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Simplifying Investing — 175 episodes

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Why the RBA Isn’t Done Yet: Episode #172

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Markets Hate Uncertainty — Investors Shouldn’t: Episode #171

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* Bonus ep - Gulf War 3.0: Global Tensions, Market Volatility and what it all means: Episode #170

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Alexis George on Leadership, AI and Wealth: Episode #169

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AI, Inflation and the Shifting Market Landscape: Episode #168

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Feeling squeezed? Here’s why the RBA lifted rates: Episode #167

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Global Drama, Rate Hikes and Market Silver Linings: Episode #166

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2025 Wrapped: Rates, Gold & Good Vibes 🎉: Episode #165

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Markets, Midterms & Money Moves Explained: Episode #164

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🧠 RBA Holds Fire - What It Means for Your Money 💰: Episode #163

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Tariffs, Gold & Labubu: Episode #162

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🏡📉 Housing, Rates & Generational Gaps: Episode #161

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💰 Bitcoin: Digital Gold or Risky Gamble? - Episode #160

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Markets, Gold & Game Boys: Episode #159

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Episode #158: From Rate Cuts to Renovation Blowouts - The Week in Economics

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Episode #157: Special episode - Ash Frenken

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Episode #156: Jobs Vanish, Tariffs Bite & Aussies Eye a Rate Cut

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Episode #155: Markets Boom, Jobs Bust: What’s Really Going On?

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Episode #154: Dear World – Trump's Tariff Love Letters and another strong year for share markets

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Episode #153: Operation Midnight Hammer

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Episode #152: Markets looking through the political noise

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Episode #151: Sitting quite strongly

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Episode #150: Special Episode with Ravi Sharma and Sean O'Malley

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Episode #149: A 'pause' but not the final end point

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Episode #148: Why more isn't always better than less

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Episode #147: Economics in our schools and universities

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Episode #146: Super in uncertain times

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Episode #145: Band-aid solutions or re-opening old wounds?

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Episode #144: Why are markets spooked?

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Episode #143: The only constant is tariffs

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Episode #142: A hawkish or cautious cut?

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Episode #141: Is it "Job Done" on inflation?

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Episode #140: Trump's inauguration: a volatility that we 'have to get used to'

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Episode #139: The slowest rate of growth since the recession we 'had to have'

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Episode #138: What is the more sustainable trend in inflation?

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Episode #137: What did we learn from the US election?

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Episode #136: Market Updates - Peering through a 'wall of worry'

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Episode #135: Alan Kohler - Why it's really tough to have a recession now

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Episode #134: China’s economy - Special

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Episode #133: Brad Creighton - How markets have moved and why.

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Episode #132: Eliza Owen - What is going on in the property market right now?

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Episode #131: Market volatility, RBA forecasts and how to predict an Australian recession.

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Episode #130: The rise of populism and bigger government – what it means for investors

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Episode #129: TRUMPonomics

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Episode #128: AU share market high, global inflation, what's supercore & the hike in coffee beans.

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Episode #127: NVidia, Eggs, Stage 3 tax cuts, The lipstick effect and happy share market songs

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Episode #126: Trump 2.0 and the rise of the far right in Europe

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Episode #125: RBA stays Hawkish, and will Powell be looking for a new gig, if it’s Trump 2.0

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Episode #124: Housing affordability: A tale of three cities

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Episode #123: Australian April inflation, global trends and will it be Trump in 2025?

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Episode #122: Federal Budget 2024 - what a second surplus means for Australian households

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Episode #121: Rates on hold and crystal balling next week's budget.

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Episode #120: Revisiting retail and home prices: will we see another rate hike?

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Episode #119: Inflation: how did we get it so wrong?

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Episode #118: How vulnerable are shares?

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Episode #117: The Australian property market, income and happiness and rising petrol prices

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Episode #116: How to invest in the current macro environment

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Episode #115: Inflation surprised on the downside in February

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Episode #114: RBA Not ruling anything out or anything in

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Episode #113: Inflation expectations

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Episode #112: Five problems with the Australian tax system

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Episode #111: Still cautious but less concerned: why the RBA left rates on hold

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Episode #110: Falling inflation – what does it mean for investors?

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Episode #109: Is high Australian household wealth a source of support for consumers?

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Episode #108: Four reasons for optimism

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Episode #107: Five key lessons from 2023

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Episode #106: 2023 saw the return of Goldilocks, but what’s in store for 2024 for investors?

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Episode #105: The RBA leaves rates on hold – have we finally reached the top?

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Episode #104: Population growth in Australia

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Episode #103: What would a further rise in the $A mean for investors?

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Episode #102: 9 key things for successful investing

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Episode #101: Are RBA rate hikes doing more harm or help to the economy?

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Episode #100: RBA retains a tightening bias by raising to 4.35 per cent

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Episode #99: What impact does geopolitics have on financial markets?

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Episode #98: Australian home prices up on supply shortfall, but at risk from high rates

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Episode #97: Five constraints on medium term investment returns

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Episode #96: Rate hikes: how households have weathered the storm

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Episode #95: The threat from higher oil and petrol prices

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Episode #94: 1987 vs now - rising bond yields (& war in Israel) and the risks for shares

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Episode #93: The housing market

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Episode #92: Is another rate hike still imminent?

