The Money Puzzle

Why you DON'T have to fear our high inflation rate

08 Sep 2022

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Super fund CEOs are warning inflation will erode returns and they can't be expected to do as well as recent years: But private investors are not under...

Hunting for high paying hedge funds

01 Sep 2022

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The Future Fund’s CEO Raphael Arndt and chairman Peter Costello are notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to which investments win or lose for the ...

Around the world with the Money Cafe -Ex-pat special episode

25 Aug 2022

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This week's special episode covers money issues for Australians abroad or anyone who has international investment queries. Financial adviser, Dr Doug ...

The investment fund that's become a charity powerhouse

18 Aug 2022

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Caroline Gurney the CEO of Listed Investment Company, Future Generation, joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby in this episode. Discussing ...

The advisor's guide to finding financial advice

11 Aug 2022

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James Kirby talks to Tim Mackay, advisor at Quantum Financial Services. Topics discussed include the qualification you want your advisor to have, shou...

Spotting the red flag for fraud in Super

04 Aug 2022

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Leah Bennett, financial crime manager at Australian Catholic Super and a member of the First Nations Foundation joins The Australian's Wealth Editor J...

Pay the mortgage or top up super?

28 Jul 2022

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Financial adviser and author Bruce Brammall joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss how the RBA got it so w...

New financial year tax changes you should know

21 Jul 2022

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Financial advisor Liam Shorte of the Verante Group joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss updates on chang...

Tech Titan Bargain Basement?

14 Jul 2022

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Danielle Ecuyer, author of Shareplicity joins The Australian 's wealth editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss if the 50% discount on Fac...

Yes, the markets could get worse... here's why

07 Jul 2022

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Will Hamilton of Hamilton Wealth Management joins The Australian's wealth editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss why the markets could g...

The 'must know' tax tips for your 2021/2022 return

30 Jun 2022

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Timothy Ricardo, director at Bishop Collins Chartered Accountants joins financial advisor James Gerrard from FinancialAdvisor.com.au on this week's s...

How to save thousands on your mortgage in just one phone call

23 Jun 2022

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Wayne Dive, personal mortgage adviser at Smartline joins financial advisor James Gerrard from FinancialAdvisor.com.au on this week's show. They disc...

Stagflation, La Nina and rate rises

16 Jun 2022

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Patrick Commins, economics correspondent at The Australian joins financial advisor James Gerrard from FinancialAdvisor.com.au on this week's...

Rising interest rates: will property investors or share market investors do better?

09 Jun 2022

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Terry Tran, share market educator at The Freedom Trader joins fellow financial advisor James Gerrard from FinancialAdvisor.com.au on this we...

How to get 7% income on your investment but at what cost?

02 Jun 2022

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Stuart Wemyss, financial advisor at ProSolution Private Clients joins fellow financial advisor James Gerrard from FinancialAdvisor.com.au on this...

The portfolio changes you need to consider with Labor in power

26 May 2022

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Dr Doug Turek, financial advisor at Minchin Moore joins fellow financial advisor James Gerrard from FinancialAdvisor.com.au on this wee...

Who are the guaranteed winners from the Federal election?

19 May 2022

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Good friend of the podcast James Gerrard joins James Kirby on this week's episode, discussing a rocky ride in the share market, is there a correlation...

Is this the market’s ultimate bargain corner?

12 May 2022

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Tim Boreham, Stockhead's small caps correspondent joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's show. They discuss how Biotech gets ...

No bear in sight ! Why the ASX is still a late stage bull market

05 May 2022

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In this episode Jun Bei Liu, of Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund joins James Kirby to discuss CSL the bargain blue chip, what's the tax on my ten-bagger? and t...

Why younger investors are not putting money into super

28 Apr 2022

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James Kirby is joined by Chris Brycki, the CEO of online finance advice group Stockspot, discussing how thematic Exchange Traded Funds can lose you mo...

Charity giving: Australia you’re doing it wrong

21 Apr 2022

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In this episode James Kirby is joined by Scott Walters the CEO of Opportunity International, topics in discussion include the private investor charity...

