Terry McCrann

Business cashes government debt

INTEREST rates around the world are at the lowest levels they’ve been for over 150 years — in some cases, actually lower than they’ve ever been, writes Terry McCrann.

Yellen’s blinks rate a warning

FEDERAL Reserve head Janet Yellen has spent the year finding excuses not to raise the US official interest rate, risking longer term disruption, writes Terry McCrann.

BHP Billiton’s Singapore sling

THE name’s BHP, BHP Billiton — not Google or Apple. Last year BHPB paid $3.3 billion in taxes and royalties to Canberra and the states. Apple and Google paid $85 million and $16 million respectively.

Banking’s new ground zero

THE CEOs of the four major banks face their first and historically unique public grilling in two weeks, writes Terry McCrann.

Port of Melbourne sale a win for all Victorians

THE State Government’s sale of the Port of Melbourne has turned out to be an extraordinarily good and value-creating deal, writes Terry McCrann.

Super rules map a new path

THE government isn’t just changing the superannuation rules, it is completely up-ending the entire lifetime investment landscape for every Australian, writes Terry McCrann.

Buying cheap? Maybe, not at all

THE most instructive lesson given freely and continually by the late media mogul Kerry Packer was that if he was selling don’t be the buyer — and vice versa.

Goodbye Brian — you must go

BRIAN Wilson has to go. He must resign as chairman of the Foreign Investment Review Board or be sacked by Treasurer Scott Morrison, writes Terry McCrann.

Unchartered lunacy for market

WHERE is the share market headed? The answer is: wherever blind investment irrationality colliding with gutless policy irresponsibility takes it, writes Terry McCrann.

Don’t bet on recession-free replay

WE have had 25 years of recession-free growth but we should not bet on a benign replay. It’s time we got cracking on things we need to do, writes Terry McCrann.