Equity Mates Investing Podcast

It is almost one month to the day that President Trump stood in the Rose Garden of the White House and announced his tariffs. The market fell, the media called it a "bloodbath" and investors panicked.

One month on, and things don't look too bad. The Aussie stock market is actually up.

We unpack what we've learned in another big episode of Equity Mates .

The more you understand about the Australian financial system, the more you realise there are plenty of ways that those with means find ways to minimise tax. Today, we're sharing two tax minimisation strategies that the wealthy use to boost their retirement savings.

To take us through them we're joined by Dylan Pargiter-Green, financial adviser and Director at Bold Wealth.

Even if you're far away from retirement, they're good to know. (And maybe something to share with your parents!)

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Tesla's first quarter earnings report was a car crash: vehicle deliveries down 13%, revenue down 9% and profit down 71%. Ouch!

Yet, despite those numbers, the stock was up 5%. What is going on here?

We unpack it all in another big episode of Equity Mates.

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What does Australia's long-term economic future look like?

Before Australians head to the polls on 3 May, we sat down with the two men vying to shape the future of Australia's economy: Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor.

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The Australian federal election is fast approaching. One of the biggest focus areas for both sides of politics has been housing.

With the cost of housing getting further out of reach, we sat down with the Housing Minister Clare O'Neil and the Shadow Housing Minster Michael Sukkar to understand how they are approaching the issue.

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“Bad news is an investor’s best friend. It lets you buy a slice of America’s future at a marked-down price” - Warren Buffett

When is the right time to buy the dip? That is one of the most common questions we've been getting over the past few weeks.

To answer it, we dug into some stock market history to understand what lessons we can learn. Our big takeaway? The stock market doesn't wait. We explain what we mean in today's episode.

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Ben Richards is the co-Portfolio Manager of Seneca Small Companies fund.

In today's episode we pick his brains on the recent market turmoil and where he's seeing opportunities. We cover:

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"I’ve found that when the market’s going down and you buy funds wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy." - Peter Lynch

The initial panic of Trump's liberation day tariffs have morphed into a slow, gradual slide as companies try to understand what they'll be paying to move products through their supply chains and investors try and work out what that will mean for stock prices.

Throughout it all, we're reminded that, in hindsight, these are the moments we wished we'd bought more.

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Hunting for 10-baggers. For many investors, that's what it is all about. Searching for those high-quality compounding companies that can turn each $1 invested into $10.

Our guest today has made a career of this pursuit. James Abela, portfolio manager at Fidelity, has a particular focus on small-and-mid cap companies and runs the Fidelity Global Future Leaders Active ETF (ASX: FCAP).

In our conversation today, we speak to James about:

"Down cycles are not fun. But they form the basis for enormous future profitability” - Steve Schwarzman

After a couple of wild weeks in markets, this week has been a little calmer. The Trump administration has turned its focus to other priorities as the world holds its breathe during the 90-day tariff pause. That is, aside from China, who are pulling out all stops to get the upper hand in this trade war.

In today's episode we unpack: