Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog

Markets have continued to react negatively with the ASX 200 down another 2.38% on Friday, taking year to date falls to 6.02%. The local volatility index was also elevated. It was a similar story across Asia, apart from in China and Hong Kong which were closed for a holiday, with the Japanese Nikkei down 2.8% … Continue reading "Plenty Of Fudge Around Tariffs, Markets And The Election Campaign!"

Yesterday, President Donald Trump announced broad “reciprocal” tariffs on imports from US trading partners across the world. The US will impose a minimum 10% tariff on all trading partners and slap even higher rates on about 60 countries that hold large trade surpluses with the US. For example, the reciprocal rate on imports from China … Continue reading "The End Of Globalisation?"

This is an edited version of a live discussion with Head of Investments at Walk The World Funds and Nucleus Wealth, Damien Klassen. In a time of tariffs and with markets in turmoil, how do we protect and survive? http://www.martinnorth.com/ Details of our one to one service are here: https://digitalfinanceanalytics.com/blog/dfa-one-to-one/ Go to the Walk The … Continue reading "DFA Live Q&A Replay: Investing In A Time Of Tariffs: With Damien Klassen…"

As the election campaign starts in earnest, Property Insider Edwin Almeida and I consider the policy options as they relate to housing and migration, kick around the latest numbers and consider the real agenda which is running across the Country. Horror story number one. We also show a example of what damp can do to … Continue reading "Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!"

I have highlighted the indisputable fact that the share of Government funding taken from households, via higher taxes, and freezing the bands so fiscal drag means we pay more, and despite the promise of tax cuts, has lead to the highest proportion ever. In fact, it is a bigger impost on households that the higher … Continue reading "The Next Incoming Tax Grab: Taxing Unrealised Gains?"

It seems that markets are beginning to read the room, as the unwinding of the so-called rules based order – which really was based on a Pax Americana Hegemony, is falling apart. After the 25% auto imports tariffs were announced this week, the so called “Liberation Day”, on April 2, when Trump said he plans … Continue reading "Market Disorder Incoming As “Pax Americana” Unwinds…"

In this “Election Special” Journalist Tarric Brooker and I discuss the announced election, and look at the data surrounding the upcoming campaigns. This is perhaps one of the most consequential elections of the recent era, and we touch on the main policy areas, around housing, employment, productivity, infrastructure, and the gas reservation. Make your vote … Continue reading "The Great Budget Bust Up: With Tarric Brooker…"

In this show, I want to go beyond the superficial analysis of the recent budget given my in box has been flooded by “analysis: thousands of sources, much missing the point. And in passing a recognition that the proposal to remove the non compete clause in employee contracts, is one welcome surprise. But the Spin … Continue reading "Beyond The Budget BS…"

We got the next tranche of monthly inflation data from the ABS today, which showed that the Consumer Price Index indicator edged down to 2.4%, which is below economists’ estimate of 2.5%. The headline figure has now been inside the RBA’s 2-3% band for seven straight months. One important point of distinction with the monthly … Continue reading "Inflation Sticks To The Script: Probably…."

This is an edited version of a live discussion about finance and property, as we look at the latest data and ask where has Australian gone wrong? Prices relative to income are off the charts, property listings are rising, and despite the hopium of prices rises off the back of a single rate cut, the … Continue reading "DFA Live HD Replay: Property Questions And Answers…"