The Money Café with Alan Kohler

On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson look at the latest inquiry into Star Entertainment, forecast Richard Goyder’s future at Woodside, cast their eyes over the big banks, and answer a number of questions on the price of cocoa, the US presidential election, the housing market, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss the tragic events that occurred in Sydney recently, look at the Seven Network and Bruce Lehrmann, put Star Entertainment under the microscope, look at the takeover blitz, and answer a number of questions on housing, super, the volatility index, and much more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson look at Craig Emerson's review of the supermarket landscape, Treasury Wine Estate's demerger plans, changes to the Qantas frequent flyer program, Woodside and Richard Goyder, and answer questions on housing, AI, and much more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss Alan’s connection to the governor-general designate Samantha Mostyn, look at the Seven Network and Bruce Lehrmann, the latest takeover targets, AGM mini-season, and answer a number of questions on housing, the supermarkets, MMT, and much more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson reflect on the quarter that was, modern monetary theory (MMT), the housing market, and answer a number of questions on mergers and acquisitions, payroll tax, the Australian dollar, and much more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss Kevin Rudd and Donald Trump, executives being shown the door, TikTok, Rich Listers, the RBA and interest rates, and answer a number of questions on the pros and cons of different investment methods, financial markets and climate risk, the housing market and zoning, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson look at the big four banks, economic long COVID, nuclear energy, and answer a number of questions on the market power of superannuation, CEO salaries, immigration, housing, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, James Thomson and Stephen Mayne discuss International Women’s Day and the gender pay gap, the takeover binge, AGM season, and answer a number of questions on renewable energy, housing, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson share their thoughts on Australia's supermarket landscape, look at how Guzman y Gomez is tracking, the nation's ban on nuclear power, issue a capital gains tax correction, and answer a number of questions on housing, insurance companies, council rates, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss takeovers, Woolworths, Qantas, corporate buybacks, and answer a number of questions on capital raisings, performance fees, private equity and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson look at how results season is tracking, go through US inflation figures, what Bitcoin is up to, and answer a number of listener questions on the AI revolution, on-market buybacks, capital gains vs capital losses, the RBA and rates, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss Allan Fels’ views on corporate profiteering, look at the RBA’s new regime, News Corp, and answer a number of questions on fossil fuels, AI, power prices, and much more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss why Elon Musk is making headlines once more, look at the US Federal Reserve, dive into the world of AI and what impact it will have on civilisation, and answer a number of listener questions on the IPO market, Sigma and Chemist Warehouse, bracket creep, and much more.

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The Money Café returns for 2024 with Stephen Mayne joining Alan Kohler to reflect on the summer past, discuss Australia Day, the stage 3 tax cuts, and go through a number of listener questions on the US election, flipping houses, and much more!

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Alan Kohler is joined by James Thomson and Stephen Mayne for the final episode of The Money Café for 2023 to award the biggest winners and losers of the year, and what the big story in 2024 might be. Also: Chemist Warehouse, Woodside and Santos, a new migration strategy and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss Chemist Warehouse, GDP, interest rates, US markets, and answer a number of listener questions on superannuation, rental markets, fixed-rate mortgages, and much more!

