Mailbag: Is housing really expensive? August 24, 2025

– Reflections on earnings season – Big 4 banks axing jobs – The BCA opposes a cashflow taxSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Benny Ou about newly slimmed-down Australian general insurer, Suncorp (ASX:SUN).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– How can I get into finance? – DCA into BTC? – What is Bitcoin? – Why is my ETF suddenly paying a higher dividend? – Have we seen the end of MMT?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– Breaking down GDP – Earnings season recap – What Chinese cars say about innovationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Vincent Wales about Australian LNG player, Santos (ASX:STO).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– How do we tackle our real problems? – How to trade returns against volatility? – How would you fix housing affordability? – We need to fix mining taxes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– Inflation shoots up – More ‘support’ for housing affordability – Woolies and Coles’ divergent fortunes  – Tobacco excise jumps the sharkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Scott talks to Motley Fool analyst Benny Ou about Australian and New Zealand Big Four bank, ANZ (ASX:ANZ).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– What do you think of my 5 year experiment? – Some debt is good! – Is housing really expensive? – Will Bitcoin liquidity dry up?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

– RBA’s $1.2b renovation – Economic roundtable disappointment – CSL, James Hardie and Audinate hit for six – Qantas’ $90m fine and NAB’s $130m make-good  – CBA’s AI SNAFUSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.