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What do you do for research?
May 27, 2026
Unknown duration
A Quick Tutorial on Private Credit
May 20, 2026
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Talk’n Bonds with Tony Crescenzi
May 15, 2026
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Illusion of Income
May 6, 2026
25m 11s
Decorum and Diplomacy
Apr 29, 2026
19m 52s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/27/26 | What do you do for research? | What is likely to work in investing? According to Colin, it's the advice nobody gets excited about.Stay diversified. Rebalance consistently. Cut your tax bill. Understand your own behavioural blind spots. None of it is glamorous, but the data generally backs it up.Colin and Greg get into all of it on this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, including why "which stock should I buy" may be the wrong question. | — | ||||||
| 5/20/26 | A Quick Tutorial on Private Credit | Some private credit funds have recently faced redemption pressure, bringing renewed attention to liquidity risk in the asset class.Colin and Greg walk through what private credit is, why it grew rapidly after the 2008 financial crisis, and how the "illiquidity premium” works in practice on The Free Lunch Podcast.If you've been hearing a lot about private credit lately and weren't totally sure what to make of it, this one is for you. | — | ||||||
| 5/15/26 | Talk’n Bonds with Tony Crescenzi | Colin and Greg brought in one of the sharpest minds in fixed income to answer that question. Tony Crescenzi from PIMCO discusses the bond market like a supermarket with 150 trillion dollars worth of aisles, and explains why knowing which shelf to shop from could matter as much as anything else in your portfolio.In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, they get into inflation thresholds, starting yields, global diversification and why active management tends to win in bonds in ways it often doesn't in stocks. | — | ||||||
| 5/6/26 | Illusion of Income✨ | structured notesincome+3 | — | Canvas Wealth | — | structured notes12% yield+3 | — | 25m 11s | |
| 4/29/26 | Decorum and Diplomacy✨ | investing skillsdiplomacy+3 | — | — | — | investingdiplomacy+3 | — | 19m 52s | |
| 4/22/26 | Seduced by Headlines✨ | financial newsinvestor behavior+3 | — | — | — | financial newsinvesting+3 | — | 23m 45s | |
| 4/15/26 | DIY (not as easy as you think....)✨ | investingDIY+3 | — | — | — | investingDIY+3 | — | 26m 04s | |
| 4/8/26 | RRIF Meltdown Strategy✨ | RRIF meltdown strategytax implications+3 | — | — | — | RRIFmeltdown strategy+3 | — | 24m 30s | |
| 4/1/26 | Big Acquisition News!✨ | investing strategymarket emotions+3 | — | — | — | investingmarket downturn+3 | — | 24m 49s | |
| 3/25/26 | War and Volatility✨ | market cyclesinvestor psychology+3 | — | — | — | investingvolatility+3 | — | 27m 44s | |
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| 3/18/26 | Leprechauns, Luck & Discipline✨ | market timingluck vs skill+3 | — | — | — | market timinginvesting+4 | — | 20m 57s | |
| 3/11/26 | Happiness!✨ | happinesssocial support+4 | — | World Happiness Report | Nordic countriesCanada+1 | happinessWorld Happiness Report+6 | — | 28m 40s | |
| 3/4/26 | Financial Planning Miniseries Episode 4 - Wrap Up✨ | financial planninglifestyle inflation+3 | — | — | — | financial planninghouse poor+4 | — | 32m 21s | |
| 2/25/26 | Financial Planning Miniseries Episode 3 - Investing and Taxes✨ | investingfinancial planning+3 | — | — | 18%22% | financial planninginvesting+3 | — | 20m 07s | |
| 2/18/26 | Financial Planning Miniseries Episode 2 – The Canadian Landscape✨ | financial planningCanadian economy+5 | — | — | Canada | financial planningCanada+7 | — | 23m 07s | |
| 2/11/26 | Financial Planning Miniseries Episode 1 – Macro View | In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Colin is joined by Blair, Director of Financial Planning at Canvas Wealth, to kick off a new series focused on the role planning plays in long-term financial success.They explore how financial planning turns money into a life tool, replaces guesswork with clarity, and helps people navigate major life transitions with confidence, not just better returns.A conversation about outcomes, behaviour, and building freedom over time. | — | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | When the world shifts: Geopolitics | From wars and sanctions to trade disruptions and surprise political events, global markets react quickly to uncertainty.In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Greg