Facebook unfriended
In a few short months, Facebook has gone from being the tech giant everybody likes to global bogeyman. Are all…
7 years ago
Victor Hill
Is Macron’s France beyond reform?
Emmanuel Macron and the Goblet of Fire French President Emmanuel Macron is a dynamic young wizard. But the fundamental reform…
7 years ago
Trumpery is Working!
We always knew that Donald Trump was a badass. What we didn’t know (though the stock markets kind of knew)…
7 years ago
Real estate down-under is a one-way bet
Well-off Aussies and Kiwis prefer to invest their hard-earned dollars in bricks and mortar. With home prices softening in the…
7 years ago
The grass is greener in the Land of the Long White Cloud
New Zealand is a land of moderate weather, politics and economic policy. Growth prospects for the New Zealand stock market…
7 years ago
The Great Australian Soap Opera
Australian politics has much in common with the country’s most famous TV soap. But the real issue right now is…
7 years ago
Where now for oil and the fracking revolution?
One year ago I reported for this magazine that the global oil and gas industry was experiencing one of the…
7 years ago
Banker-bashing down-under
Australia’s bankers are mired in scandals that make the country’s cricket team look virtuous by comparison. Bloated bank bonuses down-under…
7 years ago
Grappling with the bear
What will be the long-term consequences of the incident in Salisbury on 04 March? It seems a new arms race,…
7 years ago
The Twilight of the Zombies
Globally, the corporate default rate is about to spike. That will have serious consequences for the international financial system –…
7 years ago