Listener Rebecca asks: 
Can you explain the wealth effect? We’ve had house prices rising, but people are spending less - so does that mean the wealth effect doesn’t always work?
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Listener Luke asks: Is it just me, or are markets way off in pricing in rate cuts, more so than normal?

I’m not old enough to have paid much attention to market changes prior to 2014, but it seems that the COVID pandemic was completely unprecedented and the shock waves are unable to be managed as a result.

We have high inflation, strong eco growth, good unemployment numbers, decent real estate and people still have plenty of money to spend (less and less each month however). Is this normal historically?

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Listener Shalyce asks: Guys, can I ask a question about bonds. Does yield = the amount of interest a bond pays you? If you buy a 10 year bond at say 5%, does that yield stay consistent? Eg, you’re guaranteed to get 5% every year for the full 10 years?

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Listener Paul asks: I have a question for you about ETFs. How much of the overall market is owned by ETFs and as they become more popular will they reach a point where they are driving the share price of individual companies either up or down?

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Listener Lily asks: I know it's earnings season, every day we're hearing about companies meeting expectations etc etc. But there's so much information when a company gives its results. What should we be looking at, or looking for? Where do you even start???

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Listener Brian asks: Last Monday, the ASX tumbled but there was a lot of talk about "interest sensitive stocks" falling disproportionately relative to the index.

Given that interest rates have started to fall across the globe, and that the RBA's launch on that rate-cutting cycle appears (relatively) imminent, the reaction of the market seems totally counterintuitive (that stocks sensitive to rising interest rates would plummet when rates are about to fall). Why is it so?

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Guest: Brent Smart, Chief Marketing Officer at Telstra

Original publication date: 6 April 2023

Original description: Telstra is one of the most trusted brands in the country. But it’s also a company that’s evolving, following the rollout of the NBN.

Sean Aylmer talks to Brent Smart, Telstra’s Chief Marketing Officer, about maintaining the integrity of an iconic brand while still growing and changing.

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Friday 9 August 2024

Former Qantas boss Alan Joyce has his final pay docked $9 million for a deterioration in the culture of the national carrier. 

And more, including:

• Reserve Bank Governor Michelle Bullock says the central bank won’t hesitate to lift interest rates if necessary
• Monthly pace of rental growth slows to its lowest in four years
• And NASA might need Elon Musk’s help to get some astronauts back to earth

Plus don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - simplifying private health insurance. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Listener Locky asks: I understand that most of the countries/economies in the world are in debt. If that’s the case, who has all of the money? If there is more debt than credit in the world, how is it reconciled?

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Listener Hayley asks: Can you please explain what it means when you say "Markets have now priced in a 60% or 75% chance of the Fed cutting rates". Particularly, I want to understand how we know that markets have priced in something and where does the % rate come from? Is it economists that provide that data or is it reflected in the futures market? I hear markets talk about it all the time "this news has already been priced in etc" so just curious as to how how do we know and how do we know the extent it has been priced in?

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