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Making MoneyThe 6 materials that really power the economy - Economics Editor for Sky News. Ed ConwayWe often focus on companies like Tesla or ARM, but we rarely think about the materials that make their technology possible. Ed Conway is the Economics Editor for Sky News and author of Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future. Where does the battery in your phone or an electric vehicle come from? Why are materials like lithium and copper so critical to achieving net-zero? These aren't just commodities; they are the fundamental building blocks of the technologies that shape our world and our future.
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2025-02-171h 00Making MoneyWhat will happen to markets in 2025? Katie Martin, markets columnist for the FTWhat will the next year bring for global markets? What impact will Donald Trump’s tariffs have? Will inflation rise? Katie Martin is a markets columnist for the FT and host of the Unhedged podcast. We often discuss how long-term investors must be prepared to weather economic cycles. If you haven’t experienced a market crash yet, Katie believes this year might put your resilience to the test.
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2025-02-101h 19Making Money“I got rich when I stopped focusing on my finances” - Olly RichardsA personal-finance obsessed former jazz musician, who speaks eight languages, and now runs one of the most successful education businesses in the country, Olly Richards (@storylearning) is the perfect example of why you should never stop learning.
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2025-02-031h 13Making MoneyHow is your pension invested? An interview with Nest, one of the UK’s biggest schemesDo you have a workplace pension? If so, there's a good chance it's with Nest, one of the UK’s largest pension schemes, with over 13 million members. We're speaking with Paul Todd, the COO of Nest Invest, to understand how they invest all that money. Are they delivering? And why did they remove the option for a 100% equities fund?
Do you have something you want to say Nest? If you're a member, you can contact them through your account, or you can use the contact us section of their website
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2025-01-271h 36Making MoneyHow do you know if you're on track financially?We answer all your biggest questions for 2025:
How do you know if you’re on track with your finances?
How much do you need for retirement?
What to look for in a pension fund?
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2025-01-2358 minMaking MoneyWhat will the world look like in 2050? Economist, Hamish McRaeWhat will the world look like in 2050? Will the US remain the largest economy, or will China or India take the lead? Can AI solve the challenges posed by an ageing population? And will asset prices deliver the returns we expect?
Hamish McRae, an economics columnist for The i and the Mail on Sunday, is the author of The World in 2050: How to Think About the Future.
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2025-01-201h 09Making MoneyThe most important thing to do this year - Pensions expert, Tom McPhailYour pension should be your top priority this year. Tom McPhail, pensions expert at The Lang Cat and former Head of Policy at Hargreaves Lansdown, explains how to calculate what you’ll need to retire, whether you can count on a state pension, and maximise returns without extra contributions. This is what we think you need to get your pension sorted out.
Our previous episode with Tom is called ' Will you be hit by the pensions crisis?' listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gJm3v9d9K6cEiAzcfI8Z9?si=5fae24feba054ca3
2025-01-161h 33Making MoneyHow to future proof your career and earn more money - Helen TupperYour career and earnings massively impact your financial future, but with skills fast becoming obsolete, how can we make sure we succeed? Helen Tupper, author of The Squiggly Career, suggests ditching the career ladder mindset - progress and more pay can come from moving sideways, not just up.
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2025-01-131h 04Making Money6 small changes to improve your finances in 2025 - Financial advisor Lisa Conway-HughesLooking to sort your financial life out in 2025? Financial advisor and podcast favourite Lisa Conway-Hughes shares a bunch of small changes that could make a big difference to your financial future.
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2025-01-091h 03Making MoneyThe new rules for building wealth in 2025 -Money expert, Rob DixRob Dix says we can’t rely on the rules of the past to get the financial future we expect, and shares some new ideas for what we can do instead. Rob is a finance expert, host of The Property Podcast and has just released a new book called 'Seven Myths About Money: And The Truth About Finding Financial Freedom’.
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2025-01-061h 14Making MoneyWhy you need to change the way you think about money - Meaningful Money’s Pete MatthewPete Matthew believes our mindset about money shapes every decision we make with it. Without the right attitude and perspective, even the best financial plans can fall apart. So Pete, a Chartered Financial Planner and Founder and host of Meaningful Money, asks - how can we avoid making the wrong decisions?
