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This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Mitchell Lawler about Australian AI innovator, Brainchip (ASX:BRN).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– Mortgage offsets do compound! – What about the Soul Patts and Brickworks merger? – Tariffs won’t cause a collapse in the US. – What should I look out for with mergers and acquisitions? – How do I evaluate overseas growth opportunities? – An important missive from Camembert ThislethwaiteSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– Rates down… again – CBA profits grow, shares fall – EV road user charge – Chart crimes and misdirectionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Edward Vesely about Australian (and Alaskan!) gold miner Northern Star (ASX:NSR).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– Am I wrong to feel discouraged? – A brickbat – How did the US government get its Bitcoin – Should they sell them? – First home “builders” scheme? – Should the RBA set Budget parameters? – Did Andrew really suggest invading New Zealand?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– A cook’s tour through margins – Up go tariffs… again – The NSW government caves to Star and Crown – ASX’s TPG blunder – What Elon’s $44 deal says about TeslaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Darius Zarghami about Australia’s fourth-largest health insurer, NIB (ASX:NHF).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– ‘Sub cities, not subsidies’ – How do you make your way through company reports? – Best low income ETFs for kids? – What are the ramifications of high US debt? – What happens when AI takes over the world?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– Inflation falls… and a rate cut coming? – Higher tariffs ahead – More money… for Mt Isa – Productivity summitSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Chris Copley about a company best known as a mini Berkshire Hathaway (they’re some big boots to fill!), US insurance and investment company, Markel (NYSE:MKL).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– Won’t rich Superannuants simply remove their assets and delay CGT anyway? – Debt to GDP misses the assets of a government – How do we encourage people to move to the bush? – Who’d be a farmer? – You’re wrong on inflation and money printingSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all make mistakes… the best thing is to make them less often. Here are some mistakes we’ve made, and we hope you won’t!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Chris Copley about a simple way for Australians to get access to US technology companies, via the Betashares NASDAQ 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– What about equity crowdfunding? – What skills does a small-cap investor need? – How can I balance the positives and negatives? – Identifying members of a cult – Are ETFs really to blame?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Governing is hard. And politics always interferes. But here are six areas we think government could strike a blow for our economic prosperity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool Director of Research, Ryan Newman about Australia’s largest private health insurer, Medibank Private (ASX:MPL).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– What will AI do to jobs?  – Should we just get rid of all taxes and increase the GST?  – Will history repeat?  – Shouldn’t we use tax to support local interests?  – What about NAB Equity Builder? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time is the ultimate scarce resource. And we can’t get it back. But what do we wish we’d known at 18? Here’s our attempt at answering that question from an investing perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool Director of Research, Ryan Newman about iron ore (and other commodities) miner, Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– An exception taken to our criticism of taxing unrealised gains  – Maybe not indexing tax thresholds works?  – ‘Property vs. equities’ isn’t as simple as it seems?  – How can we keep increasing energy consumption without killing the planet? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.