

The Meaningful Money Personal Finance Podcast
Pete Matthew
Pete Matthew discusses and explains all aspects of your personal finances in simple, everyday language. Personal finance, investing, insurance, pensions and getting financial advice can all seem daunting, but with the right knowledge and easy-to-follow action steps, Pete will help you to get your money matters in order.
Each show is in two segments: Firstly, everything you need to KNOW, and secondly, everything you need to DO to move forward on the subject of that episode.
This podcast will appeal to listeners of MoneyBox Live, Wake Up To Money, Listen to Lucy, Which? Money and The Property Podcast.
To leave feedback or ask a question, go to http://meaningfulmoney.tv/askpete
Archived episodes can be found at http://meaningfulmoney.tv/mmpodcast
Each show is in two segments: Firstly, everything you need to KNOW, and secondly, everything you need to DO to move forward on the subject of that episode.
This podcast will appeal to listeners of MoneyBox Live, Wake Up To Money, Listen to Lucy, Which? Money and The Property Podcast.
To leave feedback or ask a question, go to http://meaningfulmoney.tv/askpete
Archived episodes can be found at http://meaningfulmoney.tv/mmpodcast
Episodes
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Dec 11, 2019 • 23min
Staying The Course
What a season this has been! We've covered a lot of ground, from setting goals, to establishing daily actions. From robust reviews to using leverage. We've covered more ground on behavioural finance and last week we had the inimitable Escape Artist offering his take on the long journey to FI. Today I want to summarise things really, with an emphasis on staying the course

Dec 6, 2019 • 6min
National Insurance Explained
Last week we covered income Tax, and this week we need to finish that off by talking about the other income tax, which masquerades as something else - National Insurance

Dec 4, 2019 • 1h 6min
Catching FIRE with The Escape Artist
Today I'm speaking, for the second time, to Barney Whiter, AKA The Escape Artist. Barney is a leading voice in the FIRE movement in the UK, and I wanted to get his take on working towards Financial Independence, the challenges along the way and the practicalities of it all.

Nov 29, 2019 • 9min
How Income Tax Works, Part One
Income Tax is a part of all our lives, but how does it really work? It's important to know how income tax works, so that we can understand ways to pay a bit less of it...

Nov 27, 2019 • 23min
Rolling with the punches
In the long journey towards financial independence, life sometimes happens. When it does, you're going to need to adjust, deal with the challenges and refocus. Today I want to help you do just that.

Nov 20, 2019 • 35min
Exercising Control - Internal Factors
The conversations we have with ourselves around money are vital to our successful wealth-building. Today I'm bringing back repeat guest Neil Bage to go into this vital area of our financial journey.

Nov 13, 2019 • 41min
Exercising Financial Control - Part One
How we behave around our money has far greater impact on our wealth-building than our investment decisions, or level of diversification and whether or not we use leverage. Today I welcome back my good friend Neil Bage, founder of Be-IQ (a behavioural insights company), to talk us through how we cope with the various influences over our behaviour.

Nov 6, 2019 • 30min
Next-Level Diversification
We all know that diversification is a good thing when it comes to investing and wealth-building, but is there a limit to how useful it can be? Can you be TOO diversified? Today I'm talking about next-level diversification.

Oct 30, 2019 • 32min
Mastering Leverage
Experienced investors need to understand leverage in all its forms, and today we're going to be talking about what it means to apply leverage to your own wealth-building.

Oct 23, 2019 • 27min
Accelerating Your Progress Towards FI
We've covered a ton of ground in the season so far, and we're only now approaching the half-way point. We've spent time looking at goals and actions and reviews, but the journey to financial independence is a long one, and just like on a long drive when you come to an open road, it feels good to put your foot down, it feels good to accelerate your financial plans too.


