The Savings Tip Jar

In this episode we're talking about young people's proclivities to invest with Bryan Wilmot, the CCO of investment platform Stake. We talked about the latest research from the firm, plus his general take on the share market right now. Plus we spoke to savings scribe Bernadette Lunas, editor of Your Investment Property Magazine about building approvals, and what that means for the governmen...

We spoke to savings scribe Harry O'Sullivan about the latest inflation data shocker, and whether it wipes out any chance of another RBA rate cut in 2025. Harry's article https://www.savings.com.au/news/economists-say-inflation-numbers-no-cuts-until-well-into-2026 00:20 - Savings tip, travel insurance 02:20 - Inflation surprise 03:35 - Forecasts 04:45 - Any hope of a rate cut? 06:50 - Food...

With Harrison away, Brooke Cooper from Your Mortgage co-hosts alongside Dom to break down the big money matters of the week. In our Dollar Dialogue segment, ING Australia's Head of Consumer Insights Matt Bowen joins Brooke and Dom to discuss new research into Gen Z money habits and why this generation has been somewhat forced into being financially savvy. And we speak to savings scribe Harry O'Sul...

In this episode we're talkin' gold with Paul Bloxham, the chief economist at HSBC. Paul was last on in episode 99 at the start of April. That was right when Trump Tariff talk was taking off, which caused a bit of a dip in the share market. His savings tip was 'buy gold' - and now with gold at record high prices, we asked Paul if that's still relevant. We also got him to make se...

In this episode we're talkin' gold with Paul Bloxham, the chief economist at HSBC. Paul was last on in episode 99 at the start of April. That was right when Trump Tariff talk was taking off, which caused a bit of a dip in the share market. His savings tip was 'buy gold' - and now with gold at record high prices, we asked Paul if that's still relevant. We also got him to make se...

In this episode we're talkin' gold with Paul Bloxham, the chief economist at HSBC. Paul was last on in episode 99 at the start of April. That was right when Trump Tariff talk was taking off, which caused a bit of a dip in the share market. His savings tip was 'buy gold' - and now with gold at record high prices, we asked Paul if that's still relevant. We also got him to make sense of the heady sha...

We also spoke with savings scribe Denise Raward about the $3m super tax changes and what they mean for you. It was one of the key policies Jim Chalmers had been cooking up over the past couple years, but now he wants to significantly change it. Hmmm. Curious. Denise's article here https://www.savings.com.au/news/backdown-on-super-tax-for-the-rich 01:00 - Savings tip 03:10 - The super changes 0...

This week, we're talking grocery prices with Grocerize founder Blake Bennett. You might have realised we spoke about Grocerize in episode 126 briefly with James Cudmore, CCO at Newcastle Greater Mutual. We thought hey that's pretty cool, why not get Grocerize on to talk about how it's taking on Coles and Woolies. And keep your ears peeled (05:07) for a special code for Tip Jar listener...

This week, we're talking grocery prices with Grocerize founder Blake Bennett. You might have realised we spoke about Grocerize in episode 126 briefly with James Cudmore, CCO at Newcastle Greater Mutual. We thought hey that's pretty cool, why not get Grocerize on to talk about how it's taking on Coles and Woolies. And keep your ears peeled (35:20) for a special code for Tip Jar listener...

We spoke to savings scribe Brooke Cooper, editor of Your Mortgage, about why the major banks are walking back their calls for an RBA cash rate cut in November. Inflation could be making a surprise resurgence by one measure, but are they jumping at shadows? Brooke's RBA rate cut forecast news here https://www.yourmortgage.com.au/mortgage-news/westpac-officially-alone-in-forecasting-more-2025-rb...

On this week's episode we're talking about divorce - more specifically, how to financially recover from it and rebuild your life. We speak to Gemma Mitchell, author of The Money Reset. At age 28 Gemma found herself divorced, having to juggle kids, investment properties, and more. We discuss how she navigated through that to land on her feet - we also discussed the re-rise of apricot chicke...

On this week's episode we're talking about divorce - more specifically, how to financially recover from it and rebuild your life. We speak to Gemma Mitchell, author of The Money Reset. At age 28 Gemma found herself divorced, having to juggle kids, investment properties, and more. We discuss how she navigated through that to land on her feet - we also discussed the re-rise of apricot chicken i.e. s...