Bank stocks are back in fashion: But which one?

14 Apr 2022

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It's a debut on the podcast for Remo Greco of Sanlam Private Wealth, topics being discussed in this episode include the miner’s new dividend pol...

Ukraine Donations - Are they tax deductible?

07 Apr 2022

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In this episode Doug Turek of Professional Wealth joins Wealth Editor James Kirby to discuss, among other things - How the crisis in Ukraine has affec...

BONUS - Live web event for The Australian's subscribers

05 Apr 2022

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In this bonus episode we're publishing the audio from a subscriber exclusive webinar on Budget Day. James Kirby was joined by Ross Greenwood the Busin...

What we found out about inflation from Treasurer Frydenberg

31 Mar 2022

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In this episode financial adviser James Gerrard of www.financialadviser.com.au joins The Australian's Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's show.&n...

Introducing - The Front

25 Mar 2022

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The Front is a new daily news podcast from The Australian, featuring each day’s essential page one stories, journalists’ candid take on th...

The two things most Rich 250 members have in common

24 Mar 2022

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John Stensholt the editor of the The Rich 250 joins James in this episode. The 250 is up for discussion including persistence and property - the twin ...

NFTs for Dummies

17 Mar 2022

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In this episode David Swann, Technology Editor of The Australian joins Wealth Editor, James Kirby. For discussion, what are Non Fungible Tokens and sh...

Why Super is the Best Tax Rate in Town

10 Mar 2022

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In this episode James is joined by Financial adviser Charlie Viola of Pitcher Partners. Points for discussion include, how to make the best of super, ...

Ukraine Crisis - The ethical dilemma for investors

03 Mar 2022

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In a special episode of the podcast David Bassenese, the chief economist at Betashares joins James Kirby, The Australian’s Wealth Editor to disc...

The ugly secret of unpaid super

24 Feb 2022

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Financial advisor and commentator James Gerrard of financialadvisor.com.au joins James Kirby, The Australian’s Wealth Editor. Items under discus...

What now for Aussie investors on Wall Street?

16 Feb 2022

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‘Shareplicty’ author and commentator Danielle Ecuyer joins James Kirby, The Australian’s Wealth Editor on this week’s episode....

Lessons from the fall of the Magellan Fund

10 Feb 2022

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In this episode of The Australian's Money Cafe Financial advisor, Will Hamilton of Hamilton Wealth Management joins James Kirby to discuss if the Mage...

Watch out! Exchange Traded Funds are drifting off course

03 Feb 2022

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Investment strategist Giselle Roux joins the Australian’s Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's episode of the show. They discuss the dangers...

Inflation - What will it mean for your investments ?

27 Jan 2022

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Dr Doug Turek of Professional Wealth joins James Kirby, the Australian’s Wealth Editor on this week’s show. The pair discuss why inflation...

Where are the property bargains in 2022?

20 Jan 2022

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Eliza Owen, head of research at property group CoreLogic joins James Kirby, the Australian's Wealth Editor on this week's show. They discuss the reaso...

Special Summer ‘ReStart’ - Episode Three - Your introduction to investment property

12 Jan 2022

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In the final summer special 'ReStart' series James Kirby talks to financial advisor James Gerrard about the best financial approach to buying an inves...

Special Summer ‘ReStart’ - Episode Two  - Getting to know shares and managed funds

06 Jan 2022

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This is the second episode in the special four part summer 'restart' edition of The Australian's Money Cafe, where James Kirby is joined by financial ...

Special Summer ‘ReStart’ - Episode One - Introducing you to the first principles of investing

30 Dec 2021

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The Australian's Money Cafe is running a four part summer special 'ReStart' edition, where each week James Kirby is joined by financial advisor James ...

Most popular episode of 2021 - Spare cash? Should you put it in super or cut the mortgage?

23 Dec 2021

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In today's special episode of the Australians Money Cafe we are playing back one of the most popular episodes we had on the podcast this year. The epi...

