Macro Economy: Inflation

The United States has the Dividend Aristocrats - a group of companies in the S&P 500 that have raised their dividend for 25 years or more. But we don't have an equivalent here in Australia - until now.

Every quarter all major market indexes get rebalanced. In this episode we ask - what companies made it in to the ASX200? And which ones fell out?

Every year Andrew Brown, Executive Director of East 72 Dynasty Trust, joins us to make some bold predictions for the year ahead.

We’re back for 2024! And we’ve got a lot to catch up on. In this episode we: Cover what happened over the break (both in our lives and in markets) Share our bold predictions for the year ahead Each pick our stock of the year

Today, we’re recapping the year that was. To do it, we’re bringing in the whole team at Equity Mates to share what they think are were the biggest business stories of the year.

Inflation seems to be dropping just in time for Xmas, but Black Friday sales are a scam. Speaking of scams, be careful who you sign your next rental lease with, while Armaguard reckon there’s no money in trucks filled with money.

A new survey in America shows that a third of Gen-Z are swiping stuff from the shops as cost-of-living pressures rise.

On Melbourne Cup Day, there was one fairly safe bet. Michele Bullock would raise interest rates. And they did, by 25 basis points.

Speccy Magee returns! He's heard your calls and come back to take the mic with a typically under-researched stock pick.

Inflation gave us a nasty surprise this week, while the intern who wrote the Treasurer’s media release doesn’t understand what real wages mean. Microsoft and Google gave markets a reality check on the AI boom, while Gen Z prefer their coffee at home.

This episode was sparked from articles we've recently found like this: Yahoo Finance - 'How much the average Aussie has in savings' and Finder - 'How much money should I have?'.

The boys are back to their bumpy old best. Inflation is off the front pages and deflation in China has taken its place. What’s that about?

Cost of Living: Hear Ren's #1 tip for saving on transport

Today Alec and Sascha ask: does deflation mean we’ll finally see an end to these interest rate rises?

The Bank of England surprised everyone last week, but definitely not in a good way. One listener wants to know if there’s a way to support the economy without adding to inflation, rich people are now shopping at Aldi, while Best and Less are issuing warnings. All this and more on this week’s Comedian v Economist.

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.