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GeneralWill this interest rate rise finally take the heat off property prices?
On Melbourne Cup Day, there was one fairly safe bet. Michele Bullock would raise interest rates. And they did, by 25 basis points.
10 November -
Why can’t Adam get a good price for his Aaron speakers on Gumtree?
Mortgage delinquencies are rising… should the RBA be worried yet? The Barbie boom is over and Mattel’s share price is back where it started8 November -
Who is Michele Bullock, the new RBA Governor?
This episode Sascha welcomes Jennifer Duke, Economics Correspondent at Capital Brief, to discuss the RBA's new direction.2 October -
If you’re under 55, you’re getting shafted
The RBA dropped another rate hike on us last week and then said they’ve got more where that comes from punks. It’s likely we’re already in a per capita recession, with young people in particular getting smashed, while over in Japan, there’s a business model in helping people quit their jobs. All this and more on this week’s Comedian v Economist.14 June -
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50% of US banks are underwater. How does that end well?
The RBA shocked us all with another rate hike last week. Where did that come from? The banking crisis in the US rolls on. Is there any end in sight? Chile is ‘nationalising’ it’s lithium sector, while Cleanaway reports that the garbage truck driver shortage is coming to an end. All this and more on this week’s Comedian v Economist.10 May -
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Fox News eats humble pie. Will its business model change?
Fox News eats humble pie. Will its business model change? Will a once in a generation review of the RBA change much? Has Fox news learnt anything from its humiliating loss to Dominion Voting Systems? Why is South Korea paying young people to go outside? And how can Netflix be making so much money and still be sad.26 AprilSponsored by IG Australia
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South Korea has plans for a 69-hour work week. No, srsly.
The South Korean government wanted to push a 69-hour work week, but people did not think that was funny at all. The nickel market is a still a weird place to be, with the discovery that what they thought was nickel in one warehouse was just bags of stones. The Master Your Trading Mind Hub on IG has some useful advice on running with herds, while the US Fed has painted the RBA into a corner. All this and more on this week’s Comedian v Economist.29 March -
GeneralBonus: Comedian v Economist - Mrs Mac's goes bust while supermarkets crush it
Want to know what's holding you back from being the best trader you can be? IG have some ideas. The wages data came in soft and the RBA should be ashamed of itself. Coles and Woolies are posting great profits, while Mrs Mac's has gone belly up. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.10 MarchSponsored by IG Australia
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Why the Reserve Bank is trialling a digital currency
ur currency is basically digital already. So when the RBA announced plans to create a Central Bank Digital Currency our biggest question was... Why? Isn’t the Aussie Dollar pretty digital already?8 March -
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Andrew Brown’s Bold Predictions for 2023 | “One of the boldest predictions I'll ever make...”
Join Andrew Brown from East 72 as he outlines his 14 bold predictions for 2023.16 February -
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GeneralMonthly Market Review - January 2023
The hawkishness of the U.S. Federal Reserve at its December meeting set the tone for markets in December, even as there is clear evidence that inflationary pressures are easing across large swaths of the developed world.23rd Jan, 2023
Source: J.P Morgan Asset Management
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Believe it or not, the Aussie share market is up over the past 12 months
In today's episode, Bryce & Alec discuss one key learning from the market that they have from the past week.5 December -
Is the RBA playing mind-games with markets?
The RBA "shock and awed" markets last week with a jumbo rate hike. Have they gone crazy or is that just what they want us to think? The NSW government has decided to subsidise Transurban's earnings with a "totally stupid" piece of public policy, while Britain is experimenting with a 4-day work week and Thailand is giving every household a cannabis plant. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.15 June -
Four trends that just disrupted two-party politics
What would the weekend's election look like through the eyes of Warren Buffett? Why did the wages data wrongfoot the RBA, why has India banned wheat exports, and what happens now the last McDonald's in Moscow is closed? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.25 May -
Interest rates... but interesting
All around the world, the headlines are the same - the global interest rate is rising. In Australia, the RBA has just made the first interest rate increase in 11 years, raising rates from 0.1% to 0.35%. We're in good company - in the US, interest rates were raised from 0.25% to 0.5%, in the UK and South Africa, there have been two interest rate rises, and South Korea has raised from 1% to 1.5% this year. In today's episode, Darcy and Sascha discuss the impact of these changes, and how they relate to that other 'i' world: inflation.5 May -
Is that the sound of a SuperBubble bursting?
Markets have had something of a shakeout over the summer, without a regular CVE to guide them, but is it the beginning of something much larger? What will the RBA do now the data is a full two years ahead of their forecasts? How has China been tracking over the summer, and why are these millionaires asking us to tax them more? All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.2 February -
Weaponising Corporate Power in the Pacific
nflation data was out but why does nobody believes the RBA won't hike rates? Woolworths is bummed that people are eating at home more, Telstra bought a Pacific telco with the governments money, and some guy wants to scan your eyeball and give you free crypto.3 November
