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Behind every story is Fear & Greed. What distinguishes volatility and opportunity. Prosperity or peril. We take you to the heart of the story because when you know why, you know what’s next.

Interview: Who's shopping on Temu? Apparently everyone.

Retail in Australia is changing. In the last month, online retailer Temu overtook eBay, putting more pressure on local operators like Kogan and The Iconic. 

Ben Dixon, CEO of consumer data and research company Fonto, talks to Sean about the changing nature of retail, including the online marketplaces and the rise of Aldi.

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Afternoon Report | Bitcoin soars

This is the Fear and Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes. 

  1. ASX closes higher

  2. RIO pressure

  3. SME IR laws

  4. AUKUS championed

  5. French PM dumped

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Economic growth disappoints, CBA backflip on fees, Black Friday boosts sales

Thursday 5 December 2024

Economic growth slows to its lowest level in more than 30 years, outside the pandemic. 

And more, including:

  • Commonwealth Bank backflips on new fees

  • Black Friday sales jump as customers plan for Christmas

  • Plus plenty on markets and an extraordinary 24 hours in South Korea

Plus don’t miss the new episode of The Property Pendulum, brought to you by Domain and Fear & Greed. This week’s episode: seven steps to property nirvana. Get it from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Seven steps to property nirvana

Buying and selling property is full of little challenges - things that could be streamlined to make research easier, bidding at auction easier, downsizing or upsizing easier. Alice Stolz, National Property Editor at Domain, and Fear & Greed's Michael Thompson put together the list of seven ways to improve the property market in Australia - if only they had a magic wand.

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Afternoon Report | Growth triggers sell off

This is the Fear and Greed Afternoon Report - everything you need to know about what happened in the markets, economy and world of business today, in just a few minutes. 

  1. GDP disappoints

  2. Tabcorp cuts

  3. Women invest fund

  4. Pro Medicus relief

  5. Rio copper deal

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Sharemarket hits record, Zip’s founder cashes in, judge rejects Musk’s $US56b payday

Wednesday 4 December 2024

The local sharemarket tops 8500 points for the first time ever. 

  • The founder of buy now, pay later group Zip Co cashes in and heads off to do his own thing

  • A judge in the US, once again, knocks back a $US56 billion payday for Elon Musk 

  • Plus more on the strike by Woolies warehouse workers and why Qantas loves baby boomers

Plus don’t miss the latest episode of How Do They Afford That? - how to get financial balance in your life. Get the episode from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Interview: How this CEO went from muso to dealmaker

Vinyl Group is Australia’s only ASX-listed music company, worth between $120m and $140 million - and on an acquisition spree.

It now includes online record store Vinyl.com, music credits business Jaxsta, music industry social network Vampr, Web3 collectibles platform Serenade, and publishing businesses The Brag Media and Mediaweek. It also boasts high profile backers like WiseTech Global founder Richard White.

Vinyl Group CEO Josh Simons takes Sean Aylmer through Vinyl's business model, and how he went from a musician, to a start-up founder, to running an ASX-listed company.

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Ask Fear & Greed: What are futures and what do they measure?

Listener Linus asks: Each weekday the markets refer to the ASX open via the ASX/SPI futures [futures contracts]. But what are the actual futures contracts - what constitutes "futures contracts" and what do they measure? Or perhaps more correctly, how do the futures manifest themselves as a points measurement? I'm presuming there is an index that allows a "points" measure to be compared on a moving basis day to day.


Join Sean Aylmer & Michael Thompson as they answer listener questions.

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Mixed news on the economy, $5b gold miner deal; Woolies shelves stay unstocked

Tuesday 3 December 2024

Good news on both the retail and building fronts. 

And more, including:

  • Northern Star bids $5 billion for the country’s best undeveloped gold miner 

  • No end in sight for the Woolworths warehouse workers who aren’t stocking shelves

  • Plus plenty going on in markets and police thwart the largest ever cocaine importation into Australia

Plus don’t miss the new episode of The Property Pendulum, brought to you by Domain and Fear & Greed. This week’s episode: the hottest trends in homes right now. Get it from APPLE, SPOTIFY, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Interview: M&A bounces back with a decade-long high

The M&A market has bounced back in the last year, with the highest number of deals recorded in over a decade.

Sandy Mak, Head of Corporate at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, talks to Sean Aylmer about the firm's M&A report, the sectors that overdelivered, the role of international bidders, and why the next 12 months are looking promising too.

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