My latest discussion with Steve Mickenbecker from Canstar.
Steve Mickenbecker is in Canstar’s Group Executive Team, bringing more than 30 years of experience in the Australian financial services industry. As a financial commentator for Canstar, Steve enjoys sharing his expertise across topics such as home loans, superannuation, insurance, mortgages, banking, credit cards, investment, budgeting, money management and more.
“Martin is a deep thinker and I really enjoyed this conversation. In this episode, we talk about the Australian & New Zealand Economies, the local investment mindset, and the overall financial markets there. In this conversation, we get quite philosophical on where the world is now as a result of COVID and where we could be going.
Absolutely fascinating and worth thinking about”.
Time Codes: 0:00:00 Welcome and context 0:03:37 What is your background? 0:06:36 What is behind the statements that are being made? 0:11:05 Assumption driven decisions 0:13:10 What is happening in Australia at the moment? 0:26:41 How is the Australian Government fighting against the pandemic? 0:36:14 Why is the stuff that the World Economic Forum is talking about looks terrifying? 0:47:30 What are your thoughts on MMT? 0:51:00 How do you think through your investment decisions? 0:55:00 How Australians approach investing? 0:59:30 Is the superannuation investing in real estate? 1:01:35 Where can people find out more about you?
More Federal and State Government blame-shifting as they try to avoid the real question of who is really responsible for the ultra-high home prices in Australia.
Economist John Adams and Analyst Martin North picks apart the rising debt pile – and highlights the quantum is disastrous for our future. Yet, no-one wants to talk about it.
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