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Buckle up for a ripper episode of The Money Café this week, with Alan Kohler discussing his Quarterly Essay on the state of Australia’s housing market, Stephen Mayne mulling over the busiest day of AGM season, plus lots of listener questions on superannuation, interest rates, tax, and much, much more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss the changes ahead for Optus and OpenAI, interest rates and inflation, and answer a number of listener questions on the collective power of superannuation funds, the housing market, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss Rupert Murdoch’s departure from News Corp, wages, state taxes, and answer a number of listener questions on AGMs, quantitative tightening, super savings, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss the Optus outage and vulnerability of telecommunication networks, bank profit season, and answer several listener questions on interest rates, inflation, and the impact to the hip pocket.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss the latest bid for Origin Energy, climate change, Gina Rinehart, what to expect from tomorrow's Qantas AGM, and answer a number of listener questions on super wrap accounts, wars and inflation, interest rates, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss the latest inflation figures and what it means for interest rates, the likelihood of a recession, Anthony Pratt, billionaires paying tax, what’s going on at Magellan, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss Stephen's board tilt for NAB, the latest AGM news, Ozempic, and answer a number of listener questions on short selling, housing, managed fund fees, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss the changes afoot at Qantas, look at how the energy transition is tracking, the housing market, and answer a number of listener questions on the winners and losers of climate change, super wrap accounts, share dilution and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss the latest on the AGM front, look at what the RBA is up to, and answer a number of listener questions on investing in education over property, finding the best financial resources, the housing market, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss Richard Goyder’s future at Qantas, and the control both Qantas and Virgin have on the aviation market in Australia. They also examine the findings of Ziggy Switkowski’s PwC report, and answer a number of listener questions on term deposit rates, dot plots, and what world economics might look like in the future.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss Josh Frydenberg’s new role at Goldman Sachs, the gap between housing construction and immigration, Qantas, the upcoming AGM season, and answer listener questions on private versus public companies, council rates, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss the benefits of an Italian train network, look into the latest issues engulfing Qantas, check in on how the property sector is tracking, and answer a number of listener questions on the future of open plan offices, investing in the Mexican stock market, and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss Premier Investments and a mismatch between retailing personalities; wriggle room for cautious CEOs in earnings season; a declining birthrate in China and Australian companies; debt piles and 10-year bond rates; and the PM’s son and PwC making the front pages. Also: Wealth per capita and population growth; housing taxes; inflation targets; the Aussie dollar; how the RBA works; the week of the intergenerational report; climate change and coal and gas; young people at home and the unemployment rate.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne whip through the Boomer apology getting millions of views online, the better side winning; Endeavour and pokies; the value of Chadstone; a year since the watershed $369 billion IRA law and counting; and Murdoch’s latest squeeze. Also: four or five big banks; unemployment and boomtime; measuring productivity and why 45 per cent of meetings are completely useless; the party to join for a wanna-be Rich-lister; day-trading, yes or no?; Mesoblast’s setback and more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss working from home, valuations of office properties and debt covenants, CBA’s earnings, Optus and the women’s soccer goldmine and the Zimmermann success story. Also: vacant homes or just not at home; Tim’s too-long question on Airbnb; moving in with Mum and Dad and travelling overseas; the Big Four Banks; and is 4.1 per cent the new normal?

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne look at the outlook for rates, discuss the exclusive Qantas Chairman's Lounge, ponder whether Trump will become president again, and answer a number of listener questions on tax, Airbnb, and much more.

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Alan, Stephen, James get together for a special, bumper edition of the Money Café this week to celebrate one million downloads! On the table at Le Clec: the railway barons of tech, rebranding Twitter, the growing list of billionaire divorces, Macquarie and the PwC connection, a guide to inflation and the chance of a rate hike. Also: how lucky is the lucky country, the top funds, passing on rate hikes and the Bank of Mayne, the Kohler take on ACCUs, a branch-office mindset on the ASX, Next Investors and floods vs bushfires.

Thanks for the first million downloads of Eureka Report’s Money Café – and stay tuned. There’s more to come!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson go through who's left on the RBA shortlist for governor after Luci Ellis jumped to Westpac, what zero inflation means for China and why AI robots should be green or red. Also: full takeovers, pumping more into super, surcharges on holiday homes, corporates paying pollies, mortgage rates in a year from now, MMT a description not prescription, the Kohler jinx and more Taylor Swift ticket pain.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne chime in on the Ashes stumping controversy, review the winners and losers of the financial year, discuss whether interest rates have reached their peak, who Philip Lowe’s successor might be, gambling reform and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss the Taylor Swift impact on inflation, Alan's take on the monthly inflation figure, Russia, climate and the energy transition. Also: the Aussie dollar and the RBA pausing, the phantom housing shortage, why Australia doesn't have 30-year fixed rate loans, neutral interest rates and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler is back after writing 20,000 words on housing and, with Stephen Mayne, goes over the criticism being delivered to the RBA on everything from rates to employment, gambling reform victories and how to get the discount. Also: when and how to buy a house, a 100-year plan for housing, the GST and super, buying an Airbnb with super funds, impact of property write downs on super funds, taxes having a good impact on inflation, projecting the number of future rate hikes.