Bea Garcia - resident savings scribe - is here to talk about how to save for a holiday and a house deposit at the same time! You don't necessarily need to sacrifice one for the other, but manage both appropriately, and temper your expectations of a big trip to Monaco while sipping Aperols. Bea's article: https://www.infochoice.com.au/savings-accounts/saving-for-a-holiday-and-a-house Compar...

On this week's episode we're talking to James Cudmore, the chief customer officer at Newcastle Greater Mutual - the merged entity taking care of Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent. He's here to talk about some new research from the bank that consumer confidence is turning, and customers are feeling more confident to spend having reined in expenses. Plus we talk about the continued property push...

On this week's episode we're talking to James Cudmore, the chief customer officer at Newcastle Greater Mutual - the merged entity taking care of Greater Bank and Newcastle Permanent. He's here to talk about some new research from the bank that consumer confidence is turning, and customers are feeling more confident to spend having reined in expenses. Plus we talk about the continued pr...

We spoke to Bernadette Lunas, the editor at Your Investment Property Magazine. There's a new edition coming out very soon (30 Sept) - all you need to do is visit the website and sign up to get your copy. As Bern highlights, there's some great stuff in there for investors, including spring selling season guides, suburb spotlights and state market roundups, as well as all important DATA. Get...

On this week's episode we're talkin' jobs. More importantly, the prospect of people losing their jobs. There have been some big job cuts bandied about in the media lately, and on to discuss the labour force is Harry Ottley, an economist at CommBank. We discussed the labour trends, where the unemployment rate is likely to be, full-time work, if the labour force is still inflationary, an...

On this week's episode we're talkin' jobs. More importantly, the prospect of people losing their jobs. There have been some big job cuts bandied about in the media lately, and on to discuss the labour force is Harry Ottley, an economist at CommBank. We discussed the labour trends, where the unemployment rate is likely to be, full-time work, if the labour force is still inflationary, and If we're s...

We spoke to Denise Raward, resident finance journalist, about Domain's recent report that found there's basically no such thing as affordable housing left! Well isn't that depressing. Luckily, Denise shared some of the takeaway recommendations for meaningfully improving affordability, besides just chucking another subsidy or carrot at first home buyers. Denise's article here https:...

On this ep we're talking food waste. According to research from OzHarvest the average person wastes about 113kg of food every year. That's a front row prop in the NRL! On to discuss this is Monique Llewellyn, the national campaign manager for the food charity. We discuss the research, why people waste so much food, the 'leftover epidemic', grocery prices, what OzHarvest is, and pra...

On this ep we're talking food waste. According to research from OzHarvest the average person wastes about 113kg of food every year. That's a front row prop in the NRL! On to discuss this is Monique Llewellyn, the national campaign manager for the food charity. We discuss the research, why people waste so much food, the 'leftover epidemic', grocery prices, what OzHarvest is, and pra...

We spoke to Harry O'Sullivan about 40-year mortgages. They are slowly increasing in popularity, and it's timely given Great Southern Bank came to the table with a new offer for first home buyers. But as Harry discusses, it's not all about lower repayments. You'll hear that he's quite against it, as all it might do is fuel house price gains further and induce demand, while addin...

This week's episode guest stars Eleanor Creagh, the senior economist at Proptrack, a property analytics firm. We discussed the spring selling season, and why it's set to be a big one. We also discussed the home guarantee scheme tweaks taking effect from October and their effect on house prices and property demand. Eleanor was last on in episode 78, around this time last year - so it's...

This week's episode guest stars Eleanor Creagh, the senior economist at Proptrack, a property analytics firm. We discussed the spring selling season, and why it's set to be a big one. We also discussed the home guarantee scheme tweaks taking effect from October and their effect on house prices and property demand. Eleanor was last on in episode 78, around this time last year - so it's...

We spoke to resident automotive journalist Alexi Falson about the latest car news. There's been some exciting new vehicles released recently, and Alexi's her eto give us an update. For Alexi's reviews of the vehicles mentioned you can head to onlineauto.com.au 00:45 - Savings tip, Which Grocer 01:52 - Interesting cars lately 06:08 - Latest utes 07:46 - New car sales 10:08 - Hyundai boo...