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2024-12-301h 18Making MoneyARCHIVE: The one thing you need to invest in (to beat 95% of professional investors) - PensionCraft's Ramin NakisaFor Christmas we've gone into the archive to dig out one of our favourite episodes.
Everyone talks about diversification, but how diverse do you really need to be? Can you just invest in one fund? Ramin Nakisa is personal finance YouTube royalty in the UK. He walks us through some of the major assets classes and their pros and cons - but also why one investment might just be enough for you to beat most professional investors, forever.
This episode was recorded in July 2023 so some information may have changed since then.
2024-12-231h 00Making MoneyAn economist’s guide to getting rich the right wayErik Angner is a PhD economist, philosopher, and author of ‘How Economics Can Save the World’. He says economics holds the answers to how we solve the world’s biggest problems, including how you can get rich.
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2024-12-161h 15Making MoneyHow do we really teach money skills? Fintech entrepreneur Vivi FriedgutVivi Friedgut is CEO and founder of Blackbullion, a fintech business that helps students sort out their finances. We say it a lot and it’s true, the earlier you can get started with personal finance the better, and Vivi’s advice isn’t just for students, it’s for anyone who wants to know give themselves the best chance in life.
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2024-12-0958 minMaking MoneyIs this 'the World’s Craziest Investor'? Ex-FT Editor on SoftBank's CEOLionel Barber, former editor of the Financial Times, explores the story of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, known as Masa, in his book ‘Gambling Man’. Masa, a venture capitalist who has made and lost hundreds of billions through bold bets on technology, calls himself the world’s "craziest investor."
Lionel’s book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451627/gambling-man-by-barber-lionel/9780241582725
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2024-12-021h 19Making MoneyThe interest rate crisis has just begun - Financial historian Edward ChancellorEdward Chancellor is a financial historian, journalist and investment strategist. In 2008 central bankers brought interest rates to their lowest level in five thousand years. Unaffordable housing, the collapse of productivity, rising inequality are just some of the things Chancellor says are results of those decisions and he argues the worst could be yet to come.
Edward’s book: (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/448594/the-price-of-time-by-chancellor-edward/978180206015)
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2024-11-251h 19Making MoneyUK mortgage expert: the key things you need to knowWe get loads of questions about mortgages so we thought we’d ask an expert and cover some other key things you should know about. We're speaking to Anthony Emmerson, Director at mortgage broker Trinity Financial. Whether you’re getting a mortgage for the first time or looking to remortgage, what should you look out for?
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2024-11-1856 minMaking Money"I was doing everything right…then I made mistakes that cost me nearly £20k" - listener AmyMaking Money listener Amy followed 'the right' steps investing for 15 years, but a few bad decisions ended up costing her tens of thousands of pounds. Here's what happened and what she learnt from it.
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2024-11-111h 07Making MoneyThe hidden equities crisis killing the UK economy - and how we could fix itUK public companies are trading at 50p on the £1. We've decimated our public markets, which has a huge effect on the economy, stagnating wage growth. How did we get here and what do we do about it, asks an impassioned Andrew Craig, author of How To Own The World and founder of Plain English Finance. His new book is ‘Our Future Is Biotech’.
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2024-11-041h 08Making MoneyUK Budget 2024: Deep dive with two of the UK's top finance expertsIn this session we streamed live. I break down the Budget with Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at the Financial Times.
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2024-11-011h 30Making MoneyCan you afford a good retirement? 9 levers to secure your financial futureGeorge Agan is a Chartered Financial Planner who’s helped thousands of people plan for their financial future. Can you afford the retirement you want? If not, how are you going to get there?
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2024-10-281h 08Making MoneyWhy this Budget must tax the rich - Labour MP, Liam ByrneLiam Byrne is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill & Solihull North. He’s written a book called ‘The Inequality of Wealth’.
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2024-10-2156 minMaking MoneyHow do you make the most of your workplace pension? Ask us anythingYou asked us:
How do you stay motivated to save and invest when are years away from your goals?
What do we think about the future growth for the UK?
How do you make the most of your workplace pension?
