The Money Puzzle

The risks and opportunities of AI become clearer each day, but how do you - the investor - optimise AI while minimising your risks?
Daniel Gara, founder of Vectatech.com.au joins Associate Editor, James Kirby in this episode.
In today's show, we cover:
How to best use AI as an active investor
Securing your data against later use by AI companies
Tackling AI questions to get the answers you need
Anthropic's Claude for financial advisers explained

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This is the year reality bites for private credit investors: Put simply, it was too good to be true for several years. More recently, just as everyday investors piled into the space, the numbers have turned against it.
Charlie Viola of Viola Private Wealth joins Associate Editor, James Kirby, in this episode.
In today's show, we cover:
Private credit shake-up: The Metrics Credit affair
Should we compare private credit to shares or bonds?
Keeping an eye on the fallout from the Bathla collapse
Passive investing and the problem of poor quality IPOs

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The Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement has been re-energised through an offshoot tagged as COAST. It's all about the magic number you need to save, which allows you to ahem coast through the rest of your life without money issues. Would it work for you?
Lionel Lee, author of 'Into The Moneyverse' joins Associate Editor, James Kirby in this episode.

In today's show, we cover:
FIRE - What you need to know
How the COAST principle works
Adapting for the Australian super system
Should you save inside or outside super?

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The Spring season's 'stock overhang' will determine the outlook for the property market. It will also provide an early guide on where the bargains will emerge for investors.
Angus Moore, senior economist at Realestate.com.au joins Associate Editor, James Kirby in this episode.
In today's show, we cover:
Stock overhang - The markets with the most for sale
Will vacancy rates stay low if prices drop further?
Is Melbourne the value hunter's opportunity?
Negative gearing new homes - signs of life inside industry data

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Higher taxes, an aging population and hopeless productivity growth ...is Australia the best place to put your money?

In today's show, we cover...

What investors can draw from the government's inter-generational report
Does the productivity gap with the US explain Wall Street's superior returns?
Why rates will be higher for longer
Gold takes a step backwards in its forward march

Paul Bloxham, chief economist at HSBC Australia, joins Associate Editor James Kirby in this episode
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