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Aussie FIRE | Financial Independence Retire Early

by Hayden Smith & Dave Gow

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97. Remaining calm on the FIRE journey

October 23, 2026 · 44 min

Your FIRE plan might look perfectly reasonable on paper. But what happens when the share market drops, an investment property needs a $20,000 repair, interest rates rise or the government starts changing tax rules? And if financial…
96. Q&A: Super, ETFs and planning for retirement

October 16, 2026 · 31 min

Where should a retirement cash buffer live when most of your wealth is already in super? If you're aiming to retire in ten years, is it better to build your outside portfolio first or split your investing between ETFs and super now? And…
95. How to travel without killing your savings

October 9, 2026 · 43 min

Travel is supposed to be one of the things money gives you more freedom to enjoy. But when a holiday can cost $15,000 instead of $5,000, how do you keep seeing the world without feeling like every trip is sending your finances…
94. Can you just live off high yield?

October 2, 2026 · 36 min

If the goal is to live off your portfolio one day, why bother selling investments at all? Could you simply build a portfolio that throws off enough income to cover your spending, ignore the 4% rule and leave the assets themselves alone? It…
93. Q&A: Optimising CGT, home bias and when spouses don't agree

September 25, 2026 · 42 min

Retiring overseas might sound like a straightforward FIRE move. But what happens when your portfolio was built around Australia, changing tax residency could create a tax event, your partner has a completely different appetite for risk, or…

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92. How your upbringing shapes your relationship with money

September 18, 2026 · 44 min

How much of your relationship with money was shaped before you were old enough to earn any? In this episode, Dave and Hayden look back at their own childhoods and unpack how financial stress, family circumstances and the people around us…
91. Work optional at 34 with Anthony Nguyen

September 11, 2026 · 48 min

Anthony Nguyen spent around a decade building towards financial independence. But when he got close to his target, he did something many people struggle to imagine: he stopped early. After years in commercial banking, Anthony took a career…
90. VAS disappoints, avoiding a crash, US tech forever?

September 4, 2026 · 42 min

Is the Aussie share market still worth it? Should a new investor wait for the next crash? And how much tech exposure is too much? Dave and Hayden open the listener mailbag and tackle three questions that all circle the same problem: it's…
89. How to increase returns without doing anything crazy

August 28, 2026 · 54 min

There are plenty of ways to chase higher investment returns. The problem is that most of them also come with more risk, more work, or both. Dave and Hayden sort the sensible tweaks from the bigger bets, looking at ways investors might…
88. Savings vs offset vs investing: How each stacks up at 6% interest rates

August 21, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

A few years ago mortgages were under 2% and cash earned you nothing. Now rates sit around 6% and every option looks different: savings accounts are suddenly respectable, offsets feel like a guaranteed win, and borrowing to invest looks…
87. From investment properties to ETFs: how Dave actually made the switch

August 14, 2026 · 41 min

Most people sit firmly on one side of the property versus shares fence. Dave Gow spent 15-plus years on both, building a property portfolio, hitting the borrowing ceiling, then selling down to fund the ETF portfolio he now lives off. In…
86. The $500k tax mistake Aussie expats don't see coming w/Brett Evans

August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 19 min

Last episode Dave and Hayden covered the general idea of geographic arbitrage: take your Aussie wealth, live somewhere cheaper, retire sooner. This episode is the technical follow-up, and it's a sobering one. Brett Evans from Atlas Wealth…

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About the show

The Aussie FIRE podcast is the ultimate guide to Financial Independence for Australians. Having started life as an e-book, then an audiobook, it's now reached its final form: a podcast that will keep on giving. The Aussie FIRE audiobook is brought to you by Pearler, Australia's favourite long-term investing community; and Dave Gow, the brains behind Strong Money Australia. Each episode explores a different aspect of Financial Independence, so stay tuned for new releases! https://pearler.com https://strongmoneyaustralia.com/ DISCLAIMER: We’re big fans of sharing experiences and talking about money. However, please note that any advice is general, and does not consider your financial situation, needs, or objectives. Consider whether it's appropriate for you, and if in doubt, speak to a licensed financial adviser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.