46. Q&A: Employee share schemes, LICs, and mental accounting
Aussie FIRE | Financial Independence Retire Early · Hayden Smith & Dave Gow
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Show Notes
In this Q&A episode, Dave and Hayden unpack three listener questions:
- Should you hold or sell employee share scheme stock?
- Are LICs still a smart choice, or have ETFs taken over?
- How mental accounting tricks us into bad money decisions.
Timecodes:
(00:00) Intro
(02:30) Employee Share Schemes
(07:06) Tax & Concentration Risk
(09:37) The “Would You Invest Cash?” Test
(13:09) FOMO & Mental Accounting
(18:10) LICs vs ETFs
(34:07) Mental Accounting & Debt Recycling
(42:40) Everyday Money Mind Games
(48:27) Hayden’s Investing Slip-Up
(54:48) Wrap-Up
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