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**Get Started Investing**

Hi! I’m Jess. This year, I finally started investing. After years of indecision, I took a leap and began documenting my journey, bringing you along to learn the investing ropes together.

Designed to build your confidence, our short, easy-to-understand episodes make investing approachable- so you can make the most of your money. New episodes drop every Tuesday & Thursday.

**On Tuesdays:** I tackle real questions from a beginner investor- whether my own or sent in by our community. We cover everything from ETFs & shares, to super, property and personal finance.

**On Thursdays:** Our series, *How I Got Started* where I chat with a community members to hear the highs, lows and lessons from their investing journey- proving that investing really is for anyone.

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Latest Episodes:

ETF Explained: JP Morgan US 100Q Equity Premium Income Active ETF (JPEQ) Aug 29, 2024

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We are back with another ETF Explained, a series where we dive into one ETF to better understand it and give you the skills to analyse any ETF. This time, we look at JPEQ - JPMorgan US 100Q Equity Premium Income Active ETF (Managed Fund). But we aren't unpacking this one alone, the portfolio manager of this ETF, Hamilton Reiner CIO of US Core Strategies at J.P. Morgan Asset Management joins us. This income focused ETF tracks the Nasdaq 100 Index, we talk with Hamilton about how this ETF might fit into a portfolio.

Have an ETF you would like us to cover? Or an investing question? Leave us a voicemail and we'll answer it on the podcast.

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In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Get Started Investing acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today.

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

This podcast is intended for education and entertainment purposes. Any advice is general advice only, and has not taken into account your personal financial circumstances, needs or objectives. Before acting on general advice, you should consider if it is relevant to your needs and read the relevant Product Disclosure Statement. And if you are unsure, please speak to a financial professional.

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Can the ASX stop sending us letters!? Aug 26, 2024

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In this episode we answer a question from listener Austin; Why does he get so many letters in the mail about his investments? Couldn’t this all be in an email? It’s one of the more annoying parts of investing - the paperwork. Yes, we really did a whole episode on this…Ren even brought a stack of papers into the studio to prove that this tree-killing correspondence does happen to a lot of us. We break down:

What is the deal with the paperwork and why can there be so much of it?
What do you need to keep/ pay attention to
How we keep our records (mostly) digital

We love hearing from you! Leave us a voicemail and we’ll answer your question on the show. Get a daily dose of Equity Mates in your inbox by signing up to our newsletter.

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ETF Explained: JPMorgan Equity Premium Income Active ETF (JEPI) Aug 22, 2024

Show notes

We are back with another ETF Explained, a series where we dive into one ETF to better understand it and give you the skills to analyse any ETF.

This time we take a look at JEPI - JPMorgan Equity Premium Income Active ETF (Managed Fund). It's the biggest active ETF in the world available in AU and the US. But we aren't unpacking this one alone, the portfolio manager of this ETF, Hamilton Reiner CIO of US core strategies at J.P. Morgan Asset Management joins us to break down JEPI.

This income focused ETF is an active ETF, we talk with Hamilton about how this ETF might fit into a portfolio. Have an ETF you would like us to cover? Or an investing question? Ask via our website and we'll answer it on the podcast.

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Join the conversation in the Facebook Discussion Group
Or get put in touch with a professional financial advisor by filling out this form

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Sign up to our email to keep up with business news
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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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5 things we wish we knew before investing (that we've never shared before) Aug 19, 2024

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We have learnt many lessons about investing since we began our journeys, and shared many of them too.

In this episode of Get Started Investing, we get personal and reflect on 5 lessons we've have learnt that you haven’t heard before.

Markets change, investing strategies evolve, but these 5 things have remained true for us in any investing circumstance. So no matter where you are on your journey, how advanced your portfolio, this episode is a good check point for you.

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Have an investing question?

