My guest on this one is Michael Every, Global Macro Strategist with Rabobank.

We're no better conditioned than dogs waiting for a bell to ring. Bad stuff happens, rates go down, house prices go up. Easy.

But now, after almost 4 years of watching house prices stagnate,  if you're anything like me, you're wondering if the rules have changed.

It's scary to suggest this, but I think they have. Read more

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MyRent: See why residential property investors all over New Zealand are switching to myRent.

Provincia: Whether you're looking to invest, or you have a commercial property that needs better management -  they the true one-stop shop for wholesale industrial investors. Check out Provincia.co.nz for more.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

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Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Loan My Coins: Bitcoin lending product.

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

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New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

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Learn more about Loan My Coins.* For multi-signature wallets, check out The Bitcoin Adviser.*

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Loan My Coins: Bitcoin lending product.

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Online courses:

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

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Markets create reality through our collective expectations and actions. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy fed by mass-psychosis. Read more.

Special thanks to Charlie Meadon, CEO of Eccuity.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

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G. Edward Griffin is the author of The Creature From Jekyll Island. If you ever wanted a deeper understanding on the origin and aims of the US Federal Reserve, this is it. Learn more about Red Pill University.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

The Home Buyers Blueprint: Get a better home; Get a better mortgage.

The KiwiSaver Millionaire Roadmap: Get a Rockstar Retirement!

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

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Recording date: 18th of July 2025

The question of whether Bitcoin is fueling a political revolution is something I’ve been chewing on for a while. I think it is, but I reached out to John Alcock to see what he thinks (and I got more than I bargained for!). Read more about it here.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

The Home Buyers Blueprint: Get a better home; Get a better mortgage.

The KiwiSaver Millionaire Roadmap: Get a Rockstar Retirement!

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

Get Social:

Check out the most watched/downloaded episodes here

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Disclaimer: Please act independently from any content provided in these episodes; it's not financial advice, because there's no accounting for your individual circumstances. Do your own research, and take a broad range of opinions into account. Ideally, engage a financial adviser / pay for advice!

Can genuine, transformational wealth still come from work hard and focus? With record amounts of cash sitting idle in bank accounts and property markets showing signs of strain, many aspiring investors and business owners face an uncomfortable truth. Is now the time to quit, or double down? Read more.

Many thanks to Luke Kemeys, from Next Advisory and Keep The Change!

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Thank You Provincia: Whether you're looking to invest, or you have a commercial property that needs better management -  they the true one-stop shop for wholesale industrial investors. Check out Provincia.co.nz for more.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

The Home Buyers Blueprint: Get a better home; Get a better mortgage.

The KiwiSaver Millionaire Roadmap: Get a Rockstar Retirement!

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

Get Social:

Check out the most watched/downloaded episodes here

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Disclaimer: Please act independently from any content provided in these episodes; it's not financial advice, because there's no accounting for your individual circumstances. Do your own research, and take a broad range of opinions into account. Ideally, engage a financial adviser / pay for advice!

Sometimes the future doesn’t tap politely. It knocks, and while the instinct is to keep the door bolted, at some stage we need to do better. That’s what’s happening right now in New Zealand, as John Alcock aims to facilitate the country's first property sale powered entirely by a blockchain. Read more.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

The Home Buyers Blueprint: Get a better home; Get a better mortgage.

The KiwiSaver Millionaire Roadmap: Get a Rockstar Retirement!

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

Get Social:

Check out the most watched/downloaded episodes here

Follow on YouTube , Instagram, TikTok: @theeverydayinvestor, X (@UngaroDarcy), LinkedIn.

www.ungaro.co.nz

________________________

Disclaimer: Please act independently from any content provided in these episodes; it's not financial advice, because there's no accounting for your individual circumstances. Do your own research, and take a broad range of opinions into account. Ideally, engage a financial adviser / pay for advice!

It’s a dwelling, but it’s an asset class too - People buy property to live in it, and to grow their wealth in it. Since the early 1970’s, property values have doubled roughly every 7-10 years in many Western countries, including here in NZ. But sitting here in 2025, after watching at least 3 years of falling prices, it’s natural to wonder if the party’s over. Maybe whatever caused prices to rise for over 50 years really is starting to reverse. Before you do something foolish like sell it all and plough it all into something silly like Bitcoin, consider your own situation, and a range of perspectives first.

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Thank You Provincia: Whether you're looking to invest, or you have a commercial property that needs better management -  they the true one-stop shop for wholesale industrial investors. Check out Provincia.co.nz for more.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

The Home Buyers Blueprint: Get a better home; Get a better mortgage.

The KiwiSaver Millionaire Roadmap: Get a Rockstar Retirement!

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

Get Social:

Check out the most watched/downloaded episodes here

Follow on YouTube , Instagram, TikTok: @theeverydayinvestor, X (@UngaroDarcy), LinkedIn.

www.ungaro.co.nz

________________________

Disclaimer: Please act independently from any content provided in these episodes; it's not financial advice, because there's no accounting for your individual circumstances. Do your own research, and take a broad range of opinions into account. Ideally, engage a financial adviser / pay for advice!

New Zealand was one of the first economies where the central bank hiked interest rates.

Being first, I wonder if that means other countries watch us to see how sensitive economies are to monetary policy? Read more

Special thank you to Mary Jo Vergara - senior economist at Kiwibank.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

The Home Buyers Blueprint: Get a better home; Get a better mortgage.

The KiwiSaver Millionaire Roadmap: Get a Rockstar Retirement!

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

Get Social:

Check out the most watched/downloaded episodes here

Follow on YouTube , Instagram, TikTok: @theeverydayinvestor, X (@UngaroDarcy), LinkedIn.

www.ungaro.co.nz

________________________

Disclaimer: Please act independently from any content provided in these episodes; it's not financial advice, because there's no accounting for your individual circumstances. Do your own research, and take a broad range of opinions into account. Ideally, engage a financial adviser / pay for advice!

the art of investing is balancing growth and protection, for both you and your kids. Read more.

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Thank You Provincia: Whether you're looking to invest, or you have a commercial property that needs better management -  they the true one-stop shop for wholesale industrial investors. Check out Provincia.co.nz for more.

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The Bitcoin Adviser: Plan for intergenerational digital wealth.

Hatch: For US markets.

Sharesies: For local, and international markets.

Easy Crypto: To buy and sell digital assets.

Sharesight: For tracking and reporting on your portfolio

Exodus: Get rewards on your first $2,500 of swaps

Revolut: For a new type of banking.

Online courses:

The Home Buyers Blueprint: Get a better home; Get a better mortgage.

The KiwiSaver Millionaire Roadmap: Get a Rockstar Retirement!

New Wealth Foundations: Personal finance from a wealth-builder's perspective.

Take the free, 5-part online course Crypto 101: Crypto with Confidence

Get Social:

Check out the most watched/downloaded episodes here

Follow on YouTube , Instagram, TikTok: @theeverydayinvestor, X (@UngaroDarcy), LinkedIn.

www.ungaro.co.nz

________________________

Disclaimer: Please act independently from any content provided in these episodes; it's not financial advice, because there's no accounting for your individual circumstances. Do your own research, and take a broad range of opinions into account. Ideally, engage a financial adviser / pay for advice!