About Alan Kohler
Alan Kohler has been a financial journalist for 46 years. He began as a cadet on The Australian covering the Poseidon boom and bust; has been a columnist for Chanticleer in the Australian Financial Review and editor of the AFR, and columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Alan has also served as editor of The Age and for the past 21 years he has been working for the ABC, first as business editor of the 7.30 Report and then host of Inside Business and finance presenter on ABC News. He was the founder of Eureka Report and Business Spectator, now owned by News Corporation, and recently started a new publication – The Constant Investor.
Kohler Report Archive Segments
Thursday finance with David Chau
Expectations for an interest rate hike next month have increased after stronger-than-expected official jobs numbers were released. The ABS revealed the unemployment rate fell to 4.1 per cent.
Wednesday finance with Alan Kohler
The local share market fell in line with Wall Street today, but nowhere near as much because of gains among mining stocks, as gold surged to a new record high.
Tuesday finance with Alan Kohler
Global share markets, including Australia's, fell again today as trade tensions worsened between the United States and Europe over the future of Greenland.
Monday finance with Alan Kohler
The local share market slipped today as investors grew wary of the prospect of a trade war between America and Europe.
Friday finance with David Chau
Santos, Woodside and energy stocks fell sharply, along with the price of crude oil, after Donald Trump toned down his language on whether the United States would launch a strike against Iran.