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2024-10-1412 minMaking MoneyWhat is the best way to save for your children's future? Ask Us AnythingYou asked us:
How should those of us who have learned about investing and understand the meaning of these terms go about explaining these things to close friends and family who haven’t?
How can I be more patient? I want to be a long-term, passive investor but find it difficult not to want to tinker.
How we can effectively save for our children's future?
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2024-10-0713 minMaking MoneyThis is how you build wealth - The Plain BagelRichard Coffin is the host of the Plain Bagel YouTube channel and one of the biggest financial content creators in the world. He’s a trained financial planner and by day works as an investment analyst so he really knows his stuff.
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2024-09-301h 06Making MoneyWhen’s the best time to sell? Your top investing questions answeredWe answer your biggest money questions - there's extra info below for some of the things we talk about in the episode.
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2024-09-2340 minMaking MoneyIs passive investing enough?There's always a nagging question re: index funds - will this long-term trend keep going forever? What about the different market conditions we're now in (with higher interest rates)? Steve Clapham thinks a bit differently to us. He is an ex-hedge fund analyst and the founder of Behind the Balance Sheet, an investment research and investor training consultancy firm.
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2024-09-161h 04Making MoneyWhat if the worst happens? The insurance you actually need (and when you don't)Naomi Greatorex is the Managing Director of insurance broker Heath Protection. It’s not pleasant thinking about dying or getting seriously ill, but what happens if terrible things happen to us?
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2024-09-0956 minMaking MoneyTherapist explains how to fix your money issuesVicky Reynal is a financial psychotherapist who deals with a wide range of issues, from overspending to money secrets and self-sabotage. Her book, Money on Your Mind looks at how we can develop a better relationship with money, because it pervades everything we do.
*Warning: We discuss some issues in the episode such as anorexia that some listeners might find it difficult listening to*
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2024-09-021h 18Making MoneyPremium bonds vs. high-interest savings account? Ask Us AnythingYou asked us:
How can we efficiently purchase property for children? Or why is it not widely encouraged, likewise with pensions for children?
What's better: premium bonds or high interest savings accounts?
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2024-08-2609 minMaking MoneyWhat % do we save a month? Ask Us AnythingYou asked us:
If your employer will not match anymore than the required 3% - should you put surplus cash in the workplace pension, a stocks and shares isa or a sipp?
What % do we save every month?
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2024-08-1911 minMaking MoneyTop economist: The next global crash is inevitableThere have always been market crashes and there probably always will, so how do we navigate them with our personal finances? We're getting help from Linda Yueh, Professor of Economics at London Business School and a Fellow at Oxford. She’s written a book called The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/315580/the-great-crashes-by-yueh-linda/9780241988084)
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2024-08-121h 17Making MoneyHow finance really shapes our lives - Professor Philip RoscoeFinance has been used for good and it's been used for evil. We get under the bonnet with Philip Roscoe, Professor of Management at the University of St Andrew’s Business School. He’s written a book called ‘How To Build A Stock Exchange: The Past Present and Future of Finance.’
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2024-08-051h 13Making MoneyThe UK is the most unequal high-income country - Sir Paul CollierWe're not going to lie, there's some pretty depressing analysis here because we learn quite how unequal the UK is - how little social mobility there really is. We're speaking to Sir Paul Collier, a world-renowned development economist, a former UK government advisor and a professor at Oxford University. His latest book is Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places: https://amzn.to/4cRWIIm.
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2024-07-291h 16Making MoneyHow to close the £100k wealth gap - Emilie Bellet, CEO VestpodWomen are so much worse off with their pensions than men - to the tune of about £100k on average. What is going on and how do we fix it? We're speaking to Emilie Bellet the Founder and CEO of Vestpod, a digital platform and community that empowers women financially through education
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2024-07-2258 minMaking MoneyHow even facts can mislead you with money - Finance Professor Alex EdmansWe think facts are always helpful because they're the truth but that's only half the story when it comes to our finances. Alex Edmans is an economist and Professor of Finance at the London Business School. His book ‘May Contain Lies’ explains how our biases are exploited and what we can do about it.
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2024-07-151h 05Making MoneyWill you be hit by the UK pensions crisis? Tom McPhail, Pensions industry expertWe can’t talk enough about the pension’s crisis. Most people aren’t saving enough for the life they are going to want and something has to be done about it. We cover the big questions: why is there a problem, how much we really need to be saving and will the state pension even exist when you retire?
