October is “crash” month. Think back to the “Wall Street Crash” of October 1929, “Black Monday” of October 1987, the “Great Financial Crisis” that started in October 2007 or even the “mini-crashes” of 1989, 1997 and 2002.

Are investors correctly sniffing rising distress in the mortgage belt, or is it another false alarm and the shares make for value buying into what’s been a Teflon-coated sector for so many years?

The bank regulator, APRA, has made the test you have to pass harder to get a loan and it’s prepared to get tougher to halt home price rises.

Times are tough for investors looking to add value through a defensive portfolio. For most investors, defensive investing means bonds.

Dr Ross tackles the questions we all have regarding the coronavirus and vaccines plus Paul Walker talks to us about ProcurePro!

Catch up on the big money stories of the day with Peter Switzer and Paul Rickard.

With most of our Premiers playing a safe game, Dominic Perrottet will have to take more risks for his state and the country. If he delivers, it could cement his leadership of the state past the election in 18 months’ time.

Update on shares, property prices and the inflation scare.

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claims that if Congress fails to raise the current debt limit within two weeks, the economy will enter a recession.