It’s the kind of headline that rattles even seasoned investors: conflict flares up in the Middle East. Iran fires at Israel. Oil prices move. Markets wobble.
Luke Hopewell is Head of Content and Digital Marketing at Associate Global Partners and oversees content strategy for Switzer Daily and Switzer Report. He was previously the head of editorial at Twitter Australia, the editor of cult tech site Gizmodo, launch editor of Business Insider's Australian edition, with stints various corporates like CBA and Telstra in-between. When he's not writing, he's getting outdoors and patting all the nice dogs he meets.
It’s the kind of headline that rattles even seasoned investors: conflict flares up in the Middle East. Iran fires at Israel. Oil prices move. Markets wobble.
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