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and the world changed nappies.....

March 14, 2026 - 09:11 -- Admin

Some observers of the current EU ‘elites’, including this author, used to believe that their defining feature – apart from things such as complicity in genocide and wars of aggression with Israel and the US, bigoted xenophobia about Russia and China, and, of course, pervasive corruption – was an absolute inability to learn.

Open-borders Australia learns nothing from Carney visit

March 14, 2026 - 00:30 -- Admin

By Stephen Saunders Leaving Anthony Albanese as a world outlier, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has stymied Canada’s population growth to ease the housing pain. Sigh, his Australian visit was all framed around “middle powers” vs Trump. Australia endures historic highs in mass migration and historic lows in housing affordability. But the elite narrative is

Weekend reading and MB media appearances

March 14, 2026 - 00:01 -- Admin

International reading: US to release 172 million barrels of oil from strategic petroleum reserve – Reuters Iran says it’s ready for a long war that would ‘destroy’ global economy – Lemonde Saudi oil giant warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ from Iran war as three commercial ships are ‘attacked’ in Strait of Hormuz and Tehran tries to

MB Fund February 2026 Performance Report

March 13, 2026 - 17:59 -- Admin

The story for February was the surging Australian dollar running into incredible profit growth forecasts. Profit forecasts got stronger throughout the month, helping share prices higher, but for Australian investors, the rising AUD offset all of those gains. The key question in March is whether the profit growth (15%+ forecast for each of the next two years)