Asset Class: Real Estate

It's our final episode for the year. Since launching at the end of April, we’ve released 149 episodes, written a quarter of a million words in notes, won Best Business Podcast at this year’s Australian Podcast Award, and been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times - by you.

We think this is the toughest year since we’ve started doing the podcast. Ren think it’s been a reality check - reminding him of the importance of a strong core. Bryce said 2022 showed him DCA is the way to go.

For the final show of the year, the boys look at the bull-case and the bear-case for 2023, they recap the latest GDP numbers, and take stock of where the property market is at. And then they wish you a Merry Christmas from everyone at Comedian v Economist and Equity Mates Media!

Today Alec and Sascha arm you with the statistics you need to bring to the generation war over the Christmas lunches. What explains the wealth disparity between Millennials today and Baby Boomers in 1989?

Today, Alec and Sascha try to understand this housing supply crisis and the world’s plans to build their way out of it. Is it as simple as building our way out of this problem?

We're not trying to fear monger here, but there is an emerging trend of big financial institutions turning to residential real estate as an asset class and buying up family homes. Today Darcy and Sascha talk about the new trend and ask themselves the question: why is Wall Street going after residential property and should we all be worried?

Chris has more than 30 years of experience working as a real estate specialist with a background in investment banking, equities research and investment management. He is a co-founder of Quay Global Investors, and co-launched the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (Unhedged) in 2014.

The Greens are calling for a rent freeze. Good idea or nah? NASA have found an asteroid worth a 'quadrillion bazillion' dollars, while studies show that women make better investors, even though they're less confident. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.

Mark Bouris is an Australian businessman who is best known as the founder and chairman of 'Wizard Home Loans', Australia's second largest non-bank mortgage lender behind Aussie Home Loans. He is now the chairman of Yellow Brick Road, a business which he founded in 2007. He’s also the founder of Mentored, a platform that inspires, educates, motivates future business owners! Want more Mark? Listen on his podcasts The Mentor and Straight Talk.

Stephen Koukoulas is one of Australia’s leading economists, previously working as Chief Advisor for Financial Markets at Australia’s Treasury, Chief Economist at Citibank and as a Senior Economic Advisor to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.

Chinese property was front of mind for many investors last year as we watched property developer Evergrande struggle with its $300 billion dollars in debt. Turn away for a few months and now Evergrande’s developer peers are accepting fruit and vegetables as payments. Chinese property developers are now accepting garlic in exchange for property. You heard that right. And no, garlic isn’t code. 500g of garlic will get you 5 yuan off your property. Or maybe more realistically, 5 tonnes of garlic will get you 50,000 yuan off your property. That’s a little over $7,000 US dollars.

Hedge Fund guru Ray Dalio reckons people don't get how hard it is to nail a 'soft landing', pub workers are getting pay rise up front, NZ house prices are falling fast, and if you've got a lazy $20m, you can buy Warren Buffett lunch. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.

There's been years of reading headlines about the soaring prices of houses, not just in Australia, but all over the glob - the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and the Czech Republic. But, with a global economy now fighting inflation, there's signs the rocketing residential prices might be a thing of the past. Today, Bryce and Sascha look at the housing boom, and examine if it's actually unravelling?

In true Equity Mates tradition, Bryce and Alec are joined by Equity Mates Head of Partnerships team member Emily Croker in this episode. Em sits in the hot seat and is grilled about her investing journey. From her first ETF dip into the stock market ... to Crypto ... to dollar cost averaging, if you are looking for some inspiration to 'get started', or just after a few Instagram accounts to follow for share market inspiration, then this is the one for you!

Inflation came in scorching hot, but will it last and what does that mean for interest rates? Robinhood is real trouble.... is it the end of the meme-stock era? And what happens to first home buyers if rates rise? Will the government have blood on its hands? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.

Aussie start ups have had a record breaking funding quarter... where is all that money coming from? One of Australia's economic grey-beards reckons housing in Australia is a travesty of natural justice, China might already be in recession, and Freddo Frogs are getting smaller. What's up with that? All this and more on this week's Comedian V Economist.