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On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss interest rates, the latest in the Middle East, the US-Canada trade war, AGM season, and answer listener questions on immigration, AI, housing, ETFs, and much more.

SMSFs can no longer borrow to buy residential property. Find out what the new rules mean and why commercial property could benefit.

Get the lowdown on the Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF (ASX: VSO), including where it invests, its fees and how it has performed.

A look at InvestSMART's portfolio returns for the 12 months to July 2026.

On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss AI scams, AI's impact on reporting season, the housing market and Stephen Mayne's AFR profile, and answer questions on productivity, oil markets, superannuation, the construction sector and much more.

On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne take on the census, CBA's result, an ASX at record highs, the RBA's decision to hold rates, the AI trade, and the Iran war. Plus your questions on AI and jobs, house prices, EVs, and much more.

Which ETFs delivered the strongest returns over the year to 30 June 2026, and which were the weakest? Explore the results from InvestSMART's 2026 ETF Scorecard.

From fees and overlap to diversification, Paul Clitheroe shares five checks to make before investing in an ETF.

Discover six simple money tasks that could help you cut costs, tidy up your finances and spot potential problems.

On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson discuss Australia's love affair with CBA and CSL, SpaceX's earnings, the latest in Iran, house prices, and answer listener questions on wealth taxes, childcare, inflation, and much more.

Find out who the InvestSMART Ethical Growth Portfolio suits, the fees it charges, how it has performed and how it stacks up against its peers.

On The Money Café this week, Stephen Mayne and James Thomson dig into Macquarie Group's AGM and succession plan, the latest on Iran and Trump, inflation and big tech, Alan Joyce's reflections on Qantas in his new book, and answer listener questions on the ACCC and digital monopolies, the state of Australian politics, tax policy and much more.

On The Money Café this week, Stephen Mayne and James Thomson discuss the World Cup, China's latest AI play, Macquarie's upcoming AGM, director workloads, and answer listener questions on CGT changes and housing, data centres, diversification, the green economy and much more.

Paul Clitheroe reviews the financial year's winners and losers, the lessons for investors and how to prepare for the year ahead.

Get the lowdown on the Global X Semiconductor ETF (ASX: SEMI), including where it invests, its fees and how it has performed.

On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne unpack the overnight action on Wall Street, rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz and the fallout from last week's Telstra outage, take a look at the renewable energy sector and field questions on AI and data centres, share registries, the 'inertia tax' and much more.