The Making Money Simple Podcast

Dec 03 2024 43 ep. 24 mins 17
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Helping you to invest and build wealth 💰 I started Making Money Simple in 2019 during my final year of university and I used it to break down money-related topics as simply as possible. I still continue to do that today, along with sharing my mistakes, my own journey and my knowledge - all whilst having a laugh - through this podcast! 💻 My website - https://makingmoneysimple.co.uk/ 📕 My book: Stop Waiting, Start Investing - https://linktr.ee/makingmoneysimple1 If you have any questions or want me to cover any specific topics, feel free to email me at: [email protected]

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Are You Investing? If Not, Stop Waiting, Start Investing (plus my investing mistakes and investing journey to £100,000+)

Dec 03 2024 28 mins  
In this video I discuss my brand new book Stop Waiting, Start Investing - that came out on 26 November 2024 - in more detail, run through the investing mistakes I made (of which there were quite a few) and take you on the journey of how I built my portfolio from £0 to £100,000+ over the last 7 years. To do this I didn't do anything special or inherit any more, and I'm certainly n

Building A Six-Figure Investment Portfolio (and the 5 specific funds to do this)

Nov 25 2024 38 mins  
Monty from @montylanefinance joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk all things investing. Monty has grown his investment portfolio from £0 to £89,000+ over the last 3 years, spread across a Stocks & Shares ISA and SIPP, and is on his way to a six-figure investment pot. That's a huge sum of money in a short space of time - so I wanted to find out how he did it. We dis

How To Invest For Your Children (Junior Stocks & Shares ISA, Junior SIPP and more)

Oct 28 2024 28 mins  
Iain from @IainJGeddes joins me on this episode of the podcast to talk about investing for your children. If you don’t currently have children, this is useful future information. Even if you don’t want children, you can hopefully pass on this knowledge to friend's children, nephews and nieces. We have three main options: Junior Stocks & Shares ISA, Junior SIPP, or using p

Investing & Taxes Explained (everything you need to know about taxes when investing)

Aug 27 2024 11 mins  
In this video I go through everything that you need to know about investing and taxes in the UK. This includes the 3 main vehicles we can use to invest in the UK - ISAs, pensions and general investment accounts. And the 3 main 'phases' of investing - before investing, during investing (i.e when we are invested in something) and when withdrawing. Ultimately, ISAs and pension

How I Invested £100,000+ In 5 Global Funds

Jul 29 2024 17 mins  
It's no secret that I am a fan of global funds. I am largely just a global index fund investor. Why? Because it keeps my approach as simple and as diverse as possible. Across my various investing accounts, and there are a lot of them (as we go through in the podcast), I usually solely invest into the lowest cost, most globally diversified fund I can find. And I recently passe

11 Extra Side Hustle Income Streams (Making An Extra £1,912 In 2 Months)

Jul 01 2024 36 mins  
Thomas (@thebankengine) joined me on this episode to talk about how he makes extra income each month - specifically a whopping £1,912 across April and May 2024. Not just in the last two months though, Tom the bank (or tank 🚂) engine has been making thousands of additional pounds across the last few years. This is all through extra income streams/extra side hustles that he has

How I Invested £6,505 in 2024

Jun 17 2024 15 mins  
This is exactly how I invested £6,505 so far in 2024. In this podcast I run through the exact investing platforms I use, the exact investment accounts I use and the exact investments I've been making. Like always, zero gatekeeping! As you will see, and if you don't already know, my approach is unbelievably simple. Primarily, this is automatic contributions into global fund

Are UK Investors Worse Off Than US Investors Due To FX?

Feb 28 2024 26 mins  
Jasper (@jasperinvests) joined me on this episode to talk about FX rates and how they impact us as UK investors. A very important topic that most aren't aware of. First, we discussed the S&P 500 returns for US investors compared to UK investors. Surprisingly, and we dug into the historical data, the returns can vary massively in any individual year. There can be huge swings

Blogging To Financial Freedom (+ 3 money saving tips)

Feb 06 2024 32 mins  
Emma from Bee Money Savvy (@beemoneysavvy) - a previous winner of Best Money Saving Blog - joined me on this episode to talk about two things. 1) Her blogging journey, where she now makes more money than her day job and 2) three key money saving tips that you should implement. First, we talk about Emma’s blogging journey and how she turned her side hustle into a money maker, all

The Importance of Branding (and how to monetise your Brand)

Jan 08 2024 31 mins  
Tej from @tejtalks joins me on this podcast episode to discuss all things branding (check out the timestamps further below in the description to see what we cover). Branding is everything. From the perspective of a personal brand or a business brand. We discussed the importance of branding and where to start, before moving on to how to actually build a brand and stand out. Towards