| PAST TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | (A Top Pick Aug 16/07. Down 5%.) One of the largest investment banks in Asia. When deal making slows down, earnings slow down. Just increased its dividend. No financing issues in play. Continue to Hold. | 2008-06-09 | |
| VAGUE | 0.001 | Mark Grammer | Aggressive bank in Asia and Australia. They have a hedge fund mentality. In their favour they have a lot of infrastructure funds, which he really likes.
He doesn't own it because he finds it too aggressive. | 2008-03-18 | |
| BUY | 0.001 | Don Reed | (Australian exchange.) They have been great in making acquisitions. Investment banking, hydro projects, infrastructure, et cetera. A good bank to own. Buy for the long-term. | 2008-02-22 | |
| PAST TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | (Past Top Pick Feb 15/07. Down 3.6%.) Has been coming back. It is like a Goldman Sachs (GS-N) Jr. where they are doing infrastructure deals globally but on a much smaller scale. Still buying. Good dividend yield at almost 6%. Good long-term opportunity. | 2007-12-06 | |
| WEAK BUY | 0.001 | Mark Grammer | Good job done with packaging infrastructure plays around the world. Makes nice fee from funds. Very aggressive bank. Best bank at doing infrastructure deals. You’ll do well if you can absorb volatility over next few years. | 2007-09-19 | |
| WEAK BUY | 0.001 | Mark Grammer | Been sold off a lot, you want to own long term. | 2007-09-19 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | (Australian exchange.) Down 35% from its high. 8.5% dividend. An investment bank, but will have no difficulty with funding. Involved in financing infrastructure. | 2007-08-16 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | Charles Lannon | A re-pick. Thinks this is a fantastic entry point.
The stock is a bit expensive for a bank but it's growing it's income earnings and dividend earnings by 50% year over year.
| 2007-06-07 | |
| Comment | 0.001 | Mark Grammer | Extremely sharp managers. Utilities infrastructure. They deal with the 407, which is known world wide as the "modal toll road". | 2007-06-06 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | David Driscoll | An investment bank of Australia. Getting involved in the growth of Asia. Dividend yield of about 4%. Only take a half position. | 2007-02-15 | |
| TOP PICK | 0.001 | Charles Lannon | An Australian investment bank. There is a need for global infrastructure investing. Good inflation protection in that they have real return characteristics. | 2006-11-17 | |
| BUY | 0.001 | David Driscoll | Acquired Halterm Income Fund (HAL.UN-T), which fits into their strategy of owning infrastructure. | 2006-11-09 | |
Experts that have talked about Macquarie Group