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On the Money Café this week, Evan Lucas and James Thomson try to decipher the US Fed decision, New Zealand enters recession, and the fate of Phil Lowe. Also: CSL bleeds, commercial property values, super funds and cash, independent monetary and fiscal policies, buying Apple.

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On the Money Café this week, Evan Lucas and Stephen Mayne list the indicators worrying them about the looming economic storm and why the Fair Work Commission’s decision wasn’t particularly fair. Also: the ASX and CHESS, migration and a Ponzi scheme, PwC, a history lesson on non-farm payrolls, benchmark rates, progressive taxes, and our biggest LICs.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss RBA Governor Phil Lowe’s likely last time in front of the Senate, inflation, productivity and wage rises, housing supply, supply, supply, what punishment means at PwC, US debt ceiling done and dusted. Also: land, home taxes for the wealthy, investing in a start-up (and Alan’s record on start-ups), bracket creep, adjusting $250,00 for inflation, getting absolutely no thanks for paying off a mortgage, evil Bitcoin, first home super saver scheme, population growth strategies.

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Alan's away for a week, so Evan Lucas and Stephen Mayne are in the Money Café this week. On the agenda: how AI has powered the advent of Nvidia, US dominance and default, big investment headaches, the AGM mini-season, the Victorian state budget, the cost of the Big Build and taxes for churches, unions and schools. Also: council rates, GST and inflation, ICE vs EV and bonus Pointsbet shares.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson – fully recovered from COVID and awaiting hot chocolate – discuss the first draft of Alan’s avatar, the four companies making up 70 per cent of profits, localised recessions, a glut of offices, and the RBA, FOI and what the poobahs should be doing. Also: war-gaming a US default, capped admin fees for super, SMSFs, cooling the housing market, YIMBY, uranium stocks and uranium ETFs, GST and inflation, PRRT, migration, granny flats and Stephen Mayne for prime minister.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson — struck down by COVID yet again — try to wrap their heads around AI, the past and present tense of the budget, the so-called commodity windfall and who gets credit for the surplus. Also: bitcoin; Charter Hall and REITs; banks making money; three things for an inflationary world; Japan falling behind in the EV race; NAB shares and the RBA's fine-tuning.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss Japan and its supermarkets, the unsurprising “surprise” by the RBA, the Fed’s Powell on sticky inflation, the evidence — or lack of — for rate cuts, the best banker in the country and CEO transitions. Also: HECS debts, ASX to NYSE, stage 3 tax cuts and inflation, best Super funds for +$1 million and who caps fees, parking money in a bond, when to call an accountant and when the reckoning arrives for unlisted asset values.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne on Blackmores and another Australian icon disappearing, why Tucker Carlson was sacked, raising money to clean up a uranium mine, dud KKR floats and finding the money for a proper monthly CPI. Also: buy the best house you can live in, executives paying taxes, Japanese government bonds, the RBA chief speaking out of turn, owning a home vs renting, a Holden vs a Camry, Manningham’s librarians and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne on the Fox settlement and how much it cost to keep Rupert off the stand, what's a reasonable wage increase in rising inflation, Stephen makes his first-ever ETF investment, and negotiating HECS debts. Also: vacant homes; taxing shares, options and income; some welcome general advice from Alan; forecasting rental growth; tenant's rights and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss the success of Aesop and Guzman y Gomez, chat about Elon Musk’s latest musings, take a closer look at Bitcoin, and crunch through a number of listener questions.

