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94. Can you just live off high yield?
October 2, 2026 · 36 minIf 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…
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93. Q&A: Optimising CGT, home bias and when spouses don't agree
September 25, 2026 · 42 minRetiring 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 minHow 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…
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91. Work optional at 34 with Anthony Nguyen
September 11, 2026 · 48 minAnthony 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…
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90. VAS disappoints, avoiding a crash, US tech forever?
September 4, 2026 · 42 minIs 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…
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89. How to increase returns without doing anything crazy
August 28, 2026 · 54 minThere 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…
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88. Savings vs offset vs investing: How each stacks up at 6% interest rates
August 21, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minA 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…
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87. From investment properties to ETFs: how Dave actually made the switch
August 14, 2026 · 41 minMost 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…