Alan Kohler

Melbourne

Editor-in-Chief at InvestSMART

Founder at Eureka Report

Finance Presenter at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

Columnist at The New Daily

Founder of Eureka Report, finance guy on the ABC news and columnist for The New Daily

Articles

Jim Chalmers in the Hotseat

1 week ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

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Donald Trump's executive order on showerheads seems trivial but it's a subtle power grab

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Alan Kohler

During the chaos of last week's tariff war-induced market turmoil, Donald Trump issued an executive order headed: "Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure in Showerheads."Like a lot of people, I thought this was a joke until I read this piece in Bloomberg by Noah Feldman identifying it as another power grab.
Market Mayhem

2 weeks ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

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America is having a break with reality on tariffs. The world will move on to a new order

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Alan Kohler

The Australian government after May 3 will no doubt want to try to negotiate with the Trump administration about our 10 per cent tariff, but they might be better off to just work around it and move on. The American age is coming to an end after 80 years and nine months and will be replaced by something that may be better. We don't yet know what that new world looks like, and the journey there is likely to be painful, especially for America.
Weekend Briefing, Edition 13, 2025: Inevitable

2 weeks ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

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Labor and the Coalition both dodging two things that matter most this election

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Alan Kohler

There are two domestic issues that matter above all others in this election: housing and productivity — because there is a nation-defining shortage of each. They are at the heart of the cost-of-living crisis that is crushing most Australians, and the nation's long-term economic and social challenges. But both major parties are dodging them and the campaign that culminates on May 3 is another contest of band-aids, not cures.
The Budget Breakdown

4 weeks ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

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We're at a turning point in world history but our leaders are distracted

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Alan Kohler

Australia is heading towards minority government at a turning point in world history. This is a time when clear political vision and decisive leadership is called for, when the stakes for tomorrow's federal budget and the coming election couldn't be higher. Not that you would know it from the grubby squabbles that pass for national debate these days.
Markets, Money & Trump

1 month ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

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Talking Finance: Tariff Town

1 month ago | intelligentinvestor.com.au | Alan Kohler

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