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On the Money Café this week with Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne, again: visiting pokie clubs, the RBA pause and how long it will last, the lack of a morning tea at Scentre AGM and Trump, again. Also: the construction mess, the US dollar and digital currencies; short-term rentals; investing in a townhouse; more on the GST; submarines or oil refineries; Hawke and Keating; and more, much more!

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On the Money Café this week with Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne, the open letter pleading for a moratorium on AI research, raking over the ashes of Credit Suisse and the Swiss government's credibility problems, the fate of pokies reform after the NSW election, Origin disappears into the hands of foreign interests. Also: short-selling on Lionstown; bureaucrats making it harder to get money; leasing electric vehicles and buying them; gender bonds; rental crisis and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the AFR, dissect Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s statements overnight, what it means for an Australian recession and where China fits in; Credit Suisse and aggrieved bondholders; and the role of governments in banking. Also: taxing unrealised capital gains, dividends from oil ETFs, franking credits, shares in a recession, protecting Taiwan, paying higher income tax, a long question on the safeguard mechanism and more, much more.

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On the Money Café this week, SVB, Credit Suisse, Paul Keating - where to start? Well, with China's extra-large, heavily armed uncrewed submarines. Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne weigh submarines, Credit Suisse and shareholders mis-speaking, SVB shareholders being crushed, interest rates, and US Treasuries. Also, Centrelink pension vs million-dollar homes, HECS debt, when to buy shares, Cali-style housing quotas, American NIM, nominal vs real, and why you should subscribe to Eureka Report!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson rake over all the action on the central bank front in Australia and the US and consider whether or not talking is a more effective monetary policy tool, discuss what happened at the latest AFR event, and being Zen about the budget. Also: the fixed rate cliff; capped fees and ETFs; the cost of renewable energy; taxing unrealised capital gains and Pandora's box, do banks get it right on interest rates? There's more, much more! Tune in.

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On an early Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne tackle a deluge of super-related questions including: is $3 million too low for a cap; how much the government will make from breaking an election promise; and what public servants pay on their defined benefits. Also: spectacularly failing to get on the Aristocrat board, billionaires bickering, international students and rents and whether RBA Chief Lowe should stay on.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the AFR, wonder how much the new debate on superannuation is going to cost the government, discuss why noone's listening to RBA Chief Lowe anymore, when super funds going to take a look at unlisted asset valuations and why long-term bond rates matter when they do. Also: CBA's share buyback; directors selling their own shares; making cars in Australia; and currency wars.

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Alan has COVID so Stephen Mayne, shareholder advocate and founder of Crikey, and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, have stepped up to the plate for today’s Money Café. On the reporting season’s busiest day, they talk CBA profits and why the shares fell, Star Entertainment and its long-suffering retail shareholders, the RBA chief’s PR problem, the best of the billionaire’s sons, inflation and interest rates and more inflation and interest rates. And more, much more!

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the AFR, puzzle over what the governor said, a new era of the working poor, a hard, soft or no landing and who’s still spending? Also: Newmont and Newcrest, bouncing around the future of financial advice, a bull or bear market rally, a smart solution for super; what Young Alan and Young James would invest in, and more.

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On the first Money Café for 2023, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne reveal the donation habits of Woodside, Tabcorp and Wesfarmers, explain what Alan Bond has to do with Adani, gently point out that “renovating the RBA” is Alan’s phrase, not the Treasurer’s and reveal their rate hike predictions, religious affiliations and Stephen’s Arafura Resources balance post-Gina’s entry. Also: Virgin debt; solving the housing crisis; fees, tax-deductible subscriptions, CGT-free accounts for kids; directors selling; and what is a Chanticleer columnist or a serial pest?