Tom McPhail is a pensions industry expert. A former Head of Policy at Hargreaves Lansdown, he now works for finance consultancy firm Lang Cat.
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2024-07-081h 09Making MoneyLet's talk - podcast update!We've got news - we've started a new company called Most and have bought the Making Money podcast from Kindling Media.You can check out Most here: https://getmost.co.uk/.If you want us to come into your workplace to give a financial education, email Will on will@getmost.co.uk.
2024-07-0709 minMaking MoneyThe truth about investing - Patrick Boyle, ex-hedge fund managerAs a trader, Patrick Boyle spent decades looking at data and using it to try to predict what’s going to happen. Now he is an ex-hedge fund trader and one of the biggest finance YouTubers in the world. He explains what he thinks will happen over the next 10 years in investing and whether Brexit is really to blame for the UK’s economic woes.
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2024-07-011h 22Making MoneyHow do we get politicians to listen? Ask Us AnythingYou asked us:
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2024-06-2408 minMaking MoneyHow do you stop worrying about your financial future? Ask Us AnythingYou asked us:
What do you do to stop yourself overly worrying about your financial future?
I’d really like to start investing, but I don’t know whether I should use my bank’s ISA plan or maybe open a Vanguard or Trade 212 account? Or both?
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2024-06-1709 minMaking MoneyHouse or pension: what to focus on first? Ask Us AnythingYou asked us:
When I started work the advice was to buy a house and then worry about your pension, is that still true?
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2024-06-1010 minMaking MoneyIs it too late to start investing? Ask Us AnythingYou asked us:
Is it too late to start investing at 50?
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2024-06-0314 minMaking MoneyEveryone gets this wrong about building wealth - Financial Advisor Chris BourneCan you really get rich by cutting costs? Is the 4% rule right for everyone? What are the biggest mistakes we make when it comes to tax? Chris Bourne has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years and is a personal finance YouTuber. We got him on to talk about our biggest misconceptions about building wealth and how we can do it in the most tax efficient way.
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2024-05-2048 minMaking MoneyExtreme wealth will destroy democracy - FT’s Martin WolfIf capitalism continues to go uncontrolled it will destroy democracy, says Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times. In his book 'The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism' he argues that market capitalism and democracy rely on each other to function but that both are failing. How did we get here, what’s at stake, and is there anything we can do?
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2024-05-131h 17Making MoneyDo global index funds have a problem?Are Global Index Funds too exposed to the US tech sector? Would it be better to just be invested in those companies and get much higher returns? What happens if everyone was a global index investor? Recently Damo did a video on his channel in response to an increase in articles raising concerns about Global Index Funds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz0Ecl_QnXk). He talks T through those concerns and answers your biggest questions.
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2024-05-0638 minMaking MoneyIs financial advice worth it? Financial Planner Tom MorganTom Morgan has worked in the financial advice industry for 12 years. Recently he decided to go it alone as a financial advisor because he has big concerns about how the industry works.
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2024-04-2959 minMaking MoneyAre we worse off than our parents? Financial journalist Iona BainHow do younger generations deal with the financial challenges they’ve been dealt? And is it really harder than it was for their parents? Iona Bain is a writer, speaker, broadcaster and author of ‘Own It: How our generation can invest our way to a better future’. She started the Young Money blog in 2011 to help young people get to grips with personal finance and is currently BBC Morning Live’s money expert.
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2024-04-221h 05Making MoneyWhy our political system is broken and what it costs us - Journalist Ian DuntHow do politicians escape accountability for their lies? Why is there wasteful spending on poorly conceived projects that aren’t based on evidence? How has a tax system been created that is more than confusing? Ian Dunt is a political writer and commentator who's just written a book called ‘How Westminster Works...and Why It Doesn’t’.
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2024-04-151h 25Making MoneyIs crypto cleaning up its act? FT journalist Joshua OliverWhat does the recent history of crypto teach us about it today? FT Journalist Joshua Oliver won awards for his reporting of the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, known as SBF, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud and related crimes in March 2024.