Smart investors end the year preparing for a downturn

16 Dec 2021

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Gemma Dale, head of investor behaviour at stockbroker nabtrade joins Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week’s edition of The Australian’s ...

The one habit all rich investors have in common

09 Dec 2021

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John Stensholt, the Rich 250 editor joins Wealth editor James Kirby on this weeks episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss the difference ...

The scandal your superfund hopes will go away

02 Dec 2021

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Will Hamilton of Hamilton Wealth Management joins James Kirby, the Australian's Wealth Editor on this week's show. They discuss if it is irresponsible...

Mythbusting the 'great resignation'

25 Nov 2021

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Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital Shane joins Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss...

Crypto Special - How much? For how long?

18 Nov 2021

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Jon Deane, CEO of Trovio and member of the government's Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre, joins James Kirby on this week's episode of The A...

Discovering the best value sector in residential property

11 Nov 2021

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Financial adviser and author Stuart Wemyss of ProSolution joins Wealth Editor James Kirby on this week's episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They ...

Should you pay your HECS or your Mortgage?

04 Nov 2021

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Financial adviser and Spirit Super director Sue Dahn joins James Kirby on this weeks episode of The Australian's Money Cafe.They discuss if you should...

Are house prices finally slowing down?

28 Oct 2021

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Financial adviser Bruce Brammall joins James Kirby on this week's episode of the Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss why bonds are suddenly a danger...

Tesla - Is it too late to join the party?

21 Oct 2021

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'Shareplicity' author Danielle Ecuyer joins James Kirby, Wealth Editor of The Australian as the special guest on this week's episode of The Australian...

Tax targets: The ATO's future hunting grounds

14 Oct 2021

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Dr Doug Turek of Professional Wealth joins James Kirby on this week's episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss how many Square shares you'...

The rich are different...and this is why

07 Oct 2021

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This week on the Australian's Money Cafe James Kirby is joined by Gemma Dale, head of investor behaviour, NAB trade. They discuss the distinct approac...

The ultimate Capital Gains Tax escape

30 Sep 2021

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This week on the Australian's Money Cafe James Kirby is joined by James Gerrard, financial advisor at www.financialadvisor.com.au. They discuss the po...

Help! I'm stuck in a dud superfund

23 Sep 2021

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On this week's episode of The Australian's Money Cafe James Kirby is joined by Will Hamilton of Hamilton Wealth Management. They discuss why share mar...

What the hell is a blue-chip: Where can I see a list ?

16 Sep 2021

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On this week's episode of The Australian's Money Cafe James Kirby is joined by Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, publisher of share market guide FNarena.com. They...

Lessons from Bitcoin's 'flash crash'

09 Sep 2021

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James Kirby is joined by Anthony Keane, Personal Finance Correspondent for News Ltd, on this week's episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discu...

How to invest for your kids

02 Sep 2021

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James Kirby is joined by adviser Sue Dahn from Pitcher Partners on this episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss Exchange Traded Funds ve...

Bitcoin versus Gold - What you need to know

26 Aug 2021

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James Kirby is joined by adviser Dr Doug Turek from Professional Wealth in this episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss if the markets ca...

Special Edition - China and your investments

19 Aug 2021

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On this special episode of the Australian's Money Cafe James Kirby is joined by Will Glasgow, China correspondent for The Australian. They discuss the...

Special Ethical Investing Edition

12 Aug 2021

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Special guest Mara Bun, director of Australian Ethical Investment, joins James Kirby on this week's episode of the Australian's Money Cafe. The two di...

Spare cash? Should you put it in super or cut the mortgage?

05 Aug 2021

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Adviser and author Bruce Brammall joins James Kirby in this episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss a HECs hitch you should seek to avoid...

Why the takeover boom is only starting

29 Jul 2021

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Fund manager and commentator Roger Montgomery of Montgomery Investment Management joins James Kirby in this episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. T...

Gold for the kids... it's a thing

22 Jul 2021

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Adviser and writer James Gerrard of Finance Advisor joins James Kirby in this episode of The Australian's Money Cafe. They discuss why used car prices...