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On this final, bumper Money Café of 2022, Alan Kohler is joined by James Thomson and Stephen Mayne to award deal of the year, worst call of the year, personality of the year and drongo of the year – ex-Lark CEO Geoff Bainbridge, Scott Morrison and Lachlan Murdoch all in the running. Also, the calls for 2023 on interest rates, regime change in NSW, Russia and the RBA. And: Musk vs Murdoch and fame and power; the worst AGM speech of the year, Boral and Kerry Stokes; the latest from James Packer’s texts; and more, much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the AFR, enjoy a Melburnian summer morning of thunderous rain and hail with visitors Catherine and Zoe. Topics include the Channel 9 Christmas Party, Clayton's apologies and whether another rate hike is in the offing or not, the making of a new mogul in green energy, and market rallies. Also: unlisted assets in super funds, CPI calculations, Suncorp, mean incomes, and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne revel in the Socceroo’s victory over Denmark at the World Cup - and at AGM questions that made the press. They also autopsy the Victorian election and provide recommendations to the Liberal Party, cast a cold eye over house prices and welcome the Lowe apology. Also: what to ask at AGMs, how to be part of the background noise at the Money Café (and should it go on the road?), the role of capital looking for a home, honeymoon rates, a $5 million limit on super and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the AFR, marvel at the Qantas turnaround, rake over the crypto rubble, wonder why sexual harassment is still happening and talk about who’s not investing in renewable energy in Australia. Also: family trusts, more of the iSignthis saga, unlisted assets in super, returns on cash in super funds, investing in ETFs vs bank hybrids, women running mining companies, fees in super vs non-super funds, who feels higher rates more, and moving towards hybrid AGMs.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne roam over the corporate landscape, where Stephen sacrifices meals as virtual warrior at AGMS for Goodman, News Corp and Channel Nine and they both muse over boardroom developments at AGL, Origin and Myer. Also: geopolitics, commodities super cycles and state elections, taking your first steps into the stock market, learning lessons from Macquarie Group, holding shares of a delisted company, and running out of time to answer questions.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the AFR, analyse the bid for Origin Energy; the outbreak of common sense in the US; the groundswell of opinion against super super-balances and start the conversation we all need to have with a look at 1970s-style tax indexation. Also: switching super funds, what’s an LBO, FlyBuys, who’s running Tesla and the morality of raising interest rates, a bit at the time or a lot at once. But wait – there’s more! Alan tracks down Southern Cross Payments for an aggrieved shareholder.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss the weather, cricket and being mistaken for Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne. Alan tweets about RBA chief Lowe and threatens to tweet about Murdoch. Stephen says something that will get him booted off Twitter and it isn’t about BNPL or the Zip AGM, Domino’s or Murdoch working from home in Montana. Also: how to get interest rates to do what they’re supposed to; the sure-fire way to win the Melbourne Cup; windfall taxes; and China invading Australia.

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In this special early edition of the Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, take a clinical look at the first Albanese budget, what wasn’t really tackled, what needed to be and whether endless deficits might be the future. Also: are interest rates going higher? Another $20 bet is on. Questions coming in from the farm to Europe: Dawn on redemptions in super funds; Alex on Aussie ETFs vs international ETFs. And: switching and locking in losses, bank hybrids and US inflation.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss Murdoch rebuilding the Newscorp-Fox empire, Trussonomics and the price of incompetence, the busiest day of the year for AGMs and which industry is renowned for long lunches. Also: franking credits, buying bonds, when to get out of residential property, social media shrieking and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson get real on Sandy Hook conspiracies and compensation, take a reality check on renewables and energy transition, pole stars and recessions, in-person AGMS and protestors and wonder if there's a way to price a nuclear war into a portfolio. Also: how hard should it be to repay the principal of your mortgage, China, stage 3 tax cuts and more.

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On the (very quiet) Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne reveal coffee preferences and muse on the fate of the CBD, the shape of Twitter in the Musk era, and the boardroom shenanigans at Essendon. Also: the tally of Murdoch salaries, tax cuts for the middle class, the spread on Victorian bonds, medium vs high growth, bond trading on the ASX, AGMS, fees and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson pick apart a disastrous week for the UK and its currency, weigh unemployment over higher inflation and ponder the non-CPI-indexed ransom demands of Optus's hackers. Also: is your super safe from the government; the UK's long decline; how to get exposure from residential property without a mortgage; spin-offs, super, contractors and investing in the nation.

