Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

This is my edit of a live show recorded with Adam Stokes on his channel, where we dived into the U16 social media ban, and discussed its origins, implications and potential consequences for politics and society. Adams...

Powell argued in his post-meeting press conference that the economy right now — with inflation still well above the Fed’s 2% target and the labor market showing signs of weakening — is one where disagreements are to be...

Yesterdays RBA Monetary Policy Board unanimous decision to hold rates at 3.6% and Michelle Bullocks calling the end to a truncated easing cycle meeting after delivering 75 basis points of cuts between February and...

This is an edit of our latest live show where Robbie Barwick from the Citizens Party joined me to explore the critical policy issues which Australia is facing, who is pulling the strings, and what we can do about it...

As we run up to the end of the year, Edwin and I examine the underlying tides which are influencing the property markets across the country. We examine the tussle between the quest to build higher, and reality; the...

The spin from politicians is that strong jobs growth is a result of their great policies, and the RBA often says they deliberately kept interest rates lower to try to protect jobs. Given the way the economy is set up it...

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 way. Markets are fickle beasts, especially in the run up to the year...

Tarric Brooker joins me for a review of the week, and the latest data and charts, as Spin Jim tries to explain the Australian economy is so great, when many feel very different about it. In this is the Burnout Economy...

Associate Professor John Wright is back to develop his concept of Carry Trades further as we ask how to solve the housing crisis. This time he uses the analogy of The Terminator. The future is genuinely open, for those...

Today we got the latest data from the ABS on the Australian Economy, via the backward-looking data on GDP to September 2025. As you know I think GDP is a bad measure of anything useful, because it simply measures...

This is an edit of a live show where Head of Investments Damien Klassen at Walk The World Funds and Nucleus Wealth delved into current market dynamics, with an eye to the year end, in the light of current bouts of...

It’s Edwin’s Birthday, but he still found time to share his latest thoughts on the property market, which it seems is exhibiting some interesting characteristics; from price rises, to falling auction clearance rates...

This past week marks an important turning point in the raging bull of the Australian property market. So perhaps it’s time to rethink fair value, despite the fact a recent poll from a November 13–26 survey of 15...

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 way. Generally, markets trend higher in December, in the so-called...

With all the noise over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday we want people to think about whether there are REAL deals out there, or if its simply credit induced spin which could lead to tears later. So we look at the...

As I have been highlighting, lending for mortgages has been growing way faster than inflation, including for investor borrowers, and this is first lifting prices because the growth of credit is one of the stronger...

This is my edit of our monthly housing and economic update recorded in conjunction with Nuggets News. In this months edition, I explore the latest developments in AI, the crypto ructions, the Australian housing market...

This is a edit of a live show where we took a deep to dive into the market psychology which is driving markets, property and gold, with Investment Manager Tony Locantro, and asked whether there is more sentiment than...

Could it be that the momentum in the property market is taking an early bath, as we slide into summer? Well, certainly according to the AFR, the diminishing prospects of an interest rate cut any time soon have dampened...

This is my weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the way. Just like days one and two of the first ashes test in Perth, where...

Strip back the political spin, and its clear Australia faces a weak economy ahead, based on a rising structural deficit, and falling productivity. The Titanic and Icebergs springs to mind, as an unsinkable ship sank...

This is an edit of a special live Q&A show, featuring Robbie Barwick, National Chairman, National Research Director and 2025 Senate Candidate for Victoria for the Australian Citizens Party. Robbie recently returned from...

Australia’s annual wage growth remained elevated last quarter, underscoring a tight labor market and persistently weak productivity and suggesting inflationary pressures may take time to cool in a challenge for policy...

This is an edit of a live stream where we dived into the economic maelstrom which is Australia, with Chief Economist Leith van Onselen, co-founder of Macrobusiness, and at Nucleus Wealth. We seem to be hit by an series...

From underquoting to AML, and from asbestos contamination to energy policy, we cover it all on this weeks rant with our property insider Edwin Almeida. It seems the economics of real estate agents are changing, and...