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Debt ceilings and defaults
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Debt ceilings, at the moment there are many media pundits warning about the US defaulting on their debt and the fallout that would follow, being a complete economic meltdown. We are going to do a deeper dive into this in today’s episode....
read moreAre banks doing more harm than good?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Recent issues with banks has once again highlighted the fragility with the financial sector and the impact this can have on financial markets, the economy and daily lives – these failures have come from the smaller bank sectors and their...
read moreHow to negate Central Banks negative effects in your own life
Welcome to Finance and Fury. There will be two parts to this episode. Firstly, do we even need Central banks and what is an alternative, then secondly, as they are probably not going anywhere anytime soon, how to negate their negative effects on your own life. If you...
read moreA case for abolishing Central Banks
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode is exploring the idea that abolishing central banks in their current form would be better for you and I. Now I am fully aware that CBs like the Fed and RBA won’t be abolished anytime soon, modern financial system is too deep...
read moreThe collapse of Credit Suisse, bail ins and moral hazard
Welcome to Finance and Fury. This episode is about the banking system – the collapse of credit Suisse and looking at how bail ins, bail outs work and the moral hazard this creates. In in an effort to answer the question: Is having a back stop from letting banks...
read moreIs the bank ‘crisis’ over?
Welcome to Finance and Fury. In last weeks episode, I stated that I was going to cover the collapse of SVB, but by now this is old news and there have been further developments – so we will still give a quick recap on SVB but the main focus will be on further...
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Sunk costs and the Commonwealth Games
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Many of you would have seen the news over the last few weeks about Victoria cancelling the commonwealth games plans due to financial constraints. Is this the right decision when viewed through an economic lens – looking at the concept of a...
Private equity investments
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Looking at alternative to listed shares, with private equity. Globally, private equity has for many years been a niche area of the investment universe, dominated by institutional investors and very wealthy individuals. However, trends in...
Predicting future market returns using the Buffett indicator
Welcome to Finance and Fury. The returns for shares over the last few years has not been good – especially in comparison to other assets – Is it still worth it to invest in shares? Afterall, the Australian Share index is sitting almost the same point as 18 months ago,...
Incentives, economic inequality and poverty
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Last week’s episode laid the ground work for how incentives work in relation to economic decision making – this week we will be looking at one aspect to expand on this topic – that is how our incentives to help others can be used against...
The importance of economic incentives, problems and economics
Welcome to Finance and Fury. A few weeks ago we did an episode on the Manifesto of Equals – got me thinking more about the nature of humans and how we respond to incentives – and how this can be really good for us, or be highjacked at our detriment – this is all food...
End of the financial year checklist
Welcome to Finance and Fury. Sorry for no episodes, EOFY always a busy time, so haven’t had a chance to prep much or find time to record. Excuses` out of the way and in the spirt of the end of the financial year – as it is almost here – I wanted to do a bit of a...