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Apple has finally entered the foldable phone race with the $3,499 iPhone Duo, but is it enough to kick-start the John Ternus era? Bryce and Alec also unpack a remarkable AI breakthrough before Henry Jennings returns to Pimp My Portfolio, where one community member’s love of ETFs has left him doubling down on tech and leverage. Plus, Super September asks whether small extra contributions really matter, and the maths gets big surprisingly quickly.


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In this episode:

00:00 Introduction

02:44 Apple’s $3,500 Foldable iPhone

06:42 AI Gets Smarter, Humans Don’t

11:48 Pimp My Portfolio with Henry Jennings

19:38 Riding the AI Rollercoaster

23:37 The Superannuation Debate

25:54 Small Contributions, Big Returns

29:33 Super’s Powerful Tax Advantage

31:52 Government Boosts Your Super


ETFs & Stocks Mentioned: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS), Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF (ASX: VGS), Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX: NDQ), Betashares Wealth Builder Nasdaq Geared Complex ETF (ASX: GNDQ), Betashares Asia Technology Tigers ETF (ASX: ASIA), Catapult Sports (ASX: CAT), REA Group (ASX: REA), WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC).


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