Joshua has written a book on it which you can find here: https://amzn.to/3xjRq8B
Listen to part one of our crypto episodes ‘We need to talk about crypto’ here: https://link.chtbl.com/6snSImh1
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2024-04-081h 08Making MoneyWe need to talk about crypto - Financial writer Tom RodgersWhere is the value in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum? Can they help returns without introducing too much risk? Is Bitcoin getting more stable? If you want to invest, where do you do it?
Tom Rodgers is a freelance financial writer and analyst specialising in cryptocurrency. He is the former Head of Research for ETC Group, which runs the biggest Bitcoin fund in Europe.
For more from Tom: https://chartingfutures.substack.com/
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2024-04-011h 13Making MoneyInvestors need to take back power - Merryn Somerset WebbIn today's capitalism, who truly holds the reins of power? Merryn Somerset Webb is a Senior Bloomberg columnist and former editor of Money Week. In her book Share Power, she argues we, investors, need to take back control of our votes in the companies we own. She also believes that the next decade for investors will be dramatically different to the last.
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2024-03-251h 06Making MoneyWTF are bonds? How and when to use them - PensionCraft Ramin NakisaDo you invest in bonds? You might not realise it but you probably do. If you have a workplace pension the default is to invest you in both stocks and bonds. But is this actually the right way to build long-term wealth? Ramin Nakisa from the PensionCraft YouTube channel, and friend of the podcast, is a fan of bonds. That doesn’t mean he thinks they’re always the right choice but he believes they can be useful in particular scenarios.
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2024-03-181h 09Making MoneyScams; How to spot them, handle them and protect yourselfWhat would you do if you were scammed? Do you know what kinds of things the banks look for when evaluating if you should get your money back?
Katie Morley is consumer champion for the Telegraph. She’s won back around 10 million pounds for scam and fraud victims including those who should have been protected but weren’t.
You can contact Katie at: katie.morley@telegraph.co.uk
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2024-03-1146 minMaking MoneyEarn more, work less I Productivity expert Ali AbdaalIf you could do more with your time, what could you accomplish? Ali Abdaal started his YouTube channel as a side hustle while he was a medical student. He now has over 5 million subscribers and makes 5 million pounds a year.. An expert in productivity, he’s literally written a book on it, the New York Times bestseller ‘Feel Good Productivity’.
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2024-03-041h 08Making MoneyAsk Us Anything: Is ethical investing worth it?You asked us:
Are you shooting yourself in the foot by investing in ESG (environmental, social and governance) funds?
Should you sell your Pokemon card collection to invest in index funds?
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2024-02-2616 minMaking MoneyAsk Us Anything: How financially savvy were our parents?You asked, we answered:
Were either of our parents financially savvy or has everything been self taught?
SUV at 5.49% for 60 months. Brain says pay if off or do I continue investing/saving for baby OTW?
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2024-02-1914 minMaking MoneyAsk Us Anything: Should you be worried about a 'pension crisis'?The questions are all about pensions this week:
What are our thoughts on a ‘pension crisis’ for Millennials/Gen Z when retirement comes around?
Should you reduce pension contributions in order to pay off debt quicker?
What % of your income should you pay into your pension?
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2024-02-0908 minMaking MoneyThe rich will bankrupt us all I Gary StevensonGary Stevenson is a former city trader who made millions from betting on growing inequality. With his YouTube Channel @GarysEconomics he now campaigns to end the very thing he made money from. He's written a book called ‘The Trading Game: A Confession’ about his experiences in finance and what drove him to leave a life where he earnt millions a year.
He warns that without a tax on the super rich, wealth inequality will continue to increase, leaving the majority of us much worse off.
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2024-02-051h 15Making MoneyLessons from 300 years of stock market advice I Historian James TaylorWhat’s the secret behind beating the market? It's a question many ask, but who really knows the answer? James Taylor, co-author of ‘Invested: How Three Centuries of Stock Market Advice Reshaped Our Money, Markets, and Mind’, looks at why, despite the rise of passive investing, so many people are still obsessed with active investing, outperforming the market, and how the same marketing strategies that were used all those years ago are still enticing people today.
