Australian Investment Education

  How to Ask For a Pay Rise   Have you noticed your paycheck disappearing more quickly between rent, the grocery store and the bowser? If you answered yes – you are not the only one. One way you can help yourself is to ask your boss for a pay rise so the essentials don’t sting so much. Listen in for some great advice on how to ask: The Importance of Primary Income On this podcast we often discuss investment strategies and opportunities, but before we even get there, we need money to get us started. No matter what your occupation may be, everyone is always open to being paid more for what they do. Our income is what goes towards our spending, our excess for investing as well as our superannuation, so it should always be high on your list of priorities. As a previous employee at the start of his career, Host Andrew Baxter breaks down why it is important to establish a solid foundation of income in order to grow into other spaces. While we all want multiple income ...

LITHIUM: Market Leader or Liar? As the investment wildcard of the last 5 years. Lithium has been one of the fastest growing commodities in the world. With uses in battery and e-car technology, lithium sounds good on the surface – but deep down there’s a little more than what meets the eye. Here’s why: Lithium as it stands right now Something that a lot of people don’t know is that Australia is actually one of the worlds being producers of lithium. In a nearly $5B dollar industry. Lithium has experienced insatiable growth given its uses in battery and e-car technology; marketed as an eco-friendly commodity that is supposed to be good for the environment. In terms of historical performance. Host Andrew Baxter recommends overlaying a price chart of e-cars with lithium – to no surprise. We see a rapid increase in both values and an extremely close correlation. The American traded global lithium ETF for example, LIT, is up somewhat 140% over the YTD. And up nearly 300% in th...

Bluechip Stocks: Avoid the trap of buying long-term holdings in companies purely because they have performed favourably in the past. When it comes to shares, history certainly does not have any guarantee to repeat itself. Bluechip shares – what are they? Wha they teach you at uni vs. what actually works in the real-world are two very different things. By definition, a Bluechip share is a company that has a long-standing history of good financial and operational management. And a strong history of successful leadership. In Australia, these are the large mammoths like Telstra, AMP or Woolworths which you have most likely come into contact with at some point in your lifetime. These sound like a good investments, right? The problem is, past performance is no reliable guarantee of future performance – a misconception that many investors get horribly wrong. Quite simply, as host Andrew Baxter describes it, Bluechip shares are not always the safe place to be. Your inves...

At a whopping $2/litre at the bowser, oil prices have been soaring to multi-year highs. With inflationary and broader economic pressures, the energy sector has been one of the strongest outperformers in markets – here’s why: What’s the Story with Oil So Far? To put this into perspective for you right from the get-go. And the price of oil has crossed above $86 a barrel for the first time in nearly 4 years. As it’s added on nearly 20% since the start of September. Now, we’re paying nearly $2/litre at the bowser just to fill our cars up given increased fuel prices. Also putting a lot of stress on household budgets. Host Andrew Baxter attributes the soaring oil prices to the very tight balance of supply and demand. With OPEC (AKA the governing body for oil producers) limiting supply. And a coal shortage in China and India plus an increasing energy demand for travel and heating. Also, for those in the northern hemisphere entering into the colder months. And you’ve got a situ...