Investors are seeing through the doom clouds and investing in shares, while the property market is harder to navigate.

We talk to independent economist Tony Alexander about investor preferences in the latest Sharesies quarterly Investing Insights Survey, which also shows crypto is edging back in popularity.

Tony's pick for interest rates easing is near the end of the year. He thinks any reprieve for property investors, of which there are many sellers, is some way off. And predicts developers selling off-the- plan will do it tough.

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