Why Invest? - Season 2, Episode 1
The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast
Pete Matthew
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2016
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Here in the UK we’re in the aftermath of the referendum vote to leave the EU, and stock markets are very volatile. Headlines are screaming about billions wiped off the stock market. The pound is suffering compared with other currencies. With all these concerns, isn’t it better to keep your money where it is safe, say under the mattress or in a high-interest savings account?
Why invest at all?
Today I’m going to answer that question...
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Why invest?
It seems to be assumed that investing is THE way to become wealthy. There are far more column inches dedicated to choosing the right funds or tax wrappers than there are listing the best high-interest accounts. Probably because there are no really high-interest accounts these days.
But why invest at all? As usual, I’m going to look at what you need to KNOW first, followed by what you need to DO, assuming you decide that you should consider investing some of your heard-earned cash.
In this session, you'll discover:
- Why the current unprecedented times are heralding a new normal
- The difference between saving and investing, and why it matters
- The relationship between risk and reward
- Why you must have a why (for investing)
- The importance of educating yourself
- Some books, podcasts and websites you can use to do just that
- How much you should invest
Resources mentioned in this week's show
Book: Money, Master the Game, by Tony Robbins
Book: The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
Podcast: Money To The Masses, with Damien Fahy
Website: FinancialMentor.com
Free email course - Learn How To Invest
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| 0:00.0 | Hi folks and welcome to the Meaningful Money podcast Season 2, Episode 1. |
| 0:04.7 | That's why he's so keen to invest. |
| 0:07.8 | Invest? |
| 0:08.7 | Invest! |
| 0:09.9 | Oh yes, well, invest! |
| 0:15.5 | This is the podcast dedicated to helping you put your finances in order. My name is Pete Matthew |
| 0:24.1 | and I'm going to share with you everything you need to know and everything you need to do to secure |
| 0:28.7 | your financial future. I'm here to help you make sense of money. |
| 0:43.0 | Great to have you with me once again, folks. |
| 0:45.6 | Did you notice a subtle difference there at the beginning? |
| 0:50.6 | Change is happening in the Meaningful Money Podcasts as I've trailed over the last couple of weeks. |
| 0:56.9 | But today, as I speak, we're in the aftermath of the referendum vote to leave the EU. Stock markets as a result are very volatile, so our currencies. Headlines are screaming |
| 1:02.1 | about billions wiped off the stock markets. The pound is suffering compared to other currencies. |
| 1:07.4 | Now, no matter where you are in the world, it seems like there's always some kind of pressure going on, some threat to investments, whether economic, political, or some nutcase |
| 1:15.8 | with a suicide vest, isn't it better then to keep your money where it's safe, under the mattress |
| 1:20.7 | maybe, or in a high interest savings account? Premium bonds, anyone? Why invest at all? Today I'm going to answer that question. I'm going to |
| 1:29.4 | do my best to do that. And this is the first of our new sort of seasons-based shows. |
| 1:34.2 | It'll be the Meaningful Money podcast that you've come to know and love, okay? But what I'm planning |
| 1:38.4 | to do is deal with the subject at length over a few weeks and sort of wrap that in a season. |
| 1:43.8 | The idea is to make the content |
| 1:45.1 | here on meaningful money easier to find. It means I can go back and cover some stuff that I covered |
| 1:48.8 | ages ago. I've been doing this three and a half years, right? I can cover, re-cover some of that |
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