15:02

1+ y ago15:02

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This is exactly how I invested £6,505 so far in 2024. In this podcast I run through the exact investing platforms I use, the exact investment accounts I use and the exact investments I've been making. Like always, zero gatekeeping! As you will see, and if you don't already know, my approach is unbelievably simple. Primarily, this is automatic contr…

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Are UK Investors Worse Off Than US Investors Due To FX? - Jasper Invests 26:37

2y ago26:37

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Jasper (@jasperinvests) joined me on this episode to talk about FX rates and how they impact us as UK investors. A very important topic that most aren't aware of. First, we discussed the S&P 500 returns for US investors compared to UK investors. Surprisingly, and we dug into the historical data, the returns can vary massively in any individual year…

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Blogging To Financial Freedom (+ 3 money saving tips) - Bee Money Savvy 32:54

2y ago32:54

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Emma from Bee Money Savvy (@beemoneysavvy) - a previous winner of Best Money Saving Blog - joined me on this episode to talk about two things. 1) Her blogging journey, where she now makes more money than her day job and 2) three key money saving tips that you should implement. First, we talk about Emma’s blogging journey and how she turned her side…

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The Importance of Branding (and how to monetise your Brand) - Tej Talks 31:21

2y ago31:21

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Tej from @tejtalks joins me on this podcast episode to discuss all things branding (check out the timestamps further below in the description to see what we cover). Branding is everything. From the perspective of a personal brand or a business brand. We discussed the importance of branding and where to start, before moving on to how to actually bui…

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What Is Your Biggest Financial Mistake? (Audience Answered) - Laura Ann Moore 47:11

2+ y ago47:11

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Laura Ann Moore from @laura_ann_more joins me on this special audience answered podcast episode. I asked my audience on social media 'what is your biggest financial mistake' and got a number of responses - some funny, some serious, some sad, some relatable. Laura and I go through a number of these responses (all timestamped below if you want to jum…

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Let's Talk About 100% Mortgages... 13:01

2+ y ago13:01

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100% mortgages are back. In this episode, I give you all of the information that you need to know. 100% mortgages were already available, but you needed a guarantor/financial backing from friends or family. The 100% mortgage referred to in this episode is a new product from Skipton Building Society, with no guarantor/financial backing needed. In th…

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Can You Make Money From Matched Betting? - Tom Talks Money 24:41

2+ y ago24:41

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Tom from @TomTalksMoney_ joined me on this episode of the podcast to discuss all things matched betting. Unbelievably, Tom started matched betting and then took it full time for 4 years, the perfect guest for this episode. First, we discuss what is matched betting and how we can actually get started, including the best platforms to use. You can get…

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Being Tight vs Being Frugal - The Frugal Spender 33:11

2+ y ago33:11

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In this episode I’m joined by Brian from The Frugal Spender to discuss the difference between being frugal, being cheap and being tight. We went through what these terms actually mean. All of them have some negative connotations, but being frugal is: using your resources in the most efficient way possible to maximise your personal benefit. This sou…

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What Will Happen To The Property Market In 2023? - Alt St Property 21:13

3y ago21:13

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In this episode I’m joined by Sarah from @altstproperty and we discuss what will happen to the property market in 2023. It's always hard, and nearly impossible, to predict what will happen to the markets. But we tried out best! First, we discussed what happened to the property market in 2022 and more broadly over the last few years. Second, we delv…

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Managing Your Money As A Parent - Money Mindset Mother 26:42

3y ago26:42

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In this episode I’m joined by Kate from @moneymindsetmother and we discuss how to effectively manage your money as a parent. Kate is a mum of 3 and is very experienced at managing her own money and her families money so is the perfect guest for this episode. First, we discussed the transition to managing money from a non-parent to a parent. One of …

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The Property Cycle, Leverage & Being A Property Investor - The Property Voice 25:48

3+ y ago25:48

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Richard Brown from @thepropertyvoice joins me (again) on this episode to share some property wisdom. This time on some of his 'Property First Principles'. This includes: The 18-year property cycle - what it is, how you can use it to your advantage, and when the next crash might me. Leverage and 'other people's money' - how property can accelerate y…

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How To Use Your House As An Asset - The Property Voice 23:10

3+ y ago23:10

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Richard Brown from @thepropertyvoice joins me on this episode to discuss how we can turn our own homes into an investment or an asset. It is worth saying that it is contentious as to whether a home is an asset or a liability, each person has a different opinion. But, a general definition is that an asset 'puts money into your pocket' and in this po…

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Everything You Need To Know About Inflation 15:38

3+ y ago15:38

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Inflation is currently at 9.1% in the UK (a 40-year high) and is a large concern for many people as everyday items becoming increasingly more expensive. In this podcast episode I cover everything that you need to know about inflation. Starting with the basics of what it is and how it is measured. Before moving onto why governments actually want inf…

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Dealing With The Cost Of Living Crisis - All Things Money 18:21

3+ y ago18:21

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Ola from @allthingsmoney_ joined me on this episode of the podcast all about the current cost of living crisis. First, we discuss what the 'cost of living crisis' is and why we're in this position. There are a number of factors that have contributed to the position that we are currently in. Next, we talked through what this means for us. In short, …

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13 Tax-Free Allowances To Know About In 13 Minutes (Income, Investing, Property & Saving Tax-Free Allowances) 12:51

3+ y ago12:51

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In this podcast episode I run through 13 tax-free allowances that we should know about in 13 minutes. This is just in time for the end of the tax year on 5th April and for the start of the new tax year on 6th April. The majority of these allowances are 'use or lose', so if we don't use them up they do not rollover and are lost forever. We then get …

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NFTs: What Are They & The 3-Step Process To Invest In Them - With @Becomingfinanciallyfree_uk 26:47

4y ago26:47

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Josh from @becomingfinanciallyfree_uk joined me on this episode of the podcast to discuss everything NFTs. First, we went through the basics of NFTs and web3, what they are and what they actually mean. Second, we discussed the reasons why NFTs could be a good investment, but also why they are an incredibly risky investment to make. Third, we went t…

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How To Invest Tax Efficiently (ISAs, Pensions, GIAs) - MakingTaxSimple 26:45

4y ago26:45

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Jack from MakingTaxSimple joined me on this episode of the podcast to discuss how we can invest tax efficiently. First, we talked through Stocks & Shares. These are powerful as they give us a £20k yearly allowance with all gains, dividends and bond interest being tax free. Not to mention that they are flexible and we can withdraw money whenever we …

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Why We Use Vanguard Global Funds - NickJM 27:58

4y ago27:58

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👉Watch on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/XakwCe2gFLY Nick from Nick JM joined me on this episode to discuss global investing and why we use global funds to invest. First, we gave a introduction into global funds - what they are and their pros and cons. A huge pro is that it's impossible to predict where the stock market will be in the future, which…

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The ESG Weekly: Deforestation and Coal Death at COP26 20:03

4y ago20:03

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We talk about two of the most consequential agreements made at COP26 this week. The first is the deforestation pledge signed by around 100 world leaders. And the second is an agreement by 46 countries to halt the growth of coal in our energy sector. Each is a step among many toward a more sustainable future, but each, as with many agreements, has i…

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The ESG Weekly: Emission Talks at COP 26 and Hertz Buys a Tesla 20:13

4y ago20:13

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Ahead of the UN COP26 summit, many governments have revisited their Nationally Determined Contribution or NDC pledges to reduce national emissions between now and 2030. We developed a map that visualizes the change between each government’s revised pledge and its previous commitment, based on estimated further reductions in 2030 greenhouse gas emis…