“What was I thinking?” “A shit show to be honest”,

The last 5 years have been a wild ride in markets. Our portfolios tell that story. Today we directly compare our what our portfolios looked like in 2020 vs today in 2025 to see: how much we’ve learnt, the biggest position changes and whether we really practice what we preach?

We cover:

- A full breakdown of every holding in our 2020 core AND satellite portfolios

- How that compares to our 2025 holdings

- What asset allocations have changed the most and why

- Our biggest holding, allocation or strategy change from 2020 to 2025

Resources:

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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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When you hear the phrase "technology and innovation” there is probably one place that immediately comes to mind; Silicon Valley, California. But that might be changing.

A handful of Chinese tech companies have been giving the US tech giants a run for their money this year. In this episode we cover the best ways to invest in China's rising economy.

We cover:

• Why invest in china? And why now?
• The challenges of investing in chinese companies from Australia, and how to overcome them
• Our top 3 ASX listed ETFs to invest in China (Index and thematic)
• Our top 3 US listed ETFs to invest in China (Index and thematic)
• Which one’s we would be buying

Resources:

📝 Download our free 4 step checklist to analyse any stock here.

Links Referenced:

📞 Have an investing question? Leave us a voicemail, and we'll answer it on the podcast!

🎧 Listen to Best ETFs to invest in Asia episode.

🎥 We're on YouTube! Watch full episodes on our new Get Started Investing YouTube channel Subscribe here

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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.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 10 years of investing, Queenie Tan grew her net wealth to over a million dollars. In this episode we chat with Queenie about how she’s done it. Queenie has built a platform teaching others how to invest, here, she shares her own story.

We cover:

• The strategies she used to build a $1 million investment portfolio
• How she sets financial goals.
• What’s been a bigger generator of wealth; crypto, property or stocks?
• How to avoid the investing mistakes she still cringes at.
• Plus Queenie shares some lessons from her upcoming book ‘the Fun Finance Formula’.
• How to apply these lessons to your own financial journey.

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🤳Check out more from Queenie on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube

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📞 Have an investing question or an investor you want us to interview? 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.

Equity Mates Media operates under Australian Financial Services Licence 540697.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.