The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast

We're spending some time looking at some of the major biases that we bring to bear when we're investing, and how they often hold us back from being really successful investors. Today, we're talking about ANCHORING.

As New Accumulators, we need to understand that when we invest, we are converting our cash into assets which we hope will increase in value over time, so we can beat inflation and meet our financial goals. So we need to spend some time today discussing the main assets that we can buy as investors so that we know what we're getting into…

Long-time listeners and viewers will know that I have a fascination with the subject of behavioural finance. This is simply biggest there is no bigger determinant of your future financial success than your won behaviour towards money. If it's that big a deal, I figured I should dedicate a few videos to the subject, starting today.

Risk is an essential part of investing, and I want to say right off the bat that it is a GOOD THING! We're conditioned to understand the word risk as a negative, but in today's show, I want to reinforce the exact opposite. Plus, I chat with my friend Nick Lincoln of Values to Vision about his strong views on the idea of capacity for loss.

We've looked at what trusts are and a little bit about how they work, so let's cover some practicalities now, when it comes to YOUR financial planning

I know that you're itching to get going with your investing and wealth-building, and I keep putting the brakes on. But it will serve you well to put a little bit of forethought into the whole exercise, and in my world, we call that financial planning…

Last week we talked about what a trust actually is, but this week we need to go deeper and look at the benefits, and the downsides and how they can be used in your financial planning.

Investing is most definitely the interesting part of personal finance. Budgeting can be a grind, and insurance is a necessity, but hardly full of fun and japes. But investing is where you get to see your money grow and move and change, and eventually you'll build something which will enable you to live how you want to live. Getting started on that process is exciting, and today, that's what we're going to be talking about.

I get asked about trusts a great deal, but they're something of an abstract concept. My goals today is to try and explain them to you!

Building wealth is the sexy part of personal finance. It's where you get to invest and take risks and watch your money grow. But there is a vital step to take first to make sure that your wealth can't be swept away in a heartbeat thanks to an unforeseen event. We need to talk about life protection.

It can be dangerous to invest too much money in the same company that pays your wages. This week I tell a story of a client who lost a LOT of money this way, and why you should be careful not to fall into the same trap

Woohoo - it's another new season! I've had a few weeks to get this one together while you've been listening to some great inbetweenisodes. This season is going to be a belter, but then I would say that...!

Plenty of you a spreading the word about MeaningfulMoney to your friends and family, but we can all do more! So I thought I'd take five-ish minutes to highlight some great ways to share the MeaningfulMoney goodness to everyone that needs to hear it.

Let me introduce you to Kaloyan Tsilev, my right-hand man here at MeaningfulMoney. In this last Inbetweenisode before we get going with Season 14, Kal and I chew the fat about what's coming in 2019 with the podcast, the socialz, and Meaningful Academy.

Pound cost averaging - is it about maths and investment success, or is it about human emotion and behaviour?

Long-time listener Matt P was at the November meet up in London which I held with Damien Fahy of Money to The Masses. At the meet up, Matt presented me with a gift of a book called Investing Demystified by Lars Kroijer. This latter book is an outstanding work dealing with the fundamentals of investing, and today, thanks to Matt putting us in touch, I get to chat with Lars himself. I'm telling you, it's a great conversation!

I talk a lot about core and satellite investing here on MeaningfulMoney, but what is it, and why is it important for YOUR investment success?

I get asked at least once per week for advice on how to become a financial adviser, and for ages I've thought that I really should sit down and deal with the subject definitively so that in future I can just reply to these good people with a link! Today I'm going to consider everything you need to know and everything you need to do if you fancy a career in financial advice.

Peer-to-peer lending is entering the mainstream - you can even hold it in an ISA now. But what is it, and should you consider it for your investment portfolio?

There are still precious few personal finance podcasts here in the UK, let alone shows with hundreds of episodes. One such is Money To The Masses, led by my good friend and real kindred spirit, Damien Fahy. Today I chat to Damien about his new tool, the Money MOT.

London Capital and Finance recently went under taking £263million of investors' money with them. What are some key lessons we can learn from this that might prevent you from being caught in future?

My guest today is a man I have admired in our profession since forever. He's a larger than life personality who fills a room when he enters it, and in a good way! And he has built a great business helping ordinary folks put in place life protection to secure their family's financial future.

Dave Ramsey is a personal finance megastar in the US. His daily radio show is syndicated across the states and around the world in the form of a podcast. He has helped countless people achieve financial peace - I'm a big fan, but sometimes he needs, well, Anglicising a bit!