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Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog
We discuss the latest finance and digital business news, with a distinctively Australian flavour
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Is Australia Doomed? With Tarric Brooker
I am joined by Journalist Tarric Brooker to examine the latest data with a deep focus on what is happening to those aged 25-34, in terms of income, bi...
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Means More Rate Hikes Incoming!
Mortgage Holders should brace for more hikes in the cash rate this year as today we got the latest data from the ABS relating to the Labour market, th...
15 Years Of “No Real Income Growth”?
I highlighted last week the arcane discussion in Senate estimates about measuring earnings growth across the Australian economy. Senator Canavan sugge...
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Australia’s Future In The Balance; Act Now! With Robbie Barwick
This is an edit of a live show where I was joined by Robbie Barwick and we examined the current apparent rise of the Police State, the removal of civi...
Property Rant Special: Caveat Emptor: Is It A Myth In 2026?
In a special show I am joined by Jennie Tonner, a Licensed Conveyancer and President of the NSW Association, as well as property insider Edwin Almeida...
Don’t Get Caught As The Property Market Turns!
First we have the latest round of auction clearance rates in from the weekend sales, from both Domain and Cotality. Of course, not all results have la...
Volatility, Rise And Repeat…
Another week and more volatility, as fears over AI investment profiles and wildfire AI disruption rippled across sectors including insurance brokers,...
Who Is Gaslighting Who?
The Senate Estimates process is always worth a watch, as it can be more spicy than the Lower House version, where entities from the RBA through to Tre...
People-Based QE Is The Name Of The Game!
In a desperate attempt to keep GDP growth positive, Australia has been upping their intake of people into the country, especially since the COVID year...
Home Lending Boomed Higher Before The RBA Hiked!
We finally got the 4th Quarter Lending Stats from the ABS, checks calendar, in the middle of February, and while there was an increase in first homebu...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: A Deep Dive Into Our Household And Property Data
This is an edit of a live show where I walked though our latest household finance and property analysis with a focus on price and financial, mortgage...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
In this edition, our property insider Edwin Almeida and I dig into the impact of AI, the need for caveat emptor, analysis of the latest numbers, and t...
The “Hot” Auctions, Which Are Not So Hot…
The media was full of “news” about auction clearance rates this week, claiming that despite the RBA rate rise in the week, things were still hot and h...
Market Calisthenics, As Investors Buy Dips, Rotate, And Speculate!
This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the wa...
An Astounding Revelation! With Tarric Brooker…
In our latest Friday afternoon discussion Journalist Tarric Brooker and I take a deep dive into the latest data, with some surprising results. Beyond...
Markets Turn The Uncertainty Dial Up. Again…
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan skidded 1%. South Korea’s KOSPI tumbled 1.7% and Taiwanese shares lost 0.7%. Chinese blue c...
Home Prices: Busted???
The threat of interest rate hikes could already be impacting the housing market, with fresh figures showing runaway prices are starting to cool. Of co...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Investing In A Time Of Gold And Silver Roller-coasters: With Damian Klassen
This is an edit of a live show I was joined by Head of Investments for Walk The World Funds And Nucleus Wealth, Damian Klassen, as we parsed the recen...
Down The Rabbit Hole: Where Does Power Actually Lay?
In another of our occasional series of discussions with my friend George, we explore the role and source of political and economic power in the world,...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Edwin and I discuss the impact of potential rate hikes, which are not certain, but probable. What is clear though, despite the pressure on many househ...
Its D-Day For The Australian Economy!
The RBA may well lift interest rates on Tuesday, so we dive into the data to examine what is going wrong, and who is to blame, as calls to the Nationa...
Enough Already! Markets See A Years Turmoil In A Month!
This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the wa...
Stop Them Building The Authoritarian Architecture Block By Block: With Robbie Barwick
The Australian Police State is being built block by block, and another step is currently in play. In this important show, I am joined by Robert Barwic...
This Ain’t Normal! An Economic Update…
My first economic update with Nuggets News for 2026 where we explore the ructions in markets, the new Neo-mercantile philosophies which are being roll...
Rates Will Rise, But Let’s Play Some Numberwang On The CPI Too…
Today we got the latest CPI data from the ABS, and it was a bit of a shocker, as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.8 per cent in the 12 months to...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Who’s Feeding The Housing Monster? With Leith van Onselen
This is an edit of our latest live show where we went deep into the dynamics of unaffordable housing and what can be done about it. I was joined by Ch...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Edwin, fresh back from his China trip, shares his insights from the visit, as we look at the ramp up in property activity across the country after the...
The Inconvenient Truth About Property Investing In Australia!
Whilst Property investing in Australia can deliver long‑term gains, investing does carry real, measurable costs and risks. In addition, taxpayer‑borne...
From TACO To TUNA: The Markets’ Adventures In TrumpLand!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia covering commodities and crypto along the wa...
It’s Australia’s “Davros” Moment; With Tarric Brooker…
Journalist Tarric Brooker and I parse recent events, and with the help of his data slides, get deep and dirty into global power plays, the status of r...
Mortgage Rates Are On Their Way Up; Thanks Jim!
More data today, and more signs that rate hikes are coming as Australian unemployment unexpectedly fell in December as the economy added more jobs tha...
Markets Twitch As Relationships Rupture, Or Is It Just The Yen Bond Problem?
A quick look at the markets shows US the dollar languished near three-week lows against the euro and Swiss franc with a 0.53% slide in the dollar inde...
12.3 Million Australian Households Are Living In Economic Armageddon
We just released a deep dive into Australian Households and their financial distress over on our channel “In The Interests Of The People”. Here is an...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Are The Tides Turning On Australian Property?
This is an edit of a live show where we went deep into the change in the property weather which it seems is underway. I was joined by Aaron Scott from...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
This week we catch up with Edwin in transit to China as we look at the latest property and finance news. There seems to be a whole bank of black swans...
Could An Alien Invasion Spark A Banking Crisis?
Talking of Black Swan Events, as I did in yesterdays market review, I came across an article in the Times which suggested that there was a risk of fin...
Financial Markets: Are Liquidity Black Swans Emerging?
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto on the way....
Housing Crisis Or Population Crisis?
The ABS released the latest Australian net long term and permanent arrivals data for November and revealed the highest level ever for that particular...
Pop Goes Those Fixed Rate Mortgages…
Given what I have been highlighting about the pivot in interest rate expectations, following the last RBA presser and the flow of economic data, plus...
No Rate Cuts? The Inflation Genie IS Still Out The Bottle!
The latest data from the US BLS showed that superficially the core consumer price index, regarded as a measure of underlying inflation because it stri...