Will the US export it's inflation to Australia ?

15 Jul 2021

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In this episode James Kirby discusses why China is not that important, ETF price drops are explained and should you be looking at inflation-linked inv...

Inside Peter Switzer's Self Managed Super Fund

08 Jul 2021

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In this week's episode James Kirby is joined by the broadcaster and founder of the Switzer Group, Peter Switzer. Points for discussion include should ...

Investing in space (yes, seriously)

01 Jul 2021

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In this week's episode James Kirby is joined by The Australian Technology Editor David Swan. The two discuss the Aussie EV company heading to NASDAQ, ...

Why the Taiwan drought will change your investment returns (it's the chip shortage)

24 Jun 2021

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In this episode of The Australian's Money Cafe James Kirby is joined by Managing Partner of Hamilton Wealth, Will Hamilton. Topics discussed include t...

Rates and inflation to move higher...can we ignore it ?

17 Jun 2021

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Sky News Business Director Ross Greenwood joins James Kirby in this episode. Topics discussed include El Salvador changing the game on Bitcoin, gold a...

Negative gearing: The beginning of the end?

10 Jun 2021

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In this episode of The Money Cafe the team discusses fixing rates? why it's now or never, will ETFs take over the market? and how it's a very very fin...

GDP growth pops: Can inflation be far behind?

03 Jun 2021

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This week on The Money Café, James Kirby and Alan Kohler traverse the world of ransomware and crypto, question whether it’s time to look at the chi...

We need to talk about crypto!

27 May 2021

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In this episode The Money Cafe touches on the (latest) financial advice crisis, what happens when that fixed term mortgage ends, the problem with prop...

The NFT unicorn Australia didn’t want

20 May 2021

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This week on The Money Café Alan Kohler and James Kirby discuss the concept of being trapped in your super fund, examine Dr Lowe’s language and loo...

The Budget Week Special – What really happened just there?

13 May 2021

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The Budget takes centre stage in this week’s episode of The Money Café, with James Kirby and Alan Kohler examining the key measures that might be u...

Why house prices can’t keep this up

06 May 2021

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This week on The Money Café, James Kirby and Alan Kohler question whether Fortescue can float on hydrogen, look at why the RBA Governor doesn’t hav...

Iron ore – too good to be true?

29 Apr 2021

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The dynamic duo James Kirby and Alan Kohler return to The Money Café where they discuss a radical idea for getting wage inflation up, how to chase Te...

The property market is crazy!

22 Apr 2021

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Property takes centre stage in this week’s episode of The Money Café, with buyers advocate Nicole Jacobs from Whitefox Advocacy sharing her thought...

Getting smart on super contributions

15 Apr 2021

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This week on The Money Café, James Kirby is joined by Pitcher Partners’ Sue Dahn to discuss whether split mortgages work and whether rates can real...

China's digital currency plans - big deal or not?

08 Apr 2021

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This week on The Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Kirby discuss why bonds bear bad news. Also on the agenda is the use of buyers’ advocates & ques...

Is AMP an impossible job?

01 Apr 2021

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This week on The Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Kirby discuss the secret tax break in vintage cars, question the rush to the regions, and look at ...

Why balanced funds may not be the best from here

25 Mar 2021

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Doug Turek joins James Kirby in this week’s episode of The Money Café to discuss off-the-plan property, chasing dividends and the crazy story of Ai...

Why rates won’t rise

18 Mar 2021

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InvestSMART’s Head of Strategy Evan Lucas joins James Kirby in The Money Cafe this week to discuss if it’s possible to find a residential property...

Bitcoin versus gold

11 Mar 2021

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In this week’s episode of The Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Kirby delve into the property market as Sydney house prices accelerate again. The p...

Pay off the mortgage? Not so fast

03 Mar 2021

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In this week’s episode of The Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Kirby discuss the prospect of Bitcoin in your super. Also on the agenda is Afterpay...

Standby for the solar ‘tsunami’

25 Feb 2021

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On this week’s episode of The Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Kirby delve into the mystery of the unlicensed adviser and her missing $20 million....

