“Lets Create Yet More Money”: Says The IMF

This past year or so has seen a massive creation of liquidity across the world as Central Banks ramped up their Quantitative easing programes and Governments threw money into the mix in an attempt to revive economic momentum, inflation and preserve the unstable financial system. There is of course no simple way back, and currently the main impact appears to be asset inflation across stocks and property, while the real economy languishes, even as debt climbs.

But now the IMF wants to join the FIAT party – FIAT meaning “Let it Be” or created from nothing using allocating special drawing rights (SDR) to augment instantaneously the international reserves of its members. They claim this would significantly benefit poorer countries and help build confidence at a time of global crisis, dramatically demonstrating international cooperation. But it is pure Neo-liberalism…

CONTENTS
0:00 Start
0:40 Introduction
1:16 IMF Joins the Fiat Party
2:00 Special Drawing Rights
3:12 IMF Statement $650 Billion SDR Allocation
10:20 The History of SDR’s And How They Work
21:35 PRGT Australia Contributes $500 million
22:05 SDR Accounting
24:50 Pros and Cons
27:22 My Conclusions

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Archegos – Is Leverage In Question Now?

We dissect the Archegos Capital Management story, and look at Family Offices, Block Orders and the derivatives they used. And also asks whether this flags a new perspective on leverage.

0:00 Start
0:40 Introduction
1:00 Background – What Is A Family Office?
5:40 Total Return Swaps
6:45 Contracts For Difference
8:05 About Prime Brokers
10:05 ViacomCBS and Other Stocks
11:50 Margin Calls
12:50 Attempts To Mitigate Failed
13:20 Block Trades
14:53 The Fall Outs Across Major Banks
17:12 Biggest Hit Since LTCM
18:00 Questions To Ponder – Why Did The Banks Do It?
20;00 $10 Billion Losses
23:12 Is This Overdone?
29:03 My Conclusions – The Consequences Of Over Leverage

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A Spotlight On Frenchs Forest

Frenchs Forest is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Frenchs Forest is 13 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Northern Beaches Council.

The suburb went through rezoning post 2018 to include a new hospital, town centre, new relocated high school, 2,200 new homes and $500 million to upgrade the roads.

We look at property in the suburb.

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The House Always Wins… The DFA Daily 2nd April 2021

The latest edition of our finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour.

CONTENTS
0:00 Start
0:40 Markets Winning Streak
7:30 US Jobs
10:20 RBA Won’t Stop The Housing Boom
20:00 Home Prices In March
23:45 Risks Rising?
26:55 Fair Trading and Under-quoting
32:45 Conclusions…

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Its No Joke… The DFA Daily 1st April 2021

The latest edition of our finance and property news digest with a distinctively Australian flavour.

CONTENTS

0:00 Start
0:40 Introduction
1:00 Retail Turnover
2:25 New Loan Commitments
5:54 APRA Loan Deferrals
7:45 US Infrastructure Spending
14:45 US Digital Dollar
17:15 APRA Action Against Macquarie
19:49 ASIC Sues CBA
23:48 ASIC bans sale of Binary Options
26:45 HomeBuilder creates material shortage
30:30 Sukkar And Irresponsible Lending
37:00 Conclusions…

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FINAL REMINDER DFA Live 8pm Sydney Tonight: Deep Dive Into Brisbane Property With Meighan Wells

Join us for a live Q&A as I discuss the latest property trends in the Brisbane property market with Meighan Wells, the Principal of Property Pursuit and co-founder of the Home Buyer Academy and co-presenter of Your First Home Buyer Guide Podcast. As a recognised expert on the Queensland property market and the former Chairman of the REIQ Buyers’ Agent Chapter, she is well placed to explore the latest trends. https://www.propertypursuit.com.au/team/meighan-wells/

You can ask a question live. Given the current lock-down in Brisbane, this is an excellent opportunity to get the latest insights!

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