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Nov 28, 2025
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As someone who has been through multiple recessions, business and market cycles, I can tell you the root cause always start with finance. Private credit appears to be heading for a fall which will lead to more stress for the finance sector when asset prices drop as they invariably do. This, besides statements to the contrary, will spill over into other asset markets and asset prices most likely via distressed sellers.

The IMF, the Bank for International Settlements, and Moody's are all waving red flags. When long term illiquid assets meet short term urgent redemptions, private credit becomes a liquidity nightmare for investors. 

 

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  • Russia-Ukraine - potential resolution? Not so fast.
  • Oz - the land of milk and honey? 

 

The Oz Economy

Property expectations are rising for 2026

Australian home prices set to shatter records in 2026

Lower interest rates and improving incomes are expected to drive property price gains, but only so far.

www.domain.com.au

However........

An excellent summary of Australia's property bubble. Well worth a read. But one simple sentence says it all - "Higher prices require more debt". As we have stated many times before once the lending falls, so do the prices. 

Forget Wall Street, bitcoin and AI. Here's a real Aussie bubble

Amid global warnings of impending financial doom, APRA and the Reserve Bank are far more concerned about a home-grown bubble, one that's ...

www.abc.net.au

Whittaker's Warning

A warning regarding the perils of the property market at the moment. A short 5 minute read. 

Noel News November 2025

"In God we trust. Everyone else bring data." W. EDWARDS DEMING Renowned broadcaster John Deeks and I discuss all the big topics covered i...

www.noelwhittaker.com.au

APRA pulls out the yellow flag

APRA to limit high debt-to-income home loans to constrain risk...

APRA will limit high debt-to-income (DTI) home lending to pre-emptively contain a build-up of housing-related vulnerabilities in the fina...

www.apra.gov.au

Lesson of the Week

"Brokers often advise their clients to buy and hold. Focus on the average annual increases in stock prices, they say. Do not try to “time the market,” seeking the golden moment to buy or sell. What matters is the particular, not the average. Some of the most successful investors are those who did, in fact, get the timing right….. Suppose big news has inflated a stock price by 40 percent in a week, more than twice its normal volatility. What are the odds that, anytime soon, yet another 40 percent run will occur? Not impossible, of course, but certainly not large. A prudent investor would do as the Wall Street pros: Take a profit".

- Benoit Mandelbrot, The (Mis)Measure of Markets​

 

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