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Oct 2019
1h 15m

Australia is rich, dumb, and getting dum...

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About this episode

1) The Big V is back - market volatility
2) Should we break up the Big 4 Banks?
3) Harvard reckons Australia's economic situation is rich, dumb, and getting dumber
4) The Foolish Mailbag
- Webjet
- ETFs
- online stockbroking
- European companies
-  transferring currencies
- companies you wish would list

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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