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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