Michael West

Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.

Bargains galore but risks are there, too

Yesterday's spectacular bounce in the Australian sharemarket, after the deepest losses on Wall Street in two ...

A bull story

Update Today is the best buying opportunity in the share market in two years. We know that because shares are well ...

Markets have greater worries than a downgrade

THE downgrade to America's credit rating is a historic assault on the superpower's prestige and a symbol of the ...

Americans forever in their debt

THE downgrade to America's credit rating is a historic assault on the superpower's prestige and a symbol of ...

Wall Street Henny Pennys tumble into bondage

The US debt market is, ironically, the haven investors have chosen even though the US economy is as precarious as ...

Plan A: spend way out of crisis

The US bond market was the place to be this week, amid the panic as frightened investors took the long handle to ...

The last plan failed

The last plan, to respond to the global financial crisis in 2008, was the mother of all stimulus programs. It was ...

Debt wrangling: Your guide to economic chaos

They like to call it a “dead cat bounce”. After two weeks of turmoil on world markets, culminating on Wednesday ...

A for ashes in that triple-trouble rating

"We rate every deal. It could be structured by cows and we would rate it." That email, from one employee of ...

Westpac finances ‘world’s biggest brothel’

Kingpin of Australia's adult toy industry Malcolm Day has begun raising money for the listing of what he claims ...

From the sublime to the ridiculous

Interred deep in the fine print of News Corporation's banking covenants, there used to be a clause, a very ...

Aussie rocket could still have fuel to soar

If the rise of China and the demise of the US dollar continue apace, the Australian dollar will run to dangerous ...
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