Blog Archive Jump to year: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 2021 New Nike 401k Plan Review (Youtube) by Bill Parish March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 Georgia Senate Races: A Pastor and an Investigative Journalist Against Two Wall Street Insiders, as China Stalks the Process by Bill Parish January 1, 2021March 4, 2021 Return to Top 2020 Are Les Schwab and Meritage a Good Fit? by Bill Parish October 14, 2020January 6, 2021 Donald Trump’s Cradle to Grave Tax Exempt Strategy to Stave off Bankruptcy by Bill Parish October 2, 2020January 6, 2021 Nokia: Winning the 5G Battle Against China. A Powerful Cost Free Step The US Government Can Take Now by Bill Parish June 25, 2020January 6, 2021 Are 401K’s Being Looted by a Brilliant China-Based Pyramid Scheme? by Bill Parish June 18, 2020January 6, 2021 Return to Top 2019 Gordan Sondland Scandal Looks Similar To That Of Neil Goldschmidt, With TPG Again Playing a Key Role by Bill Parish October 12, 2019June 8, 2020 Gordon Sondland – How Fred Trump, Not Donald, Seeded his Success by Bill Parish October 6, 2019July 14, 2020 The Guardian – Wife of Putin’s spokesman faces questions over US tax affairs by Bill Parish February 11, 2019June 8, 2020 Return to top 2018 Robert Khuzami Should Recuse Himself From Leading Michael Cohen/Deutsche Bank Criminal Investigation by Bill Parish April 18, 2018June 8, 2020 A Closer Look at Intel CEO Stock Sale Reveals Good Tax Planning? by Bill Parish January 8, 2018June 9, 2020 Return to top 2017 How Trump Patron Robert Mercer Brilliantly Shifts Assets From The Main Street Economy, Beer Sales, Into What Bloomberg Calls “The Blackest Box in Finance.” Is Mercer indeed, like Trump, under severe financial stress? by Bill Parish November 27, 2017June 18, 2020 The Guardian – Offshore cash helped fund Steve Bannon’s attacks on Hillary Clinton by Bill Parish November 7, 2017June 15, 2020 PERS IAP Accounts – Too Much Politics? Disclosure Lessons from Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson by Bill Parish September 28, 2017June 9, 2020 Oregon PERS Set to Award $8 billion Contract, Largest Contract in State’s History With no Media Coverage by Bill Parish September 18, 2017June 12, 2020 MSCI Health Care Index: A Good Measure or a Pyramid Scheme Enabler? Case Study: Johnson and Johnson and Pfizer by Bill Parish August 24, 2017June 9, 2020 Regeneron’s Eylea: Pulling Open the Curtain on Drug Costs by Bill Parish July 25, 2017June 9, 2020 Is Patient Health Being Mortgaged via Derivatives as Homes Were During the Financial Crisis? by Bill Parish July 19, 2017June 9, 2020 Deutsche Bank: Where Robert Mercer, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Robert Mueller and Russia Converge. Was Trump’s Run for President an Attempt to Stave off Bankruptcy? by Bill Parish June 28, 2017June 9, 2020 Return to top 2016 How Measure 97 might affect Oregon businesses by Bill Parish October 12, 2016June 9, 2020 They teamed up to conquer Wall Street. Now, one is bankrolling Clinton and the other Trump by Bill Parish October 6, 2016June 9, 2020 Did Donald Trump’s Foundation Fund Citizens United? by Bill Parish April 28, 2016June 9, 2020 Is Bernie Sanders “Douple Dipping” by Collecting Social Security While a US Senator? Why Also Invested in AIG subidiary VALIC by Bill Parish April 15, 2016June 9, 2020 Friend of the Court Brief – Inside Story on Intel 401K Class Action, Why a Nuisance Suit by Bill Parish January 22, 2016June 15, 2020 Return to top 2015 Ted Cruz Personal Financial Disclosure Missing from Federal Website by Bill Parish December 17, 2015June 9, 2020 Intel Lawsuit Questions Place of Hedge Funds in Retirement Plans by Bill Parish November 20, 2015June 9, 2020 SEC Chair White Has Conflict Regarding Buffett’s $38 billion takeover of Precision Castparts by Bill Parish November 18, 2015June 9, 2020 Private Equity and Hedge Funds Employ Enron’s Tricks to Manipulate Health Care Grid by Bill Parish November 12, 2015July 8, 2020 Oregon PERS Approves $400 Million Investment in Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund by Bill Parish October 28, 2015June 9, 2020 Clinton, Bush and Fiorina Tax Return Reviews by Bill Parish August 20, 2015June 9, 2020 Clinton Tax Returns Focus Email Controversy – a Y2k Moment? by Bill Parish August 11, 2015June 9, 2020 Sovereign Apartment Forced Eviction Highlights Tax Inequity by Bill Parish July 31, 2015June 9, 2020 Jeb