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Founder of Learn to Trade, Greg Secker’s investment journey began with him working in IT on a trading floor supporting the largest currency trader in London. With no real knowledge of finance and a $5000 gift from his mother, Greg entered the trading game and joins the Nestegg podcast to discuss his journey to success.

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Having previously joined the show to share how he is making a full-time income in only a few hours a week, Greg Morgan also joins host David Stratford to share how Learn to Trade set him on the path toward financial success, and why mindset and positivity is key to success as a trader.

The pair will explain why the current climate is the perfect time to be trading, explain the 5-2-1 rule and why it is so important, and reveal what the best investors are doing to cement their success.

You can keep up to date with what Learn to Trade are up to HERE

Have an investment story to share? Get in touch at [email protected] and you might get featured on the next episode.

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Confusing pricing and a lack of “robust” competition means Australians sending or spending money overseas are paying far more for foreign currency conversion services than is needed.

The final report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) foreign currency conversion services inquiry found a number of issues affecting people who use international money transfers (IMTs), foreign cash, travel cards and credit cards or debit cards for transactions in foreign currencies.

Most scathingly, the ACCC blasted the sustained use of the big four banks for foreign currency conversion services due to some of the challenges facing consumers, despite the availability of much cheaper alternatives.

It is difficult for consumers to compare prices because some suppliers don’t disclose their total price upfront, it was reported, with consumers sometimes also paying unexpected fees.

According to the ACCC, during 2017-18, individual consumers using the big four to conduct IMTs in US dollars and British pounds alone could have collectively saved around $150 million through use of lower priced suppliers.

Commenting on the findings, ACCC chair Rod Sims also noted how “shopping around could save Australian consumers hundreds of millions of dollars each year”.

“Consumers and small businesses tend to default to their usual bank to send money overseas, but this may not be the cheapest option. This is another example where consumers may end up paying more for their loyalty,” he offered.

The ACCC had undertaken the inquiry after findings were made by the World Bank in June last year that the cost of sending money overseas from Australia was approximately 11 per cent higher than the G20 average, 13 per cent higher than the UK and almost 40 per cent higher than the US.

What the inquiry found:

Foreign cash is more expensive at airports than at other locations. According to the ACCC, when buying US$200 in February 2019, consumers could have saved AU$40 by purchasing from the cheapest supplier at a non-airport location compared with the most expensive airport supplier.
Consumers using the most expensive bank to transfer US$7,000 would have paid more than AU$500 more than they would have, had they gone straight to the cheapest supplier.
Customers of the big four banks using debit or credit cards without international transaction fees instead of a travel money card could be saving up to AU$13 on a US$200 purchase.
Customers of the big four banks could save up to AU$5 on a US$200 purchase by using a “regular” debit or credit card instead of a travel money card.

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Grace Ormsby

Grace is a journalist on Momentum Media's nestegg. She enjoys being able to provide easy to digest information and practical tips for Australians with regard to their wealth, as well as having a platform on which to engage leading experts and commentators and leverage their insight.