Just joking. I refuse to invest in the diarrhea of financial markets. That said, if you do, now may be the time. The old magazine cover indicator is chirping. As Michael Hartnett stated over the weekend, now may indeed be the right time to buy. Crypto “will be first to sniff out Fed coming to rescue.”
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In this episode of RT’s ‘Sanchez Effect’, Rick is joined by Independent geopolitical analyst, author and correspondent with 40 years of experience – Pepe Escobar, to discuss the peace deal proposed by Donald Trump. Despite the proposal being portrayed by the West as ‘pro-Russian’, Pepe trashed it point by point, saying that the whole paper is unacceptable to Moscow.
Cotality has released alarming data illustrating the sharp deterioration of rental affordability over recent years following record net overseas migration. The following chart plots the percentage of median household income spent on renting the median dwelling at the national level: Rental affordability nationally was tracking at its most favourable level in 15 years in Q4
Asian equity markets are fairly buoyant today but Japanese markets are closed while the risk complex ponders the next stage of the Ruzzian/Ukrainian peace “talks” amid a shortened trading week due to US Thanksgiving. Currency land was fairly stable without any large gaps as traders digest the Fed talk from Friday night that may support
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The latest batch of lending data from the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that investor mortgage lending has surged to decade highs. Recently, Justin Fabo from Antipodean Macro posted the following chart showing that Google searches for “investment property” had surged to their highest level in at least two decades:
Prosper Australia submission to Inquiry into Local Government Funding and Fiscal Sustainability (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport) – 19 November 2025 Introduction Prosper Australia welcomes the Committee’s examination of local government funding and the relationship between local government and other tiers of government. Our submission outlines three key points […]
The iron jaws refuse to shut. Despite the collapse of steel mill margins. They have tried to lower prices. MySteel. Imported iron ore inventories at Chinese steel mills fell to a two-month low of 12.4 million tonnes this week, down 2.9% from the prior week, as high prices dampened restocking interest. Inventory Coverage now stands at 20
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The Australian Treasury’s propaganda modelling, released ahead of the introduction of the Albanese government’s 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers, forecast that the policy would only lift home values by a cumulative 0.6% over a six-year period. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Housing Minister Clare O’Neil used Treasury’s modelling to deflect allegations that the policy
Viktor Schvets’ Convergence of Storms is not a good outlook for Australia. Schvets’ “Convergence of Storms” sees five converging revolutions. The first storm is demographics: ageing populations, below-replacement fertility, and shrinking workforces reduce long-term growth potential, raise dependency ratios, and put enormous strain on pension systems and public finances. With fewer workers supporting more retirees,
The nature of time has plagued thinkers for as long as we’ve tried to understand the world we live in. Intuitively, we know what time is, but try to explain it, and we end up tying our minds in knots.