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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • What will be the biggest technological advancement in 2018? Will it be ordering things online via voice-activated program or app

  • Have millenials lost faith in the banking system? Is this a reason why more younger people are looking at crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin?

  • What business headlines are we likely to see in 2018? Where will technology take us, and what will the markets do?

  • What will the bond market do internationally in 2018?

  • Chris picks who he thinks will be TIME Magazine's 'person of the year' in 2018.

  • How will proposed tax cuts in the US affect world markets?

  • Mitch and Chris end the segment talking on new Spielberg-directed film The Post

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • The 'bond bubble' - there is now $10trillion of global government bonds with negative interest rates (this is down from $12.7trillion after the Brexit vote in 2016)

  • Which 'bubble' should we watch out for in 2018?

  • A new report gives a strong warning to Australia regarding their economy for 2018 - should the same warning stand for New Zealand?

  • The price of Bitcoin keeps going up - now people are getting loans to buy Bitcoin.

  • The business outlook for 2018, and the return of Pay In Kind (PIK).

  • Tax Cuts are still looking likely under in the United States under President Donald Trump. How much will this add to the country's debt?

  • Warren Buffett's Wall Street warning - is Wall Street getting too hot?

  • Who will run Berkshire Hathaway after Warren Buffett steps down?

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • A look at where Bitcoin came from, now the world has their first Bitcoin billionaires!

  • How much is exactly one Bitcoin worth in $$ ??

  • Disney has renewed interest in buying franchise assets off 21st Century Fox.

  • Why did Rupert Murdoch buy the Wall Street Journal?

  • US tax reforms, concerns about the deficit and the US stockmarket hits another record high.

  • Why did Rod Drury delist Xero in NZ?

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • Political unstability in Germany has the European Union worried. What impact could this have on New Zealand?

  • Inequality around the world - why isn't more done to help those in need?

  • Digital currencies and an ICO (initial coin offering).

  • General Electric, one of America's strongest companies in the 1990's, is now "in a nose-dive".

  • Calls to break up 'the big 4' (Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon) for a fairer market.

  • The NZ Government wants to cut back immigration numbers - what effect will will this have on innovation and technology?

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • How are the US markets going? Is there financial stability?

  • US communications company AT&T is looking at buying Time Warner (which includes HBO and CNN) - is US President Donald Trump trying to block the deal due to his feelings towards CNN?

  • Which media outlets need to look at a new business model?

  • There's been more criticism around how Facebook was used by Russians ahead of the 2016 US Presidential Election. 126 million Americans saw 'fake news' that was posted on Facebook by Russians before last year's US Election.

  • Are businesses who own a retail store suffering? A new story says 12% of retail shops in the United States are now closed.

  • Mitch and Chris talk about the price of Butter in NZ - why is it so expensive? Why are Fonterra making so much money and not helping out the consumer?

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • Telegraph writer Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has written a piece on inflation targeting, using New Zealand in the late 80's as an example.

  • Talk of tax cuts on the way in America - The CPTPP is to move ahead without the United States

  • Xero to delist from the NZX - what's behind this?

  • Facebook again under fire regarding Russia and 'fake news' before the 2016 US Presidential Election.

  • The Chinese government is reportedly telling their media outlets what to publish and what not to publish.

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • Robert Mueller investigating money laundering and ties to Russia.

  • Indictment says that more than $75 million US flowed through Paul Manafort's and Rick Gates' offshore accounts.

  • The discussion around news media, and what news outlets people choose to believe and choose not to believe.

  • An investigation finds Russia used millions of social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter to spread 'fake news' before the 2016 US Presidential Election.

  • 45% of Americans (that's over 140 million Americans) say they get their news from Facebook - the leading place to get 'fake news'.

  • The French are running out of butter - will they want to buy butter from New Zealand? Will they pay the prices we have to pay at the supermarket or will they get a nice deal?

  • Transport Investments Ltd in NZ sold for $200 million.

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • The 'bond bubble' - governments around the world are trying to solve debt problems by borrowing more money - when will the bubble burst?

  • Low productivity in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Was the current economic situation a main reason why NZ First chose to go with Labour over National?

  • Where will the NZ Dollar go under the new government?

  • Which sectors are the big winners financially under the new government? In what areas will we see the biggest growth?

  • Property prices are falling in Sydney, Hong Kong and London (due to Brexit) - when will it be Auckland's turn?

  • Mortgage rates going up - banks are under increasing pressure.

  • The future of banks, with increasing technological competition.

  • The "Green-ness" of today's coalition announcement, and how will raising the Minimum Wage to $20 an hour impact big businesses?

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • Banks printing money and the bond market (there's currently over $8trillion worth of bonds trading around the world)

  • Countries around the world are falling deeper into debt after borrowing huge amounts

  • Alan Greenspan says bonds are "a bubble no-one knows how to get out of"

  • A look at the Irish economy

  • Chinese investments - will the insatiable demand driving up prices end soon?

  • BitCoin is being used to take money out of China - is the real estate market in China slowing?

  • A Bloomberg article looks at two Claude Monet paintings currently for sale. Investing in the art market - do the risks outweight the rewards?

  • Would you display a famous work of art, or save it in storage?

  • An article in The Economist looks at the ability to buy passports from certain countries (including China and Russia).

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • Richard Thaler wins the 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics

  • Self-interest - should governments around the world make saving money compulsory?

  • European countries going after big conglomerates for avoiding paying tax

  • Reports say world economic growth is picking up - should governments be increasing taxes?

  • Is another global financial crash on the way?

  • The average age of Facebook employees is

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has talked to media - some believe Facebook have been 'shirking their responsibility' for harmful communication, including fake news and tracking advertisements. Mr Zuckerberg reminded people that Facebook is "a tech company, not a media company".

  • Is Amazon in talks with the NZ Rugby Union regarding broadcasting rights?

  • An article in the New York Times looks at countries around the world seeing a lack of payrises in 2017 - why?

  • More than 23% of jobs in America are now based in the fast-food industry, and the increase is showing no signs of slowing down.

  • Samuel 'Si' Newhouse Jr, media magnate and long-time owner of The New Yorker, has died aged 89.

  • Printing money, and are there any signs of inflation?

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Elevation Capital’s Chris Swasbrook Discusses Business News on Radio Live

 
 

Mitch Harris catches up with Christopher Swasbrook to talk about the latest business news.

  • A look at the pay of Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings - how much does he deserve?

  • An article in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek looks at Nestle making billions of dollars from bottling water without paying much tax. How do they get away with it?

  • Would a change of government be good or bad for business in NZ?

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