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Investopoly
Investopoly is a twice-weekly podcast designed to help you make better financial decisions and build wealth with clarity and confidence. Hosted by Stuart (tax adviser, financial adviser, and mortgage broker) and Campbell (senior financial adviser), each episode delivers concise, practical insights grounded in real-world strategy, research, methodologies, and case studies.
You will get two episodes each week: a main episode that deep-dives into a single wealth-building topic, and a Q&A episode that answers listener questions and real scenarios. Send your questions to questions@investopoly.com.au
We also writes a weekly blog, and many podcast topics build on those ideas and frameworks. Stuart's forthcoming book, Wealth by Design, will be available in July 2026.
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Eight Rules Revisited #2: Your freedom number has 3 levers
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Episode two of Eight Rules Revisited continues the Thursday series comparing the eight golden rules from Stuart's 2018 book Investopoly with the updated versions in his new book, Wealth by Design, released on 28 July.
Rule 2 states that you must know how much income you need and by when. That principle hasn't moved. What has tightened considerably is everything surrounding it. The two goals now have proper names, the freedom number and the freedom date, and the underlying framework has shifted from a single retirement cliff to three distinct phases of working life, reflecting that most people today want to ease off gradually rather than stop abruptly.
Stuart explains why holding too little outside superannuation can quietly lock people into the all-or-nothing retirement they were trying to avoid, and why planning for at least 30 years of post-work life means growth assets need to remain part of the strategy well into retirement. He also breaks down why a $100,000 income target implying $5 million in assets is far less daunting once it's understood there are three separate levers available to pull, not just one.
The episode closes with a one-page exercise listeners can complete this week to produce a first version of their own freedom number and freedom date. The full worksheet and modelling method appear in chapter two of Wealth by Design.
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