There's No Place Like Home
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.
Macquarie's Changing of the Guard
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.
AI, AGMs, and Overworked Directors
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.
Power Struggles
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.
Markets, Tech, and a Swift Detour
This week on The Money Café, Alan Kohler and James Thomson take the pulse of markets and the economy, dig into the latest on WiseTech and the tech sector, unpack the Taylor Swift wedding phenomenon, and answer questions on the energy sector, data centres, housing, and much more.
Ringing in the New (Financial) Year
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne celebrate the start of the new financial year, run through the biggest stories of FY26, the latest house price data, the war in Iran, and the week's political news, before answering questions on AI, childcare, the tax system, and much more.
The AI 'Chipwreck'
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson go through the 'chipwreck' rattling the AI trade, how SpaceX is tracking, the fallout from KPMG's whistleblower scandal, CGT changes to SMSFs, and answer questions on housing, childcare, and much more.
Blast Off: The SpaceX Float
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne unpack the SpaceX float and the wave of AI IPOs lining up behind it, weigh the Trump-Iran peace deal, and size up where rates are heading with the RBA and the Fed; plus your questions on childcare, energy, index investing, AI, and more.
Feeding the Machine
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson unpack the latest market news and inflation, dig into the IPO race among SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic, weigh in on the Strait of Hormuz and KPMG's troubles, and field listener questions on housing, bonds, tax, childcare, AI and plenty more.
When The House Stops Winning
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne discuss the housing market, the rise of One Nation, the AI bubble, plus listener questions on CGT changes and much more!
Mining for More
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and James Thomson unpack Iran, Trump, and the impact on markets, dig into the resources sector and AI's growing influence, and tackle listener questions on SpaceX, capital gains tax, and plenty more.
A Taxing Debate
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne hand down their own budget reply and tackle listener questions on capital gains tax changes, startups, trusts, and more.