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Fiona Balzer, head of policy and advocacy at the Australian Shareholders' Association joins Stephen Mayne for a special governance edition of The Money Café to discuss proxy votes, how COVID-19 affected AGMs, Qantas, share purchase plans, and more!

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Olivia Long, managing director of SMSF at Prime Financial Group and Eureka Report's SMSF Coach joins James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review for a special episode of The Money Café focussed on super — because a lot is happening! Is an SMSF right for you? Why are younger Australians opting to establish an SMSF? Plus much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne talk gambling, the AFL sports deal, oligarchs’ birthdays, the vodka shots of a booming economy, and printing money.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss what to expect from the Jobs & Skills Summit (not much), go over the 5 things learned from reporting season, grumble about Aussie consumers still splashing out on spending and non-binding, tyre-kicking takeover offers. Also: fully-franked dividends, death or inheritance taxes, dividend reinvestments and leftovers and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss THAT brewing PR disaster between a media gnat and a media mogul and who they've been hobnobbing with in the past week - James Packer, Phil Lowe of the Reserve Bank, Andy Penn of Telstra, the AFL's Gillon McLachlan. Also: jobs and skills and unions; Coles vs Woolies; whether a 3.2 per cent fee is too high; more bonds info; super funds and housing; Magellan, Munger and Murdoch.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, briefly touch on that political issue too hard to ignore, discuss earnings and the future of oil and gas, whether we’re seeing a bear market rally and debate if there’s enough evidence yet for an RBA pause. Also: how to get out of an unlisted unit, concrete and quarries, the cost of divorce, saving for kids, shorting, and all about bonds.

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Back in the Money Café after a few weeks' break, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne analyse US inflation trends, what's happening with Elon Musk and Twitter, banks and their AGMs and what a war with China would look like. Also: short-selling, used car prices, regional property prices, RBA review, capital gains on capital returns and more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, settle their election bets (Alan won), lay out predictions on the next round of rates and whether getting it right will be entirely accidental, Bitcoin (is it over?), ETFs for new investors, the value of an MBA, household debt and mortgage rates, fixed or variable. And more, much more in this last Money Café before a four-week winter recess.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne name the best and worst performances of the past financial year and analyse the fortunes and loves of Australian billionaires Packer and Murdoch but, first, Stephen apologises profusely about getting it wrong on tax-washing. Also: the demise of Volt Bank, buybacks, altruism and Humm.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss whether it’s worth suing the Reserve Bank of Australia for misleading information and, again, why it can’t just cancel government debt. Also: the bear market and the fate of cryptocurrency, a flawed energy market and whether oat milk is the new best thing or just good at making coffee taste like porridge.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, discuss the stock market reaction to the RBA rate rise, range over the events that followed the Yom Kippur War and what that means for us now and advise on how to survive a recession (get your debt down and don't get sacked.) Also: Why the central bank can't just cancel government debt it owns; the state of Origin vs AGL; and is there a shortage of lithium or a glut?

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne talk about what awaits the teals in a two-party world and a government of ministers light on economic nous and explain galloping power prices and who Australia owes money to. Also: Stephen muses on what comes next for AGL.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, discuss budget challenges for the new government, existential challenges for the Liberal Party and its pragmatic new leader and the future for the teals. Also: a wish list of Royal Commissions, buying US stocks, risks of ETFs, investing in water and decentralising housing. (P.S. Alan won the bet)

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A special and different Money Café: James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at The Australian Financial Review and Stephen Mayne, Eureka Report columnist, discuss the impending federal election, the odds on which independents will succeed, a policy-lite campaign and whether Albanese will get a honeymoon from markets if he wins.

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The holy trinity on the Money Café this week. Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, discuss how attuned an indebted nation is to interest rate rises, whether inflation is temporary or sustained, what it means for paying off a mortgage or paying into super, how much of a buffer counts and, ooof, what it all means for rents. Also, as the outcome of the $20 bet on the seat of Kooyong approaches: do the independents have a puppetmaster and what a hung parliament could mean for the ASX.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne celebrate a milestone birthday, discuss job prospects for politicians past the elections, billionaires driving tractors through disclosure laws, favourite CEOs of small caps and whether forgiving HECS debt could win the government the election.

