{"podcast":{"title":"Equity Mates Investing Podcast","slug":"equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637","podcast_index_feed_id":55637,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/8c560a52-84ff-4b06-b819-f4e9bd6e85ef","website_url":"https://equitymates.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6113c4e58b49030d2716f6e0/1629932001241-b9a3641bf992fd152185547c28b9c9c3.jpeg","author":"Equity Mates Media","episode_count":1141,"summary":"Bryce and Alec bring you Australia's best investing podcast. Join them, as they breakdown the barriers to investing, to make the markets accessible to everyone. Start your journey now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637"},"episode":{"title":"Our Monthly Portfolio Update - April 2026","slug":"our-monthly-portfolio-update-april-2026","published_at":"2026-05-03T19:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637/our-monthly-portfolio-update-april-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637","url":"https://shows.acast.com/equity-mates/episodes/our-monthly-portfolio-update-april-2026","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/equity-mates/e/69f4207c88bffc7d92617b79/media.mp3","summary":"Bryce and Alec are back with their May portfolio update, looking back on April’s performance across their core ETFs, satellite stocks, income sleeve, crypto and active managers. It’s a strong month on paper, but the real story is underneath the surface: Spotify’s sharp post-earnings drop, TSMC’s monster quarter, and Alec’s growing conviction that infrastructure could play a bigger role in an income-focused portfolio. Sharesight makes tracking your portfolios easy. Save 4 months on any paid Sharesight plan at www.sharesight.com/equitymates In this episode: 00:00 – Welcome back: April portfolio review and what’s on the agenda 01:26 – Bryce’s portfolio: core ETFs, satellite positions and active managers 07:28 – Alec’s portfolio: DCA, income sleeve and infrastructure ideas 17:32 – Reporting season begins: why US earnings matter for their portfolios 17:52 – TSMC deep dive: AI demand, margins and valuation 22:58 – Spotify earnings recap: strong numbers, weak market reaction 25:26 – Four-step stock checklist: is Spotify still a hold? 34:06 – What’s next: upcoming earnings, thesis reviews and portfolio decisions Stocks and ETFs mentioned in this episode : Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), TSMC (NYSE: TSM), Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), Axon (NASDAQ: AXON), Hims & Hers Health (NYSE: HIMS), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG), WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Walmart (NYSE: WMT), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Transurban (ASX: TCL), Global X US Infrastructure Development ETF (ASX: PAVE), Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (ASX: VDHG), iShares S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV), BetaShares Geared US Equity Fund (ASX: GGUS), BetaShares Geared Australian Equity Fund (ASX: G200), BetaShares Global Bank…","meta_description":"Bryce and Alec are back with their May portfolio update, looking back on April’s performance across their core ETFs, satellite stocks, income sleeve, cryp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2142,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637/episodes/our-monthly-portfolio-update-april-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637/our-monthly-portfolio-update-april-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}