# Investing and markets: what operators said this week

Investors on positions and reasoning, as they said it.

Updated 2026-10-29. Source: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/topics/investing

> "I made the conscious decision to invest in PR and so invest back in the business"
- Sarah Meikle on The SME Stream, 2026-10-27, at 56:36. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/dd26328085bf63bc

> "We are also investing in innovative technology too, like a $4.3 million investment in SmokeBench, enhancing our camera-based bushfire detection technologies."
- Australian Government on Australian Parliament: House of Representatives, 2026-10-27, at 48:29. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/e175c866570fe841

> "you can limit how much of your returns you lose at taxes through the art of what's called asset location, which is deciding which investments should go in which types of accounts."
- Robert Brokamp on Rule Breaker Investing, 2026-10-22, at 17:34. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/1b1159671dc373e9

> "momentum in your fund is the momentum in the stock times the weight in the fund"
- Matt Jones on Equity Mates Investing Podcast, 2026-10-23, at 21:04. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/9dff58663dcc0748

> "Now imagine that this fund tracks something like an index. So something that has about 1% daily volatility. Now in this case, the break even return, the underlying stock is to be up, I think about 8.4% for the levered ETF and the underlier to have the same."
- Chris Murray on The Rational Reminder Podcast, 2026-10-22, at 50:13. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/72667bb18d8e5bdc

> "we'll own 30 to 40 stocks in both portfolios today because we think being concentrated is important."
- Warren Robertson on Equity Mates Investing Podcast, 2026-10-27, at 12:37. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/33daaf8851c7d616

> "They include investments like the Arrokoon Multipurpose Community Resilience Centre in Queensland, a $7.9 million project to deliver a purpose-built public cyclone shelter and facility for disaster coordination and evacuation."
- Australian Government on Australian Parliament: House of Representatives, 2026-10-27, at 48:29. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/2ffe562533c0b057

> "I've invested in an online itinerary management tool, not cheap to employ sort of those sorts of things, but man, unbelievable time saver"
- Sarah Meikle on The SME Stream, 2026-10-27, at 57:25. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/98053dee6551b61b

> "We partnered with a specialist in the space and we interviewed thousands of Australians, both prospective investors and existing investors."
- Mark Joachim on money money money, 2026-10-23, at 2:09. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/10ecb0d4bf1d6f55

> "we did some modelling for clients recently who were pursuing a financial independence goal. We found that if they wanted to achieve their goal without needing to sell down any investments, they could both cease work at age 55."
- Paul Benson on Financial Autonomy, 2026-10-26, at 2:46. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/e821038cf0c6b281

> "but from my investment strategy, I have a property manager. So majority of the things that I do are through property management because I work a full time at the time I was also going to school full time"
- Lindsay Barrientos on BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcast, 2026-10-26, at 20:40. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/6b832ee509984a43

> "I just got an unconditional approval for a loan and signed loan docs on Saturday. It's a $6.5 million loan and it was split into two portions, one at 6.14% interest only investment and one at 6.34%. So we guarantee our rates at 6.1%."
- Jack Henderson on Asset Rich with Jack Henderson, 2026-10-22, at 6:41. Listen: https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/listen/fd5c2493d8154064