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On the Money Café this week, Evan Lucas, head of strategy at InvestSMART, and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, talk inflation and interest rate rises, China’s COVID-zero conundrum, what Twitter may do to Musk or Musk to Twitter and housing markets, stagflation and investing when you’re 21.

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On the Money Café this week, Evan Lucas, head of strategy at InvestSMART, and Stephen Mayne vote on the first debate of the election, discuss whether price or competition is behind the Netflix crash, the problem with buy now, pay later, interest rates, inflation, tech stocks and home loans.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, review historic opportunities, possible mistakes and creeping China lockdowns, Alan takes a step closer to medicinal cannabis and why the cash rate is still where it is. Also: dividend taxes, climate change, seeking the perfect balance on population groups and solving the problem of social housing.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne tackle governance and the gambling industry, scary oligarchs joining the board of Twitter and why medicinal cannabis is so popular in Hawthorn. Also: housing prices and wealth, investing in hydrogen and keeping questions short, really short.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, pick apart a budget made for an election, puzzle over why nothing ever changes at casinos and take a $20 bet on whether Josh Frydenberg retains his seat. Also: Who’s the best wealth adviser, the swings and roundabouts of HECS debts and the hammer and nail of monetary policy.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss the war in Ukraine, the cost of living, the nation’s richest people, why money is not necessarily a guide to sophistication, the AGM pre-season and much more.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, find the Fed is ahead of the RBA on rate rises, dot-plots and press grillings, wonder how long, or if, the world can forgive Putin if Ukraine hostilities end and tackle China’s role in all of this. Also: the gyrations in tech stocks, what is a black tie, did the media do well during the pandemic and how’s the government doing as a custodian of our economy?

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On the Money Café this week, Adjunct Professor Kohler and Councillor Mayne drop name after name, reminisce about the late, great property flipper Shane Warne, learn about Don Bradman’s broker days and John Monash, the war hero. Also: why an AGL bidder should buy a blocking stake, Russia, Ukraine and the price of war, being sophisticated about bank hybrids, and, yes, will house prices fall and by how much?

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, discuss why institutional money is making its way into the residential property market, whether crypto will save Putin, look at how reporting season panned out, and more.

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After a prophetic call on Mike Cannon-Brookes bidding for AGL on the Money Café two weeks ago, Stephen Mayne and Alan Kohler talk through what happens next – is the bid dead? Is it posturing? What can Macquarie do – or maybe Telstra? Also: what will the seven sons of one of the shareholders of Aristocrat Leisure do; why you should never buy off private equity; who has nationalising Transurban on their wishlist; is a 10% correction a buying opportunity and that perennial favourite: house prices.

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On the Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, talk about whether it’s acceptable to have ice with your whisky, at least at Lark Distilling, Putin-watch and buying opportunities, finding zero carbon stocks, is the safe end of high growth worth the risk and Magellan, again. And more, much more.

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What more do you need in a podcast? Well, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne also cast a sceptical eye over earnings so far, the Day After for proxy advisers, Magellan and the change of guard and the relationship between pokies and football clubs. Also: Engineers should stay in the job, Money Café’s name isn’t changing and Alan prefers short-ish questions.

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On the Money Café this week, James Thomson, Chanticleer columnist at the Australian Financial Review, and Alan Kohler ponder the obsession with inflation, look at what’s brewing at Rio Tinto, check in on what Bitcoin is doing, and answer a number of listener questions on annuities, finding a financial mentor and more.

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Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne lob volleys over Putin and Ukraine, finances at Tennis Australia and what’s BHP to do with all its franking credits? And that’s just the first 5 minutes. Also: what the Labor and Liberal parties have made on the stock market; how to get the minutes from an AGM or a board meeting; and the value of a clunker.

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