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We discuss the latest finance and digital business news, with a distinctively Australian flavour
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Central Banks Now Have A Perfect Alibi!
The spate of Central Bank meetings this week, with Canada and The Fed done, the Bank of England today and the RBA next week, continues to stress the h...
Annual CPI Inflation: Highest Since September 2023 (And Rising)!
Inflation, which was already about the RBA’s target before the Gulf War spiked up to 4.6 per cent in March driven in part by the Middle East conflict...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: The Perfect Property Storm Ahead? With Leith van Onselen
This is an edit of a live show in which we examined the fall out coming to the property market as recent Government policy collides with the consequen...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Join our property insider Edwin Almeida and I for another wander down the latest property news, as we look at migration, property market dynamics, and...
Will “The Perfect Storm” Hit The Property Market?
The Australian property market only goes one way, if you believe the Real Estate Agents, the online spruikers, and even many ordinary households as we...
Instrument Warning: Is A Market Correction Incoming?
This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia, and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the w...
The Uncomfortable Truth About Cash Use In Australia!
This week we got an interesting report from the RBA , contained in their April 2026 Bulletin titled Cash Use in Australia: What the 2025 Consumer Paym...
Are Markets Misreading The Middle East War?
U.S. stock futures edged lower on Thursday, as investors kept tabs on tensions in the Middle East and gauged an incoming raft of corporate results. Al...
How Planning, Property, And Austral Collided!
Austral is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 42 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Another dive into the latest property news with our insider Edwin Almeida. How should we interpret the latest “home prices are falling” news? What do...
Oh No! Property Prices Are Falling!
Hold my beer, because according to an article in the AFR, Sydney, Melbourne house prices are going backwards, even though the others are not! Quoting...
The Hormuz Mirage Fools The Markets!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the wa...
Is Housing Toast? With Tarric Brooker
In the latest edition of our regular show journalist Tarric Brooker and I take a deep dive into the Australian property market, and how it has changed...
Rear View Mirror Says Employment Is Fine; Just Don’t Look Ahead!
We are in a phony war at the moment, as the real effects of the Gulf War, and the spike in fuel prices are yet to hit the rear-facing data as reported...
Is An Economic Crisis Incoming?
As the Gulf War hangs in the balance and the Straits of Hormoz remain shut, or nearly so, economists are having a field day with a tranche of gloomy e...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: The Money Of War Versus The Money Of Peace: With Adam Stokes
In this live show edit we examined the consequence of the Gulf War in the light of Crypto being used to pay for passage across the Straits. This is co...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
This week Edwin, our property insider and I dive into the latest from the government on advertising relating to the fuel situation, and for foreign fi...
Tick-Tock: Home Prices Under Pressure As Markets Fade.
Last week we got articles suggesting that buyers worry about the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and sellers rushing to offload their homes have c...
Markets Wrestle With Alternate Realities As “Peace Talks” Hopes Belie The Incoming Economic Storm!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the w...
How Many Porky Loans Do The Banks Really Hold?
For some long time, there have been questions about the quality of mortgage loans held by Australian banks. Underwriting standards require them to mak...
Navigating The Uncertainty Principle!
Markets have been volatile, with Oil and LNG lower in price on the announcement of the temporary ceasefire, and then higher as the question of whether...
The Game Of Thrones Takes Another Turn!
We look at the impact of the temporary ceasefire in the Gulf War as part of our monthly economic update, recorded with Nuggets News. This is my edit o...
DFA Live Q&A: Investing During A “Game Of Thrones” Gulf War: With Damien Klassen
In this live show we examined the markets in the context of the current Gulf War, and the “Game of Thrones” energy battle now underway. I was joined b...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Despite the long weekend, Edwin and I are back for another deep dive into the world of property. This week we look at the latest numbers, which seem t...
Household Financial Stress BEFORE The Storm…
We have updated our surveys and modelling to the end of March 2026, effectively the last month before the incoming rate rises, fuel increases and infl...
Markets Ride The Volatility Rollercoaster, With No Visible Support!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the w...
The Omnishambles Incoming: With Tarric Brooker
In the next edition of our show, Journalist Tarric Brooker and I discuss the real implications of the Gulf War on Australia. Using his great slides, w...
Stagflation Incoming: Brace, Brace, Brace!
The outlook looks pretty gloomy, thanks to the War in the Gulf. We got a spate of leaders addressing their respective nations about the economic situa...
The Conspiracy Of The UniParty To Kill Cash: With Robbie Barwick
Yesterday we saw the UniParty in action, as the weak cash bill was passed in the Senate, with the support of Labor and Liberal Nationals, despite earl...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Surviving When Things Fall Apart: With Tony Locantro
In this live show we examined the consequences of the Gulf War on Investing, the economy and life in general, with Investment Manager Tony Locantro. T...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
This week we dive into the latest economic and property data and ask whether the doom and gloom which is hanging over the market is justified. We cons...
Will Australian Property Take A Bath?
Frankly, trying to forecast where the Australian economy might go when the situation in Iran changes every hour is not easy. But it does seem likely t...
Markets Reach Correction Territory And Find No Place To Hide!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the w...
More Pain Incoming As Gulf War Hangs Around.
Fears of economic strain are growing across the globe as the United States-Israel war on Iran nears the one-month mark. The escalating conflict in the...
Its Mad Max Versus The Housing Market: With Leith van Onselen
Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, co-founder of Macrobusiness joins me for a deep dive into the latest situation across the Australian economy, as hi...
We Have An Inflation Problem; And More…
As expected according to the latest monthly inflation data from the ABS released today, Australian inflation remained elevated in February which under...
The Senate Fire-Fight In The War On Cash: With Robbie Barwick
There were shenanigans in the Senate relating to the future of cash, and it highlights the games people play to keep the banks sweet, despite the need...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Mad Max Versus The Australian Property Market: A Quickie…
In this live show we examined the consequences of the RBA rate hike, and the broader impact of the Gulf War on Australians, and their fixation with pr...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
As the Gulf War morphs we examine the impact on property in Australia, with specific reference to Sydney with our property insider Edwin Almeida. Once...
Markets Swoon, Lost In A Fog Of War And Recession Fears.
War does not run to a script. Not least because all parties have a say about what happens next. Mohamed El-Erian said on X: “Consensus is shifting, an...