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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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Have We Reached Peak Housing Stupidity Yet?
The latest home price data to the end of October revealed further median price rises across the board. Momentum has been building in the rate of housi...
Underquoting Rules….
Hard to believe only now is the main stream media catching up with the real estate agents practice of underquoting, something which Edwin and I have b...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Investing Now: Navigating Peak Uncertainty With Damien Klassen
This is an edit of a live show as we dive into the latest financial markets action with Damien Klassen, Head of Investments at Walk The World Funds an...
The Cash Con Objection Last Chance Saloon …
Well, well, the Australian Treasury has a tiger by the tail now, because their exposure draft of the proposals relating to the use of cash appears to...
Fooled: Markets Claw Through Self-Deception To Uncertain Highs!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodity and Crypto along the way...
Stagflation: Trick Or Treat? With Tarric Brooker…
In the latest chat with journalist Tarric Brooker, we dive into the migration question, in the light of the latest inflation and employment data and l...
Has Australia Lost Its Way Between USA And China?
This is an edit of a recent show I recorded with Adam Stokes on his channel, where we did a deep dive into international trade, Albo’s recent US trip...
SURPRISE! Time To Forget About More Rate Cuts As CPI Jumps?
Australia’s core inflation accelerated beyond expectations last quarter, complicating the Reserve Bank’s path to further policy easing and prompting m...
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Avoiding Traps For First Time Buyers: With Veronica Morgan
Today we dive into the thorny question of First Time Buyers and the recent attempts by Government to stoke the market. With the help of Founder and Pr...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
This week Edwin and I delve into scams, price movements along transport hubs, and explain why people are still wanting to get out of Melbourne, even a...
Turning Freedom Down Another Notch!
One of the critical aspects of our freedoms in Australia is to be able to hold our elected representatives and the machinery of Government and its ass...
The Bulls Roar Some More; Despite The Cockroaches Lurking….
Well, October is living up to its status as the most volatile month of the year as markets reach new highs, despite signs cockroaches are hiding in th...
What’s Happening In Ashfield 2131? With Edwin Almeida
I am joined by Edwin Almeida, our property insider as I walk through a 1:1 session on a really interesting and fast changing suburb. http://www.martin...
The Migration Con Gets Another Leg Up!
Housing affordability, whether for those seeking to rent or to purchase, is at peak stupidity, driven directly by Government policy. Leading the charg...
The Empire Strikes Back On The Future Use Of Cash!
Despite all the hype from the Banks, as at August 2025, the total value of Australian banknotes in circulation was a record $104.094 billion. This is...
DFA Live Q&A Replay: What The F… Just Happened In Crypto? With Adam Stokes
This is an edit of our live show as we dive into the latest ructions in crypto with evangelist Adam Stokes. Why is Bitcoin moving as it is, and what a...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
This week Edwin and I go to town on the gap between the hype and reality in the market, as underscore the risks which ensure from being misled by the...
The Property Investment Mirage….
There is a long con going on around investment property which few want to discuss. Despite the hype surrounding demand and price rises, analysis of tr...
When Markets Confuse As Things Fall Apart…
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 w...
AI: Bubble Or Transformational (Or Both)?
Today I want to discuss a crisp question: are current AI trends a speculative bubble, or do they represent a lasting change in economic fundamentals?...
The Pain Game: Economic Update October 2025
This is my edit of a monthly show I record with Nuggets News on the latest finance, markets and property news. Things are closing in on peak stupidity...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: How Real Households Are Coping With The Property Pickle, Despite The Hype
This is an edit of a live show as we go through our latest analysis, and deep dive on households and their finances. We will have the post code engine...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Some important news in today’s show, as Edwin’s audio is returned to pristine condition (yeh), as we pull apart the latest property news. It seems pro...
The Real Estate Carry Trade Is A “Death Star”: With John Wright
Associate Professor John Wright is back to dive further into the root cause of the property market crisis: carry trades. In his earlier show we discus...
The Banks Have Got The Major Parties By The Throat!
Robbie Barwick, the Research Director at the Australian Citizens Party and I discuss the latest from Estimates, where again it is clear who is pulling...
Spooked!
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...
Have We Reached Peak Idiocy Yet? With Tarric Brooker
I caught up with journalist Tarric Brooker to explore the latest stupidity across property, economics and politics. When you look at the data, you mig...
Kiwis Get a 0.5% Rate Cut; As Economy Stalls And Home Prices Fall!
Dr Michael Rehm, a senior lecturer in property at the University of Auckland was quoted in the Guardian recently as saying “Buyers and sellers are sta...
Gold Tops The 4K Mountain; So Where Next?
Gold reached and briefly surpassed $4,000 per ounce in early October 2025 which traded below $2,000 just two years ago, with returns that now outstrip...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Investing Now: Are The Bulls In Charge? With Damien Klassen
Markets are shrugging off bad news, and heading for the stars, so will we see a melt-up into the end of the year, or are concerns over the debasement...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
A big outing this week, following the 1st October First Buyer changes, and the myopic reporting in the MSM. What are the real stories we should be exp...
How Real Households Are Coping With The Property Pickle; Despite The Hype…
Despite the media hype around the price inflating first home owner incentives, there is a broader story to tell about household finances and the impac...
Enter The Debasement Trade; As Markets Claw Higher; Despite Reality Dawning…
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, and cover commodities and crypto along the...
Everything Is Fine Folks; Just Look Over Here! But….
There was, in my view some significant misdirection contained in the Reserve Bank’s recently released Financial Stability Review, released on Thursday...
Time For Some Home Truths: Maybe?
Judging by all the spruiking, property markets are about to boom, and crowds of first time buyers are crowding in. But actually, the real story is rat...
Some Home Prices Boom Higher; As Expected: But Words And Figures Differ…
Housing affordability is getting worse, home prices continued to trek higher in September, according to the latest data from Cotality. The recent 3 ra...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Avoiding The First Time Property Trap: With bRight
This is an edit of our live show in which we discussed the RBA decision today, and continued our series about the new First Time Buyer Government sche...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Another Rant, this week, with a new mike for Edwin as we dive deep into the murky waters of the property market. From off-market deals, to high-rise f...
First Time Buyers In Wonderland!
Continuing our series on First Time Buyers, we look at the latest data from the Bank of Mum and Dad (or better The Family Bank!), and dig into the oth...
Close To Full Ponzi? Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere; But Will They Pop Or Not?
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 w...