The RBA has lifted rates to a 15-year high, so what does that mean for mortgages, inflation and the Australian economy? Bryce & Ren unpack the latest rate rise before turning to SpaceX’s Starship breakthrough & Google’s plans for AI data centres in space. Then Henry Jennings from Marcus Today joins Pimp My Portfolio to help simplify a growth-heavy portfolio, before the Equity Mates community portfolio gets its latest health check.

In this episode:

00:00 RBA rates hit a 15-year high

06:50 SpaceX Starship reaches orbit

09:17 Google’s plan for AI data centres in space

11:27 Pimp My Portfolio with Henry Jennings

19:12 Simplifying an ETF portfolio

22:35 Reviewing 16 individual stocks

26:29 Is the Community portfolio beating the market?

29:01 Investment committee: finding the next stock

Stocks & ETFs Mentioned: Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQ), iShares S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV), Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA: VUG), VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ: SMH), Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSEARCA: VEU), Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA: VYM), Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA: SCHD), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB), AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), ASML (NASDAQ: ASML), Stealth Group (ASX: SGI), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD), ImmunityBio (NASDAQ: IBRX), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Visa (NYSE: V), Wesfarmers (ASX: WES), QXO (NYSE: QXO), Macquarie Group (ASX: MQG), LifeMD (NASDAQ: LFMD), iShares S&P 500 AUD Hedged ETF (ASX: IHVV), Betashares All Growth ETF (ASX: DHHF), Pro Medicus (ASX: PME), Telix Pharmaceuticals (ASX: TLX), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM), GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV), Global X Autonomous & Electric Vehicles ETF (ASX: DRIVE), Bitcoin (BTC), PWR Holdings (ASX: PWH), Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Adrad Holdings (ASX: AHL), Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA), Washington H. Soul Pattinson (ASX: SOL), CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP), Grab Holdings (NASDAQ: GRAB), Codan (ASX: CDA)

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RBA raises rates again, Pimp my Portfolio with Henry Jennings & we review the community portfolio

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RBA raises rates again, Pimp my Portfolio with Henry Jennings & we review the community portfolio