Ask via our website and we'll answer it on the podcast.
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Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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ETF Explained: VanEck MSCI International Quality ETF (QUAL) Aug 15, 2024

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We are back with another ETF Explained, a series on Get Started Investing where we dive into one ETF to understand it and give you the skills to analyse any ETF. This time we take a look at QUAL, VanEck MSCI International Quality ETF. This popular international ETF tracks the MSCI All World Stock Index.

How does this ETF decide what is “quality” enough to be included? We bust the jargon and help you unpack what’s inside this ETF and how it might fit in a portfolio.

For all the info on QUAL, always look at the issuer website. Which you can find here: https://www.vaneck.com.au/etf/equity/qual/snapshot/

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Have an ETF you would like us to cover? Or an investing question?

Ask via our website and we'll answer it on the podcast.
Join the conversation in the Facebook Discussion Group
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Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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Best ETFs For: above-average growth Aug 12, 2024

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We're back for the next episode in our new series, Best ETFs for. In these episodes we'll be diving deep into the world of ETFs and unpacking which products are generally suitable for different investing goals.

There are a huge amount of ETFs designed to give you the overall growth of a particular market or the world's stock market as a whole. Those are index ETFs and if you dollar cost average into them over years, you'll see plenty of growth. But today we're asking - what about ETFs designed to achieve growth above the index?

In today's episode we're asking what are the best ETFs for above-average growth.

To do it, we're covering 3 different categories:

Leveraged ETFs
Active ETFs
Thematic ETFs

Let us know what you think of this series by joining the conversation in the Facebook Discussion Group or get in contact directly via our website.

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Have an investing question?

Ask via our website and we'll answer it on the podcast.
Or get put in touch with a professional financial advisor by filling out this form

Want more Equity Mates?

Sign up to our email to keep up with business news
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Pick up our books: Get Started Investing and Don’t Stress, Just Invest
Follow us on social media: Instagram, TikTok & LinkedIn

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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Why should I Dollar Cost Average? Aug 05, 2024

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Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) is a foundational investing strategy, it can be a powerful tool to grow your portfolio.

But what is DCA? And how do you implement it?

Today on Get Started Investing we cover:

What is DCA
How does it work
What are the benefits
Who is it for
And how to implement it

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Have an investing question?

Ask via our website and we'll answer it on the podcast.
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ETF Explained: Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) Aug 01, 2024

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Welcome to our new series: Inside the ETF. In each episode we're diving deep on one ETF to understand what it is suitable for, who should invest in it and how we can analyse it.

Over the course of this series we want to better understand the most popular ETFs in Australia and build the skills to analyse any ETF.

In this episode we are looking at one of the most popular ETFs in Australia: Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (ASX: VDHG)

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Have an investing question?

Ask via our website and we'll answer it on the podcast.
Join the conversation in the Facebook Discussion Group
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Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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Interview: Natasha Etschmann (aka Tash Invests) on how to not work forever Jul 29, 2024

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Financial freedom. Choice. Building the life you want.

For many these are the reasons we invest. On today's episode we speak to Natasha Etschmann (aka Tash Invests) about her new book How To Not Work Forever on how everyone can invest their way to financial freedom.

Want more Tash Invests?

Check out Tash's book, co-authored with Ana Kresina: How to Not Work Forever
Follow her on Instagram or TikTok

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Have an investing question?

Ask via our website and we'll answer it on the podcast.
Join the conversation in the Facebook Discussion Group
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Want more Equity Mates?

Sign up to our email to keep up with business news
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Pick up our books: Get Started Investing and Don’t Stress, Just Invest
Follow us on social media: Instagram, TikTok & LinkedIn

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Get Started Investing is a product of Equity Mates Media.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

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Who is Vanguard, Betashares or iShares & how do I buy an ETF? Jul 22, 2024

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Today's question comes from Emily in Sydney: "Who is Vanguard, Betashares and iShares? How do I actually buy an ETF?"

That is what we are answering on today's episode of Get Started Investing. We cover:

The role the ETF issuers (Vanguard, Betashares, iShares) play
How you can actually invest in an ETF
Then we do a live walkthrough of the steps to buy an ETF online

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