How to invest a million-dollar windfall?

18 Feb 2021

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In this week’s episode of The Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Kirby discuss the brutish and arrogant Facebook. The pair also look into the rise o...

JobKeeper... time to press for payback

11 Feb 2021

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In this week’s episode of The Money Cafe, Alan Kohler and James Kirby discuss the truly awful AMP and why Crown can’t go on like this. Also on the...

GameStop: Storm in a teacup?

04 Feb 2021

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Alan Kohler and James Kirby are back in The Money Cafe this week to discuss whether austerity is back on the agenda. The pair also wonder whether a ce...

Mad markets – hunting with wolves!

28 Jan 2021

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James Kirby and Alan Kohler are back in the virtual Money Cafe to discuss the GameStop controversy and hedge fund comeuppance. Also on the agenda is t...

Can a bubble last for years?

21 Jan 2021

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Alan and James return to Saporito for the first Money Café of 2021 which is labelled the year of the electric car. Also on the agenda is a discussion...

What investors learned in a year to forget. IPO boom surfs a wave of optimism. Is it time to re-educate economists?

10 Dec 2020

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In the last episode for 2020, James and Alan look back on what they've learned from a dreadfully difficult year, and the trends that seem likely to do...

House prices are going up, yes, really. Can Australia reset its trade relations with China? The winners and losers of rising super guarantees.

03 Dec 2020

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As we round into the home stretch of a dreadful year, things are starting to look strangely optimistic. House prices are going up, the recession appea...

Why Bitcoin is back. State budgets damn the deficits. The secret of multi million super accounts

26 Nov 2020

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After a year that has redefined turbulence, it appears that most investors are going to finish... flat? James and Alan talk about the surprisingly upb...

Bitcoin – The Second Coming. The Vaccine Race- Will Big Pharma play fair? China's booming sharemarket. Share swapping and CGT.

19 Nov 2020

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Bitcoin’s second coming has Alan Kohler and James Kirby questioning whether people are losing faith in the US dollar. The duo also ponder what other...

How to fix your rate regrets. Markets optimistic about a Trump transition. Beware faux ethical funds.

12 Nov 2020

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Rates are on everyone's minds at the moment. Can you beat the bank? Alan and James provide their opinions on fixing mortgages on this week's episode, ...

Back in the cafe! Market is pricing in a Biden win. A lot more than a rate cut from the RBA.

05 Nov 2020

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This week's episode was recorded as votes were being counted in the US Presidential election, but markets seem to have already warmed to the prospects...

Is there a recession or not? How bank dividend cuts hurt retirees hardest. What If AusPost's Holgate had offered cash instead?

29 Oct 2020

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As Victoria emerges from its lockdown, Alan Kohler and James Kirby take a closer look at Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle’s comment that a t...

Gold regains lustre as an inflation hedge. Who wants a Crown with this much controversy? Investing in barrels can be whisky business

22 Oct 2020

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Gold is back in vogue with investors, but what about cryptocurrencies? James and Alan discuss the idea of reserve banks creating their own digital cur...

Our top 3 best stocks. How low will Lowe go? Does government spending really drop next year?

15 Oct 2020

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With the RBA indicating another rate cut is imminent, Alan Kohler and James Kirby convene in the virtual Money Café to question how low Lowe will go....

Should you fix rates? The answer is obvious. What’s going on with super?

08 Oct 2020

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As the dust settles from Tuesday’s federal budget, Alan Kohler and James Kirby reconvene in their traditional Money Cafe time slot to trawl through ...

Budget 2020: searching for surprises in a blizzard of measures

06 Oct 2020

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James and Alan jump in to a spare room at the 2020 Federal Budget lockup to discuss a massive slate of fiscal measures largely already announced. It's...

Budget predictions. Can you beat the house when fixing rates? The cities left behind in a housing recovery.

01 Oct 2020

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James returns to the Money Cafe just as an enormous Federal Budget looms on the doorstep. This week, he and Alan discuss what next week's budget could...