and Colin walk through decades of data on geopolitical shocks, what typically drives market drawdowns, how long recoveries tend to take, and why most sell-offs fade faster than headlines suggest.They also explore what these events mean specifically for Canadian investors, including impacts on oil, the dollar, and global portfolios. | — | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | Top Stock Pick’s 2025 and 2026 | Every January, investment firms release their top picks and bold projections for the year ahead.In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Greg and Colin look back at the stock lists published in early 2025 and ask the question most people forget to ask: how did they actually perform?By comparing forecasts to real-world outcomes, they unpack why confidence doesn’t equal accuracy, why benchmarks matter more than opinions, and what investors can learn from hindsight. | — | ||||||
| 1/21/26 | Boomer to Millennial: Lessons for the next gen. | In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Greg and Jacob reflect on how the reality of wealth advising differs from what’s taught early on.Technical knowledge matters, but it isn’t what ultimately sets wealth advisors apart. Listening, understanding, and guiding people through uncertainty are what define the work.Throughout the episode, they explore the lessons that only experience teaches, and what it really takes to build a career that lasts. | — | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | What Have We Learned Along the Way? | If there’s one lesson that kept showing up over nearly 300 episodes, it’s this:being reasonable beats being brilliant.In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Colin reflects on five themes that have shaped the show over the years, starting with why behaviour matters more than intelligence, forecasts, or clever strategies.It’s a reminder that long-term success rarely comes from bold moves. It comes from consistent, disciplined decisions made over time. | — | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | Leasing vs Buying Market Volatility | When markets move, our instincts kick in fast. ⏱️In this episode, Colin and Greg share a real example of a new investor reacting to a small short-term loss, and use it to explain why checking your portfolio too often can do more harm than good.They break down volatility, time horizons, and why investing isn’t meant to feel like watching a savings account. | — | ||||||
| 12/31/25 | A Fireside Chat with Rob Carrick | We’ve become far more comfortable with debt than we used to be.In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Rob Carrick, one of Canada’s most trusted personal finance journalists and longtime columnist at The Globe and Mail joins Greg and Colin to talk about how consumer culture has reshaped our relationship with money.They discuss frictionless spending, social media pressure, and why debt often builds quietly, without a clear moment where things go wrong. | — | ||||||
| 12/24/25 | 12 Steps to Greatness in 2026! | We procrastinate on taxes for the same reason we avoid the dentist. We know it’s important, it just feels uncomfortable.In this episode of The Free Lunch Podcast, Colin and Blair talk about tax optimization, early planning, and why contributing sooner to your TFSA or RRSP can be one of the most underrated financial habits.It’s step four in their “12 Steps to Greatness in 2026” list, and they cover all 12 to help you start the year with clarity. | — | ||||||
| 12/17/25 | What is Free Lunch? | Is there really a free lunch when it comes to investing?According to Greg and Colin, there is one: diversification.It’s not exciting. It doesn’t make headlines. But it’s one of the few strategies that has improved outcomes while helping reduce risk over time.In this episode, they explain why diversification works, why investors resist it, and why it matters right now. | — | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | Giving Thanks to The Pioneers | Where would modern thinking about markets be without the people who pushed it forward?This week on the Free Lunch Podcast, Colin and Greg reflect on the thinkers and researchers who reshaped the way we understand economic behaviour. From evidence-based approaches to frameworks that bring discipline and clarity to decision-making, the way we view the world today exists because a few pioneers were willing to challenge old assumptions. | — | ||||||
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