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INTO THE SHADE
The pig-shooting interest-rate strategist at Macquarie, Rory Robertson, seems to have grown weary of having highly publicised debates with doomsday economists about the possible direction of house prices.
Robertson, who is heading to Westpac, emailed his final goodbye from the Silver Doughnut yesterday, and it also seemed to be a farewell to his public persona.
''My next job is a no-profile risk-management role just down the street, starting next month,'' Robertson said.
''Some of my friends worry that I'm going to miss being a high-profile know-it-all. I expect I'll get over it pretty quickly.''
Robertson attracted plenty of headlines this year for beating the uber-bearish University of Western Sydney associate professor Steve Keen in a bet over the direction of housing prices. In response, Keen was obliged to walk up Mount Kosciuszko.
Robertson added: ''I was mostly a bit of a dud on TV anyway, having been born with a good head for radio, and further handicapped by eloquence lessons taken growing up across country Australia.
''The clearest feedback I received through the decade came via thousands of requests to be added to my email list, versus fewer than 10 miscreants who demanded to be cut loose.''
The pig-shooting interest-rate strategist at Macquarie, Rory Robertson, seems to have grown weary of having highly publicised debates with doomsday economists about the possible direction of house prices.
Robertson, who is heading to Westpac, emailed his final goodbye from the Silver Doughnut yesterday, and it also seemed to be a farewell to his public persona.
''My next job is a no-profile risk-management role just down the street, starting next month,'' Robertson said.
''Some of my friends worry that I'm going to miss being a high-profile know-it-all. I expect I'll get over it pretty quickly.''
Robertson attracted plenty of headlines this year for beating the uber-bearish University of Western Sydney associate professor Steve Keen in a bet over the direction of housing prices. In response, Keen was obliged to walk up Mount Kosciuszko.
Robertson added: ''I was mostly a bit of a dud on TV anyway, having been born with a good head for radio, and further handicapped by eloquence lessons taken growing up across country Australia.
''The clearest feedback I received through the decade came via thousands of requests to be added to my email list, versus fewer than 10 miscreants who demanded to be cut loose.''