Bush’s Pension Cut His Taxes by Bill Parish July 2, 2015June 9, 2020 Jeb Bush Tax Returns – A Closer Look at Unreviewed Companion Documents by Bill Parish July 1, 2015June 9, 2020 How an Exclusive Hedge Fund Turbocharged Its Retirement Plan by Bill Parish June 16, 2015June 9, 2020 Blackstone’s Tony James and Renaissance Technologies Jim Simons, Top Financial Engineers, Back Hillary Clinton Campaign by Bill Parish May 12, 2015June 9, 2020 Return to top 2014 Creating Large IRA Balances by Manipulating Stock Values, Example YELP, Par Value .000001 by Bill Parish October 22, 2014June 9, 2020 Intel Improves Retirement Plan – Demonstrates Strong Corporate Governance by Bill Parish October 16, 2014June 9, 2020 Triquent RF Micro Devices. This and other forms of tax inversions analyzed by Bill Parish September 3, 2014June 9, 2020 Monica Wehby and Jeff Merkley Financial Disclosures Reviewed – Oregon US Senate Race by Bill Parish June 22, 2014June 9, 2020 Intel Q4 2013 Earnings – Time to Fix Pension Plan by Bill Parish January 16, 2014June 9, 2020 Return to top 2013 Obama and Snowden’s Gift to Intel by Bill Parish September 12, 2013June 9, 2020 John McCain: The Guy Who Got Financial Regulation Right But Was Ignored by Bill Parish July 8, 2013June 9, 2020 Inside Dell’s Private Equity Buyout Proposal by Bill Parish February 8, 2013June 9, 2020 Return to top 2012 Bain Capital’s Big Untold Story Buried in Gawker Documents by Bill Parish September 18, 2012June 9, 2020 Corporate Governance: While Intel Excels JP Morgan Struggles by Bill Parish September 18, 2012June 9, 2020 Why Harry Reid Checkmates Mitt Romney by Bill Parish August 8, 2012June 9, 2020 Romneys Biggest Tax Story Still Untold – Could Result in Open Republican Convention by Bill Parish July 20, 2012June 9, 2020 The Oregonian Reports on Valuation Concerns Regarding PERS Private Equity Investments by Bill Parish May 12, 2012June 9, 2020 The Wall Street Journal Confirms Parish & Company Analysis of Bain Capital Profit Sharing Plan and Romney IRA by Bill Parish April 2, 2012June 9, 2020 Mitt Romney’s Tax Return – An Inside View by Bill Parish February 22, 2012June 9, 2020 Bain Capital Profit Sharing Plan Likely Reveals How Romney Built IRA by Bill Parish February 20, 2012June 9, 2020 Return to top 2011 Letter to SEC Chair and IRS Commissioner – Tax Deduction Pyramid Scheme by Bill Parish June 7, 2011June 9, 2020 Blackstone’s Tax Engineers, Inspired by General Electric, Attempt to Repeal The Fractions Rule by Bill Parish March 31, 2011June 9, 2020 Why Shares Outstanding Matter: Apple, Intel, Google and Microsoft by Bill Parish January 11, 2011June 9, 2020 Return to top 2010 First Technology “Inside Job” Merger Approved Without Adequate Review by Bill Parish October 18, 2010June 9, 2020 Blackstone Group LP – Private Equity or Public Theft? Undermining the Volcker Rule’s Intent. SEC 10K Fails to Disclose All Important “Fractions Rule” Involving Tax Exempt Public Pension Investors by Bill Parish August 24, 2010June 9, 2020 Comment to SF Chronicle Regarding Private Equity Employment Impact by Bill Parish May 14, 2010June 9, 2020 First Tech Credit Union CEO Sargent Pockets $2.3 million, Orchestrates Merger. How to evaluate your Credit Union by Bill Parish April 21, 2010June 9, 2020 Wheeler Excellent Choice for Oregon State Treasurer by Bill Parish March 9, 2010June 9, 2020 Business Media Risk (Oregon PERS to Invest in Shaky Banks) – The Oregonian Excels and Bloomberg Fails by Bill Parish March 8, 2010June 9, 2020 Return to top 2009 The Oregonian – Oregon PERS Invests in Graken Distressed Debt fund by Bill Parish September 30, 2009June 9, 2020 OPB – In This Economy, Nike’s 12% Revenue Drop Is Good News by Bill Parish September 30, 2009June 9, 2020 OPB – Oregon’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Still in Good Shape by Bill Parish June 24, 2009June 9, 2020 529 College Funds Dropping Fast by Bill Parish March 27, 2009June 9, 2020 Obama’s Neglect of Volcker Emperils Economy – Summers and Geitner Stonewall Reforms by Bill Parish February 16, 2009June 9, 2020 Karl Rove and General Wesley Clark Debate at TD Ameritrade Institutional Advisor Conferenc by Bill Parish February 6, 2009June 9, 2020 Public Pensions Fuel Short Selling by Lending Their Security Portfolios to Hedge Funds by Bill Parish February 6, 2009June 9, 2020 How to fix holes in 529 college savings plans that sank in ’08 by Bill Parish January 6, 2009June 9, 2020 