Blast Off: The SpaceX Float
6/17/202654 min
On The Money Café this week, Alan Kohler and Stephen Mayne unpack the SpaceX float and the wave of AI IPOs lining up behind it, weigh the Trump–Iran peace deal, and size up where rates are heading with the RBA and the Fed; plus your questions on childcare, energy, index investing, AI, and more.
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First 90 secondsAlan Kohler· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, I'm Alan Kohler, editor-at-large of Intelligent Investor and finance presenter, columnist, and podcaster for the ABC.
Stephen Mayne· Host0:18
And I'm Steven Main, contributor at Intelligent Investor, founder of Crikey, and shareholder activist at Alan Leahy.
Alan Kohler· Host0:23
And what are we, Steven?
Stephen Mayne· Host0:24
We are, if you ask me, Alan, we are The Money Cafe, taking a brief break from the World Cup to, uh, record a cafe. So, uh- You're watching the World Cup, are you? You're watching the World Cup. I'm, I'm loving it. I'm absolutely loving it. So the French just had a good 3-1 win over Senegal, so they'll be now the warm favorites after the Spanish couldn't even get over Cape Verde yesterday.
Alan Kohler· Host0:46
Right.
Stephen Mayne· Host0:47
And what about those Australians? I, I actually, I missed the 5:00 AM block Square AGM in the US this morning. I'd set the alarm. I was all set to, to go to it, and slept in. I just missed it. So I'm not gonna sleep in and miss the 5:00 start for the Australia-US game in, uh, Seattle on Saturday.
Alan Kohler· Host1:08
So it's 5:00, is it?
Stephen Mayne· Host1:09
Are you watching? Are you excited?
Alan Kohler· Host1:10
No, no. I, I'm, I'm afraid not, not enough happens at soccer for me. I mean, it's, uh... Look, I, I did watch the Australia, um, game the other day. Who was it against?
Stephen Mayne· Host1:20
Turkey.
Alan Kohler· Host1:21
Turkey. Yes, I did watch that.
Stephen Mayne· Host1:22
Come on, Gallipoli revenge. It's Gallipoli revenge, Alan.
Alan Kohler· Host1:25
Jesus Christ.
Stephen Mayne· Host1:25
[laughs] It was huge.
Alan Kohler· Host1:26
That's right.
Stephen Mayne· Host1:26
The mighty Turks, we took 'em out.
Alan Kohler· Host1:28
Oh, we did. That's right,