Aitken shuts, Business Spectator erects paywall

Tuesday 11 February 2014

Is MB the last man standing? Business Spectator has today gone pay wall, if you like to read that sort of thing. And Charlie Aitken has closed his daily newsletter as well:

Charlie Aitken is now expected to focus on high net worth and institutional clients, rather than notes circulated to the masses.

The note was widely known for its bullish views on the market and particularly bellweather stocks including Fortescue Metals Group, Qantas Airways and QBE Insurance Group.

Farewell Charlie, if iron ore slides this year, I’ll remind you.

About the author

David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.