Asking questions is a critical component of learning. However, it can be hard to ask a question if it seems like you should already know the answer. The Fat Wallet Show is a weekly podcast about all the money questions we were too embarrassed to ask. We admit what we don’t know and we try to figure out the whole money business. Sometimes we swear.
We’re currently off-air – but we have 245 past episodes of brilliance as Kristia van Heerden and Simon Brown answer questions ranging from personal finances to investments.
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Podcast: What’s with structured products?
What's with structured products? Welcome to The Fat Wallet Show! It’s our maiden voyage, and we’re happy to have you on board. We’re excited to introduce uncertainty, irreverence and the subtle art of asking questions to your portfolio. Phrases like, “I’m not sure” or, “Let me look that up and get back to you” or, ...
May 30, 2016
Podcast: Fund(s) of funds with Keith Mclachlan
Fund of funds with Keith Mclachlan Fund of funds are the Russian nesting dolls of investment. When you strip away all the layers, are you left with fees or profit? In the second episode of The Fat Wallet Show, Simon and I bedevil industry boytjie and small caps fund manager Keith Mclachlan about these products. ...
Jun 6, 2016
Jun 13, 2016
Podcast: What do derivatives stick to?
Recording Fat Wallet #4. I finally stump @simon_brown_za in this one! A photo posted by Kristia Van Heerden (@k_r_isis) on Jun 15, 2016 at 3:21am PDT Sometimes it seems like derivatives exist simply to vex me. I know, academically, that the world doesn’t revolve around me, but seriously derivatives: what the hell? In this episode ...
Jun 20, 2016
Podcast: Arbitrage is like being Batman
The more questions I ask about investing, the more questions I have. While talking derivatives last week, Simon mentioned arbitrage. It’s a term smart folks like to use at investment conferences. When they do, I nod and hope people can’t really smell fear. Doofus and Smarty Pants recording #fatwallet this morning. I'll let you decide ...
Jun 27, 2016
Podcast: Hedging for boring investors
A completely risk-free investment is pretty much a unicorn. Even cash in the bank loses value over time as inflation rises. Hedging is a word obnoxious trader types use to describe investment strategies aimed at protecting your portfolio from losing money. Traders mostly hedge using derivative products, but I steer clear of the d-word as ...
Jul 4, 2016
Podcast: Too cool for retirement annuities?
At Just One Lap, we don’t shy away from financial products. If it exists, odds are you can find it in our archives. We do, however, have an Achilles heel. We don’t like talking about retirement annuities. Personally I have no qualms with them. I wasted the first decade of my earning life getting shafted ...
Jul 11, 2016
Podcast: The perks of being Village Idiot (and bonds)
The Fat Wallet Show is a weekly humble pie eating contest (on iTunes, for all the world to witness, as of this week). For about the first six months after joining Just One Lap, I left every meeting with a list of things to Google. Half a year in, I finally knew enough to start ...
Jul 18, 2016
Podcast: Killing ETFs
Let’s start this week with a slow clap for Magnus Heystek. In a single article, he managed to troll an entire industry. Well done, sir. You got me. Post #fatwallet #podcast recording. We get to hang out with @michaelavery at Melrose Arch today. #classicfm A photo posted by Kristia Van Heerden (@k_r_isis) on Jul 20, ...
Jul 25, 2016