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
I was supposed to be hanging out with Warren Buffett this weekend, so as you can imagine, this coronavirus has particularly peeved me off! Instead of soaking in Buffett’s wisdoms in the flesh, I’ve decided to revisit his greatest lessons behind the comfort of my keyboard.
Arguably Australia’s best predictor of economic and COVID-19 data is tipping house prices to rise! And here’s why…
Despite NAB cutting its dividend, I’m picking up good vibrations and its giving me economic excitations.
The prediction of a six-month lockdown looks like a real Boo-Boo and if we escape hibernation earlier, it could be a pic-a-nic for shareholders.
Overnight the Federal Government acknowledged a weakness in its JobKeeper programme and had the character to fix it asap. This is leadership!
Australia is at a cross roads: one path leads to continued restrictions and economic demise; the other to freedom and an economic boom, but at a potential cost. Let’s hope our leaders choose wisely.
If there’s anything ScoMo’s rollercoaster ride as PM has taught us, it’s that we crave inspiration from our leaders. A leader that inspires is one that achieves success. But where do leaders get their inspiration from?
Nearly half a million Australians have lined up to dip into their super to cope with loss of income from the Coronavirus. But some might use super for other reasons.
With the Coronavirus and the threat to the economy, the silliest step we could take would be to worry about what economists want. We need real world people.
The Coronavirus could soon spark a taxing ageist national debate over who should pay for the Government’s rescue plan.
Overnight, the oil contract price fell 306% to negative $US37 a barrel. Is this the coronavirus “canary in the coal mine”?
The sometimes corrupt and immature world of the Internet will get a wake-up call where exploiters, users and intellectual property thieves will be exposed and made to pay.