James's book: https://amzn.to/3OiSlvJ
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2024-01-291h 02Making MoneyHow to get a pay rise, step-by-step guide from HR expert Wayne ClarkeWe all want to get paid more but how do you get a salary increase out of your company? What steps should you take to build your case before asking? And how do you approach that pay rise meeting with your manager? To help us figure out a plan, we’re speaking to HR expert Wayne Clarke, author of How to Become a World-Class Manager.
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2024-01-221h 03Making Money6 steps to hit your life & career goals: the science behind changing your habits | Dr Grace LordanDo you ever look back and think where did the time go? It’s a horrible feeling, life passing you by, but it’s natural because we have to spend most of our lives operating in subconscious mode. To learn how to get what we want from life, particularly how to change career, we’re speaking with Dr Grace Lordan, author of Think Big and an Associate Professor in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics. How do you decide what you really want, and how do you get it?
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2024-01-151h 09Making MoneyForget new year's resolutions, this is how to sort your financial life in 2024 | Lisa Conway-HughesDo you want financial independence by the time you're 40? 50? 60? Do you know how to get there? That’s why we started the podcast - to give you the knowledge and confidence to change your financial future. So how do you end 2024 in much better shape? Well, that’s why we’re speaking with Financial Advisor Lisa Conway-Hughes who’ll map out the key things you need to get done in 2024 to get better with money and build wealth.
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2024-01-081h 00Making MoneyAsk us anything: Christmas edition - would you take £1m or £5k/month?You asked us:
Would you rather have a million pounds or five thousand pounds a month until you get to a million?
What would you do if you lost all your savings and had to start again?
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2023-12-1810 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: What's the key lesson from legendary investor Charlie Munger?You asked us:
What is the one key lesson we can learn from Charlie Munger’s legacy?
Were either of your parents financially savvy or has everything been self taught?
What are the true risks of doing nothing with money?
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2023-12-1110 minMaking MoneyWhere your taxes actually go and why you’ll need to pay more | Director of the IFS Paul JohnsonIt feels like we pay a lot of tax in the UK but is that really true? Where do our taxes actually go? Are they wasted? And are we going to have to pay more in the future? Paul Johnson is the Director of the insanely well respected Institute for Fiscal Studies and in this episode he explains how we’ve got into this pickle, how we can get out of it - and why our feelings about paying too much tax might not be rooted in reality.
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2023-12-041h 03Making Money7 ways your brain is making you poorer - the invisible biases that hurt your financial decision-making | David RobsonSmart people make bad decisions all the time. That’s because intelligence (IQ) has no bearing on our ability to make rational, unbiased decisions. If you can be aware of your biases and investigate your intuitions then you will make better decisions which can have a profound effect on your finances. In this episode, David Robson, author of The Intelligence Trap, lays out the key biases stopping you from getting richer - and how to combat them.
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2023-11-2758 minMaking MoneyHow to invest in single stocks (and why you probably shouldn’t) | Sasha YanshinMost people shouldn’t invest in single stocks - they’d be better off investing in index funds - but that doesn’t stop a lot of people trying. That’s the view of Sasha Yanshin, YouTuber, Damo’s friend and nemesis - and it’s Damo’s view too. Despite that, Sasha does invest in individual companies and Damo does keep up to 10% of his allocation for investing in specific stocks (because he enjoys it).
In this episode, Sasha explains his process, as well as some best practices in case you want to chance your arm. But please be...
2023-11-201h 06Making MoneyHow to improve your credit scoreCredit scores... there's a lot of misunderstanding about them. So in this episode, which is a beginner's guide to credit scores, we explain the fundamentals, how to improve them and debunk some common myths.
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2023-11-1343 minMaking MoneyHow do you compare to average? And how to cross the pay gap | Timi Merriman-JohnsonThe average person in the UK earns … yeah, we just teased you with that, but who doesn’t want to know if they’re doing better than the person next door? In this episode we talk with Timi Merriman-Johnson, an author, creator and founder of Mr MoneyJar, a financial education charity, to get under the bonnet of wealth gaps - averages, gender, ethnicity - and to lay out some key steps to help you climb the ladder.
This episode was recorded in October 2023. The data we reference may have changed.
