James Thomson
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2,279 appearances
7 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 12 Jun
James Thomson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The Australian Financial Review.
Hello, I'm James Thompson, Senior Chanticleer Columnist at the AFR.
Welcome to our weekly news breakdown of all things business, finance and markets.
With me today, as always, is my Chanticleer colleague.
He's not as rich as Elon Musk, but he's just as smart.
It's Anthony McDonald.
How are you, Anthony?
Anyone could have the money, mate.
14 kids, who needs it?
Good point.
This week, we examine Judgment Day for Elon Musk as his AI hot air balloon, SpaceX, takes flight on the New York Stock Exchange.
We kick around the business of the World Cup and football in general, and we look at a household name eyeing off a big deal in Britain.
But first, Anthony, you did some great digging this week on the big fat bet that's building against our big four banks.
Now, your data showed that the short positions against the banks, that's investors who are betting that share prices of banking stocks will go down, not up.
Those short bets have hit a record $11 billion, which is pretty impressive, Anthony.
What's going on here?
What's not going on here, James?
Seriously, the banks are getting squeezed on all fronts.
And I think that's what these short positions showed.
So obviously you've got mortgage competition, deposit competition, pressure on the bank's margins.
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