Barrels, Boards, and Big Questions
4/22/202655 min
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne unpack the latest on Iran, Trump, and the oil market, run through Stephen's upcoming board tilts, and tackle listener questions on the energy sector, house prices, productivity, AI, and plenty more.
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Alan Kohler· Host0:23
[upbeat music] Hello, I'm Alan Kohler, editor-at-large of Intelligent Investor and finance presenter and columnist for the ABC.
Stephen Mayne· Co-host0:40
And I'm Stephen Mayne, contributor at Intelligent Investor, founder of Crikey, and shareholder activist.
Alan Kohler· Host0:44
And we are- We are The Money Cafe The Money Cafe, Alan. Good morning, Stephen.
Stephen Mayne· Co-host0:48
Now... Morning, Alan. Now, uh, well, let's not waste too much time on Trump and Iran because, you know, we'll all be wrong tomorrow, and it will change. But, uh, after three weeks of three percent plus rises in the market, which is unheard of, and I think it was thirteen days in a row of Nasdaq increases, we sort of had record highs with everyone thinking the war's over after the declaration of the Strait of Hormuz being completely open on Friday night. And of course, fast-forward five days, and it's not open, and there's an extension of the ceasefire, and are they going to Pakistan to