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2023-11-0650 minMaking MoneyHow to handle property in this new world of interest rates | Rob DixInterest rates have soared but what does that mean for you long term? How do you navigate the mortgage crisis? What will happen to house prices? Will interest rates go down again? Is it worth getting into property investing now? To help us read the crystal ball we’re speaking to Rob Dix, a property investor and host of The Property Podcast.
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2023-10-301h 01Making MoneyHow to pick the right index fund & investment platformOnce you’ve decided to invest, you still need to pick which platform to use, and which fund to invest in from the many similar looking options. It can be very confusing - that’s what you’ve told us and we agree - so in this episode Damo explains to T how to do it. For Damo this has been 12-13 years in the making, finally getting T to take the plunge, open an ISA and pick a global index fund. Here’s how.
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2023-10-2340 minMaking MoneyDeborah Meaden - the questions you have to ask yourself about moneyDeborah Meaden is a living legend in this country. Famous from her nearly two decades on Dragons’ Den, she became an entrepreneur at 19 years old. Her family didn’t have much money when she was growing up so she figured out how to get it - and grafted. Deborah explains how you should think about money, what she looks for in a business and how to teach kids about it so they can achieve their dreams.
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2023-10-1652 minMaking MoneyThe one thing you need to invest in (to beat 95% of professional investors) | PensionCraft's Ramin NakisaEveryone talks about diversification, but how diverse do you really need to be? Can you just invest in one fund? Ramin Nakisa is personal finance YouTube royalty in the UK. He walks us through some of the major assets classes and their pros and cons - but also why one investment might just be enough for you to beat most professional investors, forever.
This episode was recorded in July 2023 so some information may have changed since then.
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2023-10-091h 01Making MoneyAsk us anything: How to get to £2 million using an ISAYou asked us:
Do we step in when we see friends/family making terrible financial decisions?
How does Damo plan to get to £2 million in an ISA?
What is the worst stock we've ever invested in?
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2023-10-0211 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: What is the secret to quick wealth?You asked us:
What is the secret to quick wealth?
When should you set up a limited company?
Where should you store your emergency fund?
Here's Damo's video where he talks about money market funds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0bBcjNyPWQ
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2023-09-2512 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: Should you overpay your mortgage?Your biggest questions:
Is overpaying your mortgage a good investment compared to other things like a pension or an ISA?
Should you transfer your ISA out of a managed fund to get out of paying a 1.5% fee?
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2023-09-1814 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: What will interest rates be in 2/5 years?You asked us your biggest questions:
Rishi Sunak says wages are driving inflation: is that really the case?
Should the government raise interest rates or taxes?
What will interest rates be in 2/5 years?
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2023-09-1115 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: Is it better to keep money in cash or invest right now?You asked us your biggest questions:
Should you stop investing in UK gilts?
Is it better to save or invest right now?
What do we think of AI investment tools?
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2023-09-0417 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: Do you need a financial adviser?You asked us your biggest questions:
What have Damo and T changed about their own approaches to personal finance since starting the pod?
Do you need a financial adviser?
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2023-08-2810 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: How has being parents affected the kinds of decisions you make?You asked us your biggest questions:
Has being a parent affected the kinds of decisions we make?
Where should a higher rate taxpayer who has maxed out ISAs and premium bonds put their money?
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2023-08-2109 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: Should I overpay my student loan or invest?We answer your biggest questions:
Alfie has £45k of student debt at 7.1% interest. He asks "Should I focus on trying to take chunks off this debt, with my yearly bonus, or invest it?"
Adam asks "T, what kind of work do you do in crypto? And how do you see crypto/Blockchain space in the coming years in terms of uses?"
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2023-08-1412 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: How do you talk to your partner about money?We answer your biggest questions:
How do you handle finances with your partner, especially if one of you earns a lot more than the other?
Can I just keep balance transferring my interest free credit cards forever?
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2023-08-0714 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: What should we teach kids about money?We answer your biggest questions: i) What should kids be taught about money? ii) What to do with a lump sum right now to make it grow?
What would you like to ask us?
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2023-07-3114 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: When should you get out of an investment?We answer your biggest questions: i) when should you get out of an investment? ii) why is your money not growing quickly enough?