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Episode #91: For what it’s worth: why what you pay for an investment is a key driver of its return

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Episode #90: The Labour Market

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Episode #89: Immigration and housing affordability

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Bonus episode: Retire with Confidence Whitepaper

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Episode# 88: Has the RBA finished rate hikes?

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Episode #87: Recession

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Episode #86: Three reasons to err on the side of optimism as an investor

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Episode #85: Inflation

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Episode #84: China’s slowdown & structural challenges & the implications for Australia

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Episode #83: Why is boosting productivity so hard to do?

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Episode #82: Interest Rates

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Episode #81: Have we dodged the recession bullet?

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Episode #80: Another look at the RBA

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Episode #79: Addressing Australians’ financial literacy and the gender literacy gap

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Episode #78: Leading versus lagging economic indicators

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Episode #77: The Watch List: 7 economic indicators for investors to pay attention to

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Episode# 76: 15 Common sense tips to help manage your finances.

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Episode# 75: Returns rebound – but is it sustainable?

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Episode# 74: The Reserve Bank of Australia holds on 4.1%, but for how long?

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Episode# 73: A recession in Australia - should we be worried?

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Episode# 72: The worry list for shares

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Episode# 71: What can be done to boost housing affordability?

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Episode# 70: Why commercial property returns are more vulnerable than ever

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Episode# 69: The Federal Budget - the fastest return to surplus since World War II

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Episode# 68: Australian home prices – here we go again!

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Episode# 67: Will the proposed RBA reforms lead to a better Australian economy?

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Episode #66: Investment outlook drivers

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Episode #65: Five investment principles for uncertain markets

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Episode #64: House prices

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Episode #63: US bank failures and investment markets

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Episode #62: The case for peak rates

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Episode #61: Economic lessons from the 70s, 80s and 90s

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Episode #60: The seven economic indicators for investors to watch

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Episode #59: Interest rates – are we there yet?

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Episode #58: Seven reasons Australian shares are set to outperform.

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Episode #57: Inflation and interest rates

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Episode #56: What can we expect for investment markets in 2023?

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Episode #55: Can we expect better returns in 2023?

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Episode #54: Have we hit the peak for interest rates?

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Episode #53: Five medium term inflation pressures & implications for investors

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Episode #52: Shares may have bottomed

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Episode #51: Seven reasons why Australia should be able to avoid a recession

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Episode #50: Why rates shouldn’t go much higher, but house prices have further to fall

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Episode #49: Breaking down the budget

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Episode #48 Seven pearls of wisdom for investors

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Episode #47: The perils of forecasting in investing

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Episode #46: Five reasons rates won’t go much higher

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Episode #45: Sticking to investment basics as shares slide

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Episode #44: The 12-month outlook for shares

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Episode #43: Solving Australia’s productivity problem

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Episode #42: Seven economic signals for investors

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Episode #41: House prices and interest rates

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Episode #40: The psychology of investment markets

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Episode #39: What are investment cycles and why should investors be aware and wary of them?

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Episode #38: Five reasons why the RBA cash rate is likely to peak with a '2' in front of it

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Episode #37: The good news in the plunge in markets

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Episode #36: What can we learn from inflation in the 1970s?

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Episode #35: The past financial year in review

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Episode #34: Examining Australia’s Achilles' heel - high household debt

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Episode #33: Tips for investors in times of investment market turmoil

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Episode #32: The RBA has lifted rates again, so where to next?

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Episode #31: Implications of the property downswing

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Episode #30: Australia has a new government, what does it mean for investors?

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Episode #29: Share market falls - The bad, the good and what you need to know

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Episode #28: Overcoming a fear that could impact the quality of your retirement

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Episode #27: Tips for investing in uncertain times

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Episode #26: The RBA has raised rates, so where to from here?

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Episode #25: Australian inflation surprises - implications for interest rates

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Episode #24: The 2022 Australian Federal Election and Investors

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Episode #23: Australian housing slowdown Q&A

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Episode #22: How is the Ukraine-Russia conflict impacting markets?

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Episode #21: Navigating the property market in 2022

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Episode #20: Omicron and the markets – can we be optimistic in 2022?

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Episode #19: COP26 and what it means for investing

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Episode #18: What you need to know about cryptocurrency

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Episode #17: The state of Australia’s property market

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Episode #16: Securing financial freedom in retirement

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Episode #15: Transitioning to retirement

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Episode #14: ESG and responsible investment explained

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Bonus episode: 'Your Future, Your Super' explained

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Episode #13: Is a self-managed super fund right for you?

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Episode #12: The top five super questions

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Episode #11: Keeping your super safe

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Episode #10: Shane Oliver’s top five investment mantras

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Episode #9: The economy, markets and your super

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Episode #8: End of financial year part 2

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Episode #7: End of financial year part 1

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Episode #6: Retirement part 2

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Bonus episode: 2021 Federal Budget special

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Episode #5: Retirement part 1

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Episode #4: What happens to my super if I die?

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Episode #3: Getting money out of super

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Episode #2: Getting money into superannuation

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Episode #1: What is superannuation?