Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog
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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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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...
Australia’s Economy Is Worse Than You Think! With Tarric Brooker
Another Friday evening deep dive into the economy, with journalist Tarric Brooker, as we look at the latest trends in real income, the thorny question...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Avoiding The First Time Property Trap: With Chris Bates
This is an edit of a special event, ahead of the new First Time Buyer Scheme launching 1st October 2025, as I am joined by the CEO of Alcove Mortgage...
The Inflation Monster Stirs Again…
The latest monthly inflation read from the ABS shook analysts and markets, because it came in much hotter than expected. “It’s a very hot CPI print,”...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Its Edwin’s Property Rant LIVE!
For a change, property insider Edwin Almeida and I went live for our regular property rant this week. If you are buying your home in Sydney’s contenti...
DFA Classic: What’s Really Going On Under The Hood? Let’s Go Down The Rabbit Hole!
From the more than 5,000 shows in our archive there are a few which stand out as being important in shaping our understand of finance, property, socie...
Guy Standing’s Eight Giants And The Potential For UBI
From the more than 5,000 shows in our archive there are a few which stand out as being important in shaping our understand of finance, property, socie...
Central Bank Fest With A Bias To Cutting…
Forward guidance seems to have evaporated today! The Central Bankers seem to push their forecasts out again, as inflation remains hot. But Central Ban...
Behind the Numberwang: Can You Trust Official Statistics?
I regularly get comments from viewers that the official data on CPI and employment seem a bit off. And of course there is data from other sources whic...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Who Killed The Australian Economy? With Leith van Onselen
This is an edit of a live discussion with Chief Economist Leith van Onselen (one of our most popular guests!) as we explore the latest economic data a...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
Another deep dive into the property market with our insider Edwin Almeida, as we look at the latest “stories” in the media about home price momentum,...
AI Tide Lifts All Boats; Including The Leaky Ones!
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...
WTF Just Happened? Beyond Left Versus Right!
This is my edit of a long form discussion with Adam Stokes broadcast on his channel last night. We pull apart the news from the US shooting of Charlie...
Let’s Not Talk About Migration Then….
More stats from the ABS today suggesting high numbers of people visiting Australia, but does this also mean migration is still booming? Well according...
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up: Our Latest Economic Update!
This is my edit of the latest economic and housing update with Nuggets News. We cover international events, the US data problem, the FED, liquidity as...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Property Myths V Reality As Financial Pressures Still Build
This is an edit of a live discussion as I explore the latest data from our surveys, and answer specific questions from viewers about how specific post...
The Attack Of The Alligators, The Slow Death Of Real Australia: With Robbie Barwick
Robbie Barwick The National Research Director from the Australian Citizens Party and I examine the bad behaviour exhibited by Bendigo Bank as it seeks...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
A bumper addition of the Rant tonight, as Edwin shares a recent interview with one of the big property players, we examine the policy failures across...
Property Myths V Reality As Financial Pressures Still Build
We look at the latest contradictions in housing, as the media talk up the potential for price hikes ahead, in response to Government policy, and rate...
Stagflation Is Looming: Like It 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 wa...
Confident Or Constrained Consumer?
Australian consumers are starting to spend more as disposable incomes and wealth climb, a welcome boost for the economy that could slow the pace of mo...
The Growth Doom Loop That No One Wants To Talk About!
Today we got the final piece of the national accounts data from the ABS for the second quarter 2025. The GDP result was better than many had expected,...