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2023-07-2410 minMaking MoneyAsk us anything: Is gold a good investment?We answer your biggest questions: i) when is enough, enough? ii) is gold a good investment? iii) will the stock market keep rising?
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2023-07-1714 minMaking MoneyThe basics checklist - how to build wealth | Are you on track?Test your knowledge to make sure you’re absolutely clear about the fundamentals of building wealth. We’re bringing together the basics in one episode because we’ve covered a lot in our first season. If you want to dive deeper on any topic you can check out our feed.
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2023-07-1031 minMaking MoneyHow to sort your pension & retire well | Financial Advisor Lisa Conway-HughesMost people don’t realise how much money they need to retire the way they want, nor how to build that pot. Hell, our Producer Will had opted out of his workplace pension before this podcast. To figure out what to do, we’re speaking to the wonderful Lisa Conway-Hughes, also known as Miss Lolly, who's a financial advisor and author.
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2023-07-0357 minMaking MoneyKerry Katona: How I went bankrupt twice - "everyone vanished"Most people in the UK know of Kerry Katona but not many people know about the wild ride she’s had with money. This episode might not be suitable for all listeners. Kerry is incredibly open about her life and that means there are references to drugs, suicidal thoughts and violence. If you are affected by anything mentioned in this episode please call the Samaritans for free on 116 123 on or check them out at https://www.samaritans.org/.
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2023-06-2644 minMaking MoneyHow safe is your money? | FSCS’s Emma BarrowFinancial institutions like banks have sometimes failed, so we want to know what happens to your money if they do. It’s a legitimate fear so we’re sitting down with Emma Barrow from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The FSCS are the ‘last resort’ who will pay you back your money if your bank fails, up to £85,000 per person per bank - but it’s a bit more complicated than that.
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2023-06-191h 02Making MoneyS1E9: Getting out of debt: "I was so ashamed"1 in 4 people in the UK are in danger of falling into financial difficulties - a single shock like their car breaking down will result in them falling behind on bills or credit payments. Getting into debt can lead to a vicious cycle and massive problems - just ask Damo.
For free advice, which we can’t recommend enough if you’ve got debt problems, please check out StepChange: https://www.stepchange.org/.
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2023-06-1253 minMaking Money“I didn't realise I was poor” | Multi-millionaire by 27 on the different levels of wealth | Entrepreneur Timo ArmooWhat’s it like suddenly becoming rich? Entrepreneur Timothy, or Timo, Armoo grew up poor. But having got a scholarship to a private school, he realised there was “helicopter-level wealth” so decided to win at the “game” of getting rich by building businesses. He sold his latest company Fanbytes last year which suddenly catapulted him up the wealth ladder at 27 years old. The next day, everything felt different.
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2023-06-051h 22Making MoneyShould you rent or buy? Financial wellbeing pro Jason ButlerOwning your home is a core part of the British identity, but does it still make financial sense? Is it actually a good investment? To find out, we’re sitting down with Jason Butler who was a financial advisor for 25 years and is now a financial wellbeing speaker, author, consultant and property investor.
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2023-05-2948 minMaking MoneyHow economics really affects you I The Bank of England comes for tea I Economists Rupal Patel & Jack MeaningStudies show that basic economic literacy means doing better with money over the long-term. So we invited Bank of England economists, Rupal Patel and Jack Meaning, round to tea to ask them the big questions:
Why does inflation feel higher than it is?
Is raising interest rates the best way to bring inflation down?
Do politicians understand economics?
Should we be optimistic about the UK's future?
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2023-05-221h 03Making MoneyHow to budget to make the most from what you earn (plus Damo and T rip apart each other's bank statements)70% of people don’t budget which means there’s an opportunity for you to be better than most. A budget helps you navigate from the financial stage you’re at now to the one you want to get to, whatever your goal is. We’re here to find out how to budget, but first of all, let’s find out what Damo and T are wasting their money on...
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2023-05-1541 minMaking MoneyHow to use ISAs to have more money | Paloma Kubiak, Editor of YourMoneyISAs are a godsend. Most countries don’t have a system like it. They’re basically a tax-free way to save and invest in the UK, so we’re talking to Paloma Kubiak, Editor of YourMoney.com, to find out how to use them to build wealth.
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