{"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":"The budget hits all investors, how you can leverage into shares & is Bitcoin back?","slug":"the-budget-hits-all-investors-how-you-can-leverage-into-shares-is-bitcoin-back","published_at":"2026-05-13T19:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637/the-budget-hits-all-investors-how-you-can-leverage-into-shares-is-bitcoin-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637","url":"https://shows.acast.com/equity-mates/episodes/the-budget-hits-all-investors-how-you-can-leverage-into-shar","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/equity-mates/e/6a0425c56672bfde95545df2/media.mp3","summary":"The Federal Budget has landed, and two of Australia’s biggest investing sacred cows — negative gearing and capital gains tax — are in the firing line. Bryce and Ren unpack what the changes mean for property, shares, startups and long-term investors, before reviewing the community portfolio, debating Catapult, Berkshire and TSMC, adding Bitcoin to the mix, and closing with a practical 101 on gearing. In this episode: 00:00 The Budget Winners and Losers 01:49 Negative Gearing and Capital Gains Tax Changes Explained 07:41 What the Budget Means for Investors and Startups 15:48 Community Portfolio Update: Beating the Benchmark? 17:32 Investment Committee: Should Catapult be Sold? 25:30 Reece Pitches Bitcoin for the Portfolio 31:17 Community Question: Gearing and Leverage 101 40:20 Geared ETFs, Risk and the Efficient Frontier ETFs & stocks mentioned: DHHF (ASX: DHHF), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: TLX), Catapult Group International (ASX: CAT), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON), Bitcoin (BTC), Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: IBIT), Global X 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ASX: EBTC), Betashares Australia 200 ETF (ASX: A200), Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ), Betashares Wealth Builder Diversified All Growth Geared ETF (ASX: GHHF), Betashares Wealth Builder Australia 200 Geared ETF (ASX: G200), Betashares Wealth Builder Nasdaq 100 Geared ETF (ASX: GNDQ), Betashares Geared Australian Equity Fund (ASX: GEAR), Betashares Geared US Equity Fund (ASX: GGUS), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) ——— Join us on Saturday 24 October in Sydney at Carriageworks for a day designed to prove that finance…","meta_description":"The Federal Budget has landed, and two of Australia’s biggest investing sacred cows — negative gearing and capital gains tax — are in the firing line. Bry…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2797,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/equity-mates-investing-podcast-55637/episodes/the-budget-hits-all-investors-how-you-can-leverage-into-shares-is-bitcoin-back/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/the-budget-hits-all-investors-how-you-can-leverage-into-shares-is-bitcoin-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}