

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
Mentioned books

Jun 22, 2018 • 6min
Is my money REALLY safe?
There's been some upset really because investors' money, usually ring-fenced from the capital of an investment manager, has been used to pay for the wind-up costs of a failed company. Does this mean that your money is at risk after all? What about the FSCS? In this short video, I explain all...

Jun 20, 2018 • 25min
COHESION: First Principles 10
In this season we’ve covered the financial first principles, fro defining what wealth means, through compounding, inflation and last week looking at how our behaviour affects our wealth-building efforts. Today I want to bring it all together under the title of COHESION.

Jun 15, 2018 • 5min
How To Spot A SCAMMER
There are still way too many people getting parted from their money by unscrupulous 'financial adviser' who of course, are nothing of the sort. In this week's Five Minute Friday, I give five tell-tale signs of these crooks, so you can stay safe.

Jun 13, 2018 • 32min
BEHAVIOUR: First Principles 9
Long-time listeners know that for some time I have been fascinated by the study of behavioural finance, that is, the reason we make the decisions we do around money, and the implications of those decisions. There is no question that our responses to external events as we build wealth over time, has a massive effect on the eventual outcome. Today I want to try and cover this massive subject in précis form - let’s see how we get on!

Jun 8, 2018 • 5min
5 Tips For Money Management
Regular listener LillyOfTheValley emailed and asked for some tips for basic, day-to-day money management. Here are my top five...

Jun 7, 2018 • 29min
MMP264: The Money Plan with Warren Shute
In this extra podcast this week, I chat to a fellow financial planner who has written a book which you REALLY need to know about.

Jun 6, 2018 • 25min
COSTS: First Principles 8
Costs are a necessary part of investing; I don’t know any way of investing without incurring some costs somewhere along the line. But any pound paid out in costs is a pound not working for you. Today I want to look at the different costs of investing and how to minimise them for your benefit.

Jun 1, 2018 • 5min
Multi-asset....What?
I bang on about multi-asset funds all the time on MeaningfulMoney, but what exactly do I mean, and why are they such a big deal?

May 30, 2018 • 29min
GROWTH: First Principles 7
If you’re going to achieve your own definition of what it means to be wealthy some day, you’re going to need your money to grow. Today I want to talk about growth, what it means and how to achieve it.

May 25, 2018 • 6min
The only three accounts you need
Most of us don't need complex financial products. Instead, you can build all the wealth you need with just three kinds of account...