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James KirbyAssociate Editor – Wealth

James Kirby, Associate Editor-Wealth, is one of Australia’s most experienced financial journalists. James hosts The Australian’s twice-weekly Money Puzzle podcast.He is a regular commentator on radio and television, the author of several business biographies and has served on the Walkley Awards Advisory BoardHe was a co-founder and managing editor at Business Spectator and Eureka Report and has previously worked at the Australian Financial Review and the South China Morning Post. Since January 2025 James is a director of Ecstra, the financial literacy foundation.

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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the closing bell of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 8, 2017 in New York. Wall Street stocks ended higher Thursday as investors took in stride dramatic testimony from ousted FBI chief James Comey on his firing by President Donald Trump and links to the Russia investigation. The advance was good enough to lift the Nasdaq to a fresh record, while the Dow and S&P 500 eked out modest gains. / AFP PHOTO / Bryan R. Smith

Investors exposed to US titans

The sell-off in tech titans on Wall Street will be watched very closely by nervous Australian sharemarket investors.

Low cloud and smog over the Sydney skyline today pictured from king st Newtown. . Pic Jenny Evans

How to survive a falling market

Rates are rising and prices are falling … and this time round the property downturn will be different.

PODCASTWealth

Can anyone make money from Uber?

Listen in as Kirby and Kohler talk super developments, pull apart this week’s job figures and track Uber’s course.

Robo-advice finds willing ears

Robo-advice finds willing ears

Older independent investors turn out to be early movers in robo-advice market.

Financial Services

Mortgage concept by money house from the coins

Reverse mortgages: the fine print

The idea of offering retirees cash in return for an interest in the future value of their homes has struggled to go mainstream.

Chairman of Parker Asset Management, Philip Parker and portfolio manager Tim Riordan and, are pictured at the company's office in Sydney.

Altair’s act of capitulation

It’s the easiest thing in the world to sell out of a market — it’s a matter of pressing a button. The hard part is going back in.

Is the empire striking back?

Is the empire striking back?

A surging stockmarket is putting industry funds on the back foot.

PodcastWealth

Is the battle for Fairfax real?

Kirby and Kohler talk Fairfax bids, ATO pay and pick over Trump’s budget plans | LISTEN

James Kirby and Alan Kohler

Inconvenient timing for crisis

Inconvenient timing for crisis

ATO staff were struggling before the latest scandal.

PODCASTWealth

Can markets survive Trump?

Kirby and Kohler talk ATO scandal, power plays at heart of the Fairfax takeover and whether markets can survive Trump.

James Kirby and Alan Kohler

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