Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog
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Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) Blog
We discuss the latest finance and digital business news, with a distinctively Australian flavour
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Volatility And Uncertainly; The Watchwords For Markets In 2026!
This is our weekly market update, where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the w...
Confirmation Australia’s Housing Market Is Turning… But…
We had further confirmation today that the Australian housing market tide is turning, at least in terms of further price rises, but overall housing af...
The Year That Was: Markets Bet On Hope Over Expectation!
As we enter 2026, and Happy New Year to all, we should reflect on the fact that while hope is a desire for a positive outcome with uncertainty about i...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: 2026 Property Trends With Edwin And Martin
This is an edit of a live show where I was joined by Property Insider Edwin Almeida for a live Q&A session on Australian Property Trends In 2026. If y...
Households Crushed By Bills As Housing Costs Explode In 2026!
Today we walk through our latest analysis of financial stress among households, using data up to the end of 2025. And its a sorry picture, despite all...
Australian Home Price Scenarios Updated For 2026!
In this show we update our price scenarios based on the latest data and surveys, breaking down the data by state and territory. Things look like they...
It’s All A Bit Artificial Really!
This is our weekly market update, starting in the US, crossing via Europe and Asia to Australia, and covering commodities and crypto along the way. In...
Tony Locantro’s Christmas Box!
Seasonal greetings to all our followers and viewers. Today we catch up with Tony Locantro and get his perspective of the year which is passing and 202...
Santa’s ESG Dilemma!
In this seasonal show, Damien Klassen, Head of Investments at Nucleus Wealth and Walk The World Funds; and Martin North from DFA dive into Santa’s ESG...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Stablecoins: A Financial Revolution Or Financial Coup? With Adam Stokes
This is an edit of a live show were I was joined by Adam Stokes to examine the emergence of Stablecoins following The Genius Act and the implications...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
This is our last formal Rant of the year, so Edwin and I go to town on some of the property predictions for 2026 and consider some of the sleeping iss...
Good Versus Evil: In Memoriam
The 21st of December is the solstice. Technically speaking the solstice is a specific moment, not a whole day and in 2025 it happens at 15:03 on 21 De...
Let’s Paper Over The Cracks For A Santa Rally…
This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia, and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the w...
Australia’s Economy Hits The Wall: With Tarric Brooker
Journalist Tarric Brooker and I catch up for our last chat of the year, and with the help of his excellent slides, pull apart the latest trends in ter...
Let’s Play Some Migration Numbers Numberwang!
Today we got the ABS National, state and territory population data from June 2025. They reported that the Australia’s population grew by 1.5 per cent...
Eight Megatrends For The Years Ahead!
Damien Klassen Head of Investments at Nucleus Wealth and Walk The World Funds and Martin North from DFA discuss eight critical megatrends, which are s...
The Government’s “Find The Pea Budget Trick”…
As expected, Treasurer Jim Chalmers wants you to believe that the budget is getting better and Labor’s claimed spending restraint is helping the Reser...
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Our Housing And Economic Disaster Will End In Tears! With Leith van Onselen
I am joined by Leith van Onselen Chief Economist and Co-founder of Macrobusiness, as we review the year across housing, and the economy, and ask what...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
A bit late, Edwin our property insider, and I discuss the latest property trends and stats for our weekly Rant. While things may be turning sour in so...
In A Troubled World, The Long Cash Con Continues…
Edwin’s Monday Rant won’t happen tonight, as he is the middle of client settlements. Hopefully tomorrow. But it gives me the chance to reflect on the...
Housing Markets Vomit Fear Into Year’s End!
How quickly sentiment can turn as Australian’s favourite sport, housing, turns sour into the end of the year. Instead of more rate cuts next year, the...
Beyond Speculation: Is A New Order Approaching?
As Jonathan Shapiro wrote in the AFR this week, financial markets are becoming one big gamble, catalysed by leading global retail brokers leading to a...
Life, The Universe And The Social Media Ban!
This is my edit of a live show recorded with Adam Stokes on his channel, where we dived into the U16 social media ban, and discussed its origins, impl...
Schrodinger’s FED
Powell argued in his post-meeting press conference that the economy right now — with inflation still well above the Fed’s 2% target and the labor mark...
RBA Crushes Households As Bond Vigilantes Ride In!
Yesterdays RBA Monetary Policy Board unanimous decision to hold rates at 3.6% and Michelle Bullocks calling the end to a truncated easing cycle meetin...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Why Essential Services Are Deliberately Being Destroyed: With Robbie Barwick
This is an edit of our latest live show where Robbie Barwick from the Citizens Party joined me to explore the critical policy issues which Australia i...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
As we run up to the end of the year, Edwin and I examine the underlying tides which are influencing the property markets across the country. We examin...
The Australian Economic Miracle, Isn’t….
The spin from politicians is that strong jobs growth is a result of their great policies, and the RBA often says they deliberately kept interest rates...
Market High-Wire Act Continues: Just Don’t Look Down!
This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the wa...
Burnout Economics Is Why You Feel So Poor! With Tarric Brooker
Tarric Brooker joins me for a review of the week, and the latest data and charts, as Spin Jim tries to explain the Australian economy is so great, whe...
How To Terminate The Housing Crisis: With John Wright
Associate Professor John Wright is back to develop his concept of Carry Trades further as we ask how to solve the housing crisis. This time he uses th...
Latest GDP Shows Burnout Economy In Action!
Today we got the latest data from the ABS on the Australian Economy, via the backward-looking data on GDP to September 2025. As you know I think GDP i...
DFA Live Q&A Replay: Santa Rally? Volatility? Tokenisation? Investing Now With Damien Klassen
This is an edit of a live show where Head of Investments Damien Klassen at Walk The World Funds and Nucleus Wealth delved into current market dynamics...
Its Edwin’s Monday Evening Property Rant!
It’s Edwin’s Birthday, but he still found time to share his latest thoughts on the property market, which it seems is exhibiting some interesting char...
Property Fools Us Again?
This past week marks an important turning point in the raging bull of the Australian property market. So perhaps it’s time to rethink fair value, desp...
Is A Santa Rally Back On The Agenda Now?
This is our weekly market update where we start in the US, cross to Europe and Asia, and end in Australia, covering commodities and crypto along the w...
Black Friday Sales May End In Grief….
With all the noise over the Black Friday and Cyber Monday we want people to think about whether there are REAL deals out there, or if its simply credi...
Banks’ Home Lending Mobbed By A Wet Lettuce (Again)!
As I have been highlighting, lending for mortgages has been growing way faster than inflation, including for investor borrowers, and this is first lif...
The Economic Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost!
This is my edit of our monthly housing and economic update recorded in conjunction with Nuggets News. In this months edition, I explore the latest dev...
DFA Live Q&A HD Replay: Market Psychology Ups And Downs: With Tony Locantro
This is a edit of a live show where we took a deep to dive into the market psychology which is driving markets, property and gold, with Investment Man...