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The Safest Money Moves Ever Made (They hid $350 billion of gold)

4/2/202636 min

What does Winston Churchill, Fort Knox, a billion-dollar shipwreck and the invention of money have in common? In this episode, Bryce, Ren, Mr Beat Up (aka Simon) and team member Ned go deep on some of history’s wildest “safe money moves” and land on the one idea that made every investment possible.

In this episode:

1:33 Operation Fish: Churchill moves Britain’s gold to Canada

7:34 Fort Knox: America’s gold vault and the conspiracy theories

15:21 Volvo EX90

16:05 The Atocha: the most valuable shipwreck ever recovered

24:50 The invention of money: from barter to banknotes

33:45 Voting on the safest money move of all time

This episode has been sponsored by the Volvo EX90 - designed to be the safest Volvo ever made. Book a test drive today at volvo.com/au

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Clips

Government’s Double Gold Switch
Is Fort Knox Tungsten?
Operation Fish Triumph
Treasure Hunt’s Tragic Cost
Supreme Court Backs Treasure Hunter
Barter’s Fatal Flaw Named

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Alec Renehan· Host0:00

    [upbeat music] Everything you're about to hear is for education and entertainment purposes only. Whilst we are licensed, we're not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any advice is general advice. Equity Mates operates under Australian Financial Services License 540697.

  2. Bryce Leske· Host0:15

    [upbeat music] Operation Fish, Fort Knox, a Spanish shipwreck, and the history of money. Wondering what on earth we're talking about? Well, you're about to find out.

  3. Speaker 20:23

    Equity Mates.

  4. Bryce Leske· Host0:25

    Welcome to Equity Mates, a show where we explore what's possible in the world of investing. If you've just joined us for the first time, a massive welcome to our community. My name is Bryce, and as always, I'm joined by my equity buddy, Ren. How are you going?

  5. Alec Renehan· Host0:35

    I'm very good, Bryce. Very excited for this episode. Always excited, but particularly excited for today 'cause we're doing something a little bit different.

  6. Bryce Leske· Host0:44

    We are.

  7. Alec Renehan· Host0:44

    You flagged four, um, potentially confusing, uh, [laughs] things off the top. [laughs] But we are talking all things safest money moves.

  8. Bryce Leske· Host0:53

    That's right. We've been challenged to look at the safest money moves by Volvo in celebration of their new car, the Volvo EX90, designed to be the safest Volvo car ever made.

  9. Alec Renehan· Host1:04

    And the great thing is we're not doing it alone. We've got two Equity Mates joining us. One that is probably better known, uh, Simon, AKA Mr. Beat Up. Thanks for joining us.

  10. Ned· Guest1:13

    Thanks, Ren. This should be a fun episode today, I think.

  11. Alec Renehan· Host1:16

    And also, we've got Ned. Uh, we don't have an AKA for you yet- Yeah ... but Ned, uh, thanks for joining us as well.

  12. Ned· Guest1:21

    No, thanks for having me. Very excited to be here. Bit nervous sitting next to Mr. Beat Up, but- [laughs] ... long time fan.

  13. Bryce Leske· Host1:27

    Me too.

  14. Unknown speaker1:27

    [laughs]

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