All Episodes

What The Fat Wallet taught me (#245)

Access bonds explained (#244)

The cost of moving retirement products (#243)

Passive income (242)

Should I stay or should I go? (#241)

Farewell Fatties! (#240)

TFSA strategies (#239)

Finding the next hot thing (#238)

Money and travel (#237)

Intergenerational wealth (#236)

Tax creep (#235)

RAs and tax (#234)

How to brace your money for 2021 (#233)

Don't let the door hit you on the way out (#232)

A fat fairytale (#231)

The asset allocation problem (#230)

To RA or not (# 229)

Why do my returns suck? (#228)

Fast Fatty the Third (#227)

Fast Fatty the Second (#226)

Fast Fatty the First (#225)

Tax planning for humans (#224)

The 100-year investment (#223)

Getting out of investments (#222)

How to spot a con (#221)

The jargon buster episode (#220)

What should I do with all my cash? (#219)

How to correct an investing mistake (#218)

Understanding endowment policies (#217)

How to make up for lost time (#216)

Monthly income at retirement (#215)

DIY diversification (#214)

How to compare investment products (#213)

How to invest BIG money (#212)

Help me help my parents! (#211)

Workplace pensions vs RAs (#210)

Medics tribute show (#209)

The two-stage FIRE approach (#208)

Investing in China (#207)

Spend money to save money (#206)

The perfect money month (#205)

Offshore ETFs and the rand (#204)

Pension fund withdrawals (#203)

Brushing up your strategy (#202)

FIRE for single-income households (#201)

200 Fat Wallets! (#200)

Should I take profit? (#199)

Adjusting financial goals (#198)

COVID bonds (#197)

Lockdown money crisis (#196)

The investment lockdown challenge (#195)

The medical aid lockdown challenge (#194)

The first lockdown money challenge (#193)

Crash questions (#192)

Your first tax-free investment (#191)

The end of the world (#190)

Preservation funds and FIRE (#189)

Things you should know about the end of the tax year (#188)

Where budgets fail (#187)

Understanding returns (#186)

Financial crisis management (#185)

How to spot a bad financial product (#184)

The fee revolution (#183)

Cash in a TFSA (#182)

Financially savvy kids (#181)

When should rands become dollars? (#180)

Talking to family about money (#179)

Emigration preparation (#178)

End of year money reflections (#177)

What's the deal with tax brackets? (#176)

My first investment (#175)

Stock market risk (#174)

Is my portfolio over-exposed? (#173)

Live from Cape Town (#172)

Your questions - part two (#171)

Your questions - part one (#170)

Which investment is most important? (#169)

ETF unit pricing (#168)

Rights and recourse (#167)

Keeping your living expenses low (#166)

How to think about risk (#165)

The news and your investments (#164)

Investing for your parents (#163)

Drawdown management (#162)

How to use bond ETFs (#161)

The price-weighted index (#160)

Rookie errors (#159)

If not equities, what? (#158)

TFSA as you age (#157)

FIRE at any age (#156)

Not enough for a financial plan (#155)

What happens to my investments in a market crash? (#154)

Build your own financial plan (#153)

Insurance vs investment (#152)

How to think about investment returns (#151)

Funeral cover (#150)

When should I care about performance? (#149)

Should you have money offshore? (#148)

Volatility and your retirement (#147)

The diversification dilemma (#146)

Using debt to your advantage (#145)

How to set portfolio up for financial freedom (#144)

Help! I made a bad investment (#143)

Money and sickness (#142)

How to think about dividends (#141)

Tax-free vs education (#140)

Life insurance as inheritance (#139)

What the fee?! ~ #138

#137: Rand cost averaging

#136: Where are my tax-free returns?

#135: The right time to buy and sell

#134: Should I know how to trade?

Bonus: ETF: Wild and tax-free

#133: Starting over

#132: Making the most of tax February

#131: Money vs education

#130: Assumptions we need to challenge after 2018

#129: Is my bank right for me?

#128: How to use your tax-free account

#127: Podcast: Five concepts that will make you rich (rebroadcast)

#126: Money and family

#125: The car show

#124: Should we care about the bear?

#123: What even is the stock market?

#122: Quality of life vs saving

#121:What's next for my money?

#120: Your bonus is evil

#119: What to do while you wait for the market

#118: Inheriting a fortune

#117: Building an investment portfolio

#116: Investing for your parents

#115: Tips and tricks for buying a home

#114: The Zack One Lap Index

#113: What happens to your money when you buy a share

#112: How to manage your money when you're living the dream

#111: How to buy a house

#110: Should I get married?

#109: Can I lose all my money when I invest?

#108: I can't save

#107: To index or not

#106: Debt in high-income households

#105: How to prepare for a financial crisis

#104: BBBEE

#103: Should I save or pay my debt?

#102: How to be financially independent with Patrick McKay

#101: The spending ratio

#100: What happens when I die?

#99: Factor-based investing

#98: Is this the right type of investment for me?

#97: How to investigate a financial product

#96: Your money or your life

#95: The financial literacy test

#94: More money, more problems

#93: Saving for your kids is not enough

#92: Figuring out investment fees

#91: ETFs in your 20s

#90: Moving your tax-free account

#89: Fear of starting

#88: The low income episode

#87: CGT hacking failed

#86: Index all the things

#85: Can one ETF rule them all?

#84: Your financial weak spots

#83: Vitality-funded flights

#82: Alternative assets? No, thanks!

#81: New year, new money

#80: Rules of thumb for property, tax and offshore

#79: 2017's worst money mistakes

#78: Mini podcast: Discounts vs investments

#77: Spring clean your portfolio

#76: Listener suggestions

#75: Retirement revisited

#74: 15% questioned

#73: Choosing an RA

#72: What is "good" performance?

#71: Property dilemma

#70: Build your own ETF portfolio

#69: ETFs shouldn't be your second source of income

#68: ETF pricing and side hustle tax

#67: Investing for immediate income

#66: The best time for bonds

#65: Capital gains and inflation

#64: Diversification by weighting

#63: Investment clubs

#62: When bad financial decisions are good

#61: The index weighted by love

#60: ETF Q&A

#59: Structuring your pay cheque - Part Two

#58: How to structure your pay cheque

#57: Retirement, dividend tax and exposure offshore

#56: ETF IPOs explained

#55: Leveraging your portfolio

#54: How much money do you need?

#53: A bespoke financial plan

#52: Can ETFs break the market?

#51: Offshore investing with Candice Paine

#50: The birthday episode

#49: Offshore ETFs and currency moves

#48: Optimal diversification strategy

#47: Using the price-earnings ratio

#46: Five concepts that will make you rich

#45: Is early retirement a pipe dream?

#44: Choosing an RA provider

#43: Investing in troubled times

#42: Upping your credit score

#41: Irrational about money

#40: Should I care about dividends?

#39: Start where you are and S&P500

#38: Tax, tax, tax

#37: Financial product checklist (and bid to mid-spread)

#36: Relationships and money

#35: Share events and capital gains

#34: Mark to market value

#33: Money dilemmas

#32: Living off your savings

#31: Kids, death and taxes

#30: Christmas bonus episode

#29: ETFs, share events and Christmas ruin

#28: Renounceable claw-back offers

#27: Short-term savings

#26: Choosing a medical aid

#25: Strategic money and share incentives

#24: Place what in private?

#23: The time travel episode (and windfalls)

#22: Retirement and tax

#21: Can debt be good?

#20: Are my investments making me poor?

#19: Warranty worry

#18: How to be wrong, or contract vs prepaid

#17: Warning! We say "ethics"

#16: Endowments vs financial discipline

#15: Shanks for renting

#014: Value for money

#13: What the fund return?

#012: Share buyback, or sale?

#011: Homeownership is the new broke

#010: Bonds, revisited

#009: Killing ETFs

#008: Podcast: The perks of being Village Idiot (and bonds)

#7: Too cool for retirement annuities?

#6: Hedging for boring investors

#5: Arbitrage is like being Batman

#4: What do derivatives stick to?

#3: Churn in ETFs

#2: Fund of funds with Keith Mclachlan

#1: What's with structured products