Hi folks and welcome to the Meaningful Money Podcast season 13 episode 1. This is the podcast dedicated to helping you put your finances in order.

My name is Pete Matthew and I'm going to share with you everything you need to know and everything you need to do to secure your financial future.

I'm here to help you make sense of money.

Here we go, great to have you with me. This is a little bit different because I'm

videoing myself doing the podcast, you know, 302 episodes in and I decide to do something different you know why not because just keeps life interesting doesn't it so I don't know whether I keep doing it or no

I don't know whether there's any benefit to doing this or not but you know what you

got to sort of push the boundary sometimes but the great thing is it's another new

season here on meaningful money and as always I'm excited at the prospect of digging deep into a subject

looking back over the 12 seasons that's including the first

160-odd episodes which are not really a season but which are now

lumped together a season one. Looking back over the 12 seasons completed

to date I realize that I haven't so far addressed the main challenges encountered by folks who are just getting started

with their financial journey and so this season seeks to address that so more on

that in just a sec because you know what I'm going to say next

this broadcast is brought to you with the help of my great friends at seven

investment management seven i am specializing something called multi asset investing which is something I

obviously talk about a lot here and I think that should form the core of most

people's portfolio. 7I am I've been helping me out here since the spring of 2011.

It's a long time now and you know that has enabled me to keep going,

enables me to buy equipment.

I'm surrounded by a lot of equipment here and I

certainly couldn't have got to where I am now without their help. So please do

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