Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe comments on companies, markets and the economy.
Michael Pascoe
Full speed ahead, ignore the puffer fish
Michael Pascoe Sometimes I wonder if there are two Australian Bureaux of Statistics, one that publishes bad news while another tells the story straight.
Michael Pascoe
Poor Gerry Harvey - tell him he's dreaming
Michael Pascoe Poor little Gerry Harvey... Scratch any red-blooded free-market-loving capitalist and you'll find someone who either wants a monopoly or a handout.
Michael Pascoe
Fees fie foe fum - I smell stumblebums
Michael Pascoe One man's fee is another's income. Trying to legislate that away is the stuff of nonsense. Such is the hypocrisy of the moment.
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Gail Kelly was a dud and other mysteries
Michael Pascoe So Westpac's Gail Kelly, potentially the $55 million CEO, was a dud CEO at St George. Or Graeme Samuel is a fool. You choose.
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Bank bashing turns dangerous in a housing policy vacuum
Michael Pascoe Bank bashing generally is harmless fun that allows politicians to pretend to be outraged but the current outbreak is fraught with danger.
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Follow the trend, not the headline
Michael Pascoe There's a lot of knee-jerking going on after the release of today's unemployment data. But there needn't be. Look at the trend.
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Tweed, low-ball offers and high returns
Michael Pascoe It's common knowledge that bottom feeder and perfectly legal conman David Tweed has grown rich preying on the ignorance of retail shareholders with his low-ball offers. But how rich?
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Bank mania abandons market faith
Michael Pascoe The bank mania sweeping Canberra is starting to take on bizarre proportions.
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Funny bank business - mind the rates gap
Michael Pascoe So it was CBA's turn to take one for the team. Too bad we're still no clearer on just how the funding expenses really run.
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RBA still telling us so
Michael Pascoe You can't say you weren't warned about higher interest rates. And here's why there's more to come.
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Making Hockey and banks look good
Michael Pascoe Another week, another big fat bank profit for pollies to kick, but all is not as obvious as both sides of politics would have you believe.
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Singapore after Australia's real mountain of gold
Michael Pascoe The ineptitude by the ASX and its Singaporean equivalent almost makes you wonder if the announced takeover was designed to fail.
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Back to the future, the game's heating up
Michael Pascoe Just when you thought it was safe to get back into the pool, along comes a week straight out of the roaring bull days. All that's missing is Alan Bond.
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Goodbye to the regional financial hub
Michael Pascoe Australia has become the backyard Singapore didn't naturally have.
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The real way to keep banks honest
Michael Pascoe Sick of the crippling interest rates, usurious fees, obscene executive pay and outrageous profits at big banks? Take your money and run.
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Conroy, Hockey et al, lunatics have the asylum
Michael Pascoe I'm almost tempted to check what funny phase the moon is in just in case there is some correlation with the greater-than-average outbreak of lunacy of late.
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Never let facts get in the way of good demagoguery
Michael Pascoe Joe Hockey's amazing comments on legislating bank interest rates reflects all the splendid irresponsibility of being in opposition.
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Farming the bank bogey
Michael Pascoe In the real world, divorce is a greater threat to farmers' financial viability than drought and environmental water flows. You wouldn't guess that, though.
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Thank-you mug taxpayers
Michael Pascoe As every skilled tax avoider knows, there's the real world and then there's the accounting world. Take share buybacks as the Exhibit A rort .
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The great carbon price hypocrisy - and alternatives
Michael Pascoe Just because someone's crazy doesn't mean they can't have good ideas. Often it helps. That could help answer some questions about coal.
