Owen Rask

Owen is the Chief Investment Officer of Rask Invest and Founder of Rask. Since founding The Rask Group in 2017 in the hillside suburb of Upwey, Victoria, Owen has overseen the growth of the Rask platform to over 400,000 investor followers. Today, Owen oversees the Rask Analyst team, which helps more than 4,000 Aussies build core portfolios from ETFs and shares, he hosts Australia’s biggest investing podcast, The Australian Investors Podcast, appears on Rask’s other channels, covering Property, Business and Finance; and leads Rask Education – our education platform which has enrolled over 33,000 Australians into free finance courses. Prior to founding Rask, Owen was an investment analyst at the highly regarded managed funds research business and a writer/analyst for one of the most well-known share market publications. Owen’s formal qualifications include a Master of Applied Finance and Master of Financial Planning from Kaplan Professional, Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems) from Swinburne University of Technology, Advanced Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) and Diploma of Mortgage Broking Management. He’s also completed level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.

Owen Rask's latest insights

FIRE: it’s reallocating time

Those in the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement often see things quite differently from the rest of society.

Drop the novelty & save $200k

I’ve noticed a peculiar trend in recent years. Despite having an already-incredible and increasing standard of living, my fellow Aussies seem to be growing less content with each year that passes.

Xero’s half-year report (FY23)

Today, Xero Ltd (ASX: XRO) released its FY23 half-year results, announcing slower (but expected) new subscribers and a weaker profit result than the market was expecting.

Get Intelligent Investor on me

Thanks to our podcast sponsors, The Intelligent Investor, I’m happy to extend an offer to all Rask Core 🌏 members.

Wake me up when September ends

Bond and equity bulls lost the fight against the bears and July’s rally was unwound in August and September.

How to value a bank share

In a recent update to Rask Invest members (who are now part of Rask Core 🌏), I’m taking a very valuable tutorial straight out of the Rask Value Investor Program with Equity Mates.  If you want to learn how to value any investment with a consistent income stream (LICs, banks, insurers,