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Owen Rask and Gemma Mitchell discuss effective strategies for investing $500 a month in Australia.

If you had $500 to invest in Australia every month, where would you actually put it? Join Rask's new platform In this live weekly Q&A episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Owen Rask and Gemma Mitchell break down their top strategies for investing $500/month in Australia today. Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to automate your wealth-building habit, we share practical ways to construct a sensible, low-cost portfolio designed for the long haul. What we cover in today's investing episode: - The $500 Portfolio Pick: Owen and Gemma reveal where they’d invest $500 right now. - Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA): Why regular, fixed investments beat trying to time the market. - The Math of $500/Month: How small monthly amounts compound into long-term wealth over 10, 20, and 30 years. - Sensible ETF & Index Strategies: How to keep brokerage low and diversification high. - Live Community Q&A: Answering your pre-sent and live chat questions on money, stocks, and personal finance. Episode resources – Buy Gemma’s book “The Money Reset” – Speak with the Rask Advice team – Ask a question (select the Finance podcast) Show partner resources – View VanEck's range of funds –…

People in this episode

Host: Owen Rask

Guest: Gemma Mitchell

Topics covered

• investing strategies
• dollar-cost averaging
• portfolio construction
• long-term wealth
• ETFs and index funds
• community Q&A

Keywords

• investing
• Australia
• portfolio
• wealth-building
• dollar-cost averaging
• ETFs
• index funds
• financial planning

Sponsors

VanEck, Pearler, PocketSmith, Stripe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rask

Products: The Money Reset

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