Peter Switzer

Peter Switzer launched his own financial business 30 years ago. The Switzer Group has since grown into three successful companies spanning media and publishing that creates written content as well as video and films, with its latest acquisition being the global brand Harper’s Bazaar, financial advice, insurance and business advice. Peter is an award-winning broadcaster, twice runner-up for the Best Current Affairs Commentator award for radio, behind broadcaster Alan Jones. He talks to Ben Fordham each morning on 2GB, as well as writing each day on switzer.com.au

23 September 2020
The Yanks understand the importance of doing business over lunch. Why can’t we?

Restaurants crushed by Covid-19 need incentives to keep their doors open and people in jobs. This unfair fringe benefits tax on meals must be reconsidered.

22 September 2020
Stocks slide under second-wave infection fears. Is this a crash or time to buy?

Share prices are under pressure now. Should you be worried? Or should you be getting ready to buy?

21 September 2020
Want to save cafes and restaurants, Josh? Bring back the long tax-deductible lunch!

In the vein of thinking outside the square, I’d love to see the Treasurer bring back the “long lunch”, which was killed off in 1985 by Paul Keating’s fringe benefit tax.

19 September 2020
If you dismiss good vaccine news, you’re an economic luddite!

The good news of the week tells us a vaccine might be closer than we think. And if it is, we’re in for a 21st century re-run of the ‘Roaring 20s’!

18 September 2020
Bernard Salt, the Oracle of Oz, says we need to get ready for a brave new world

Covid-19 has rocked recent job numbers, with unemployment falling, in a recession! But get ready, this virus is causing social and economic mutations that will impact life as we know it.

17 September 2020
Would you want you or your parents to go through this nightmare?

If you need an incentive to wise up and get money smart, read this because you’d never want anyone you care about, including yourself, to be dependent on government aged care services.

16 September 2020
Oh, no. Death tax talk, again? Better not call Saul

The Tasmanian Government has a prominent economist dancing with the devil, exhuming death taxes and pushing payroll tax onto more small businesses. And it’s thought this could be a model for the rest of the country?

15 September 2020
Bring out your dead, we want our loan back!

Former PM Paul Keating has a big idea to help prevent Aussies from being dumped in nursing homes. Will this one be a hard ‘political’ sell?

14 September 2020
How can house prices defy a crash?

The question is: can a 10% fall still happen?

12 September 2020
What do Tesla’s Elon Musk, Ferrari and WCM have in common?

Why are these standout names so good at what they do? Do they have a hedgehog in common?

11 September 2020
Will the big banks kill Afterpay and Zip's share price?

As NAB and CommBank zip into buy now, pay later products, what could happen to the share prices of these two tech stars?

10 September 2020
Prime Minister, why not appoint a Minister for Common-sense?

We need to get off our butts and think like we’ve never thought before about ways to get out of this Coronavirus economic crisis. And here are some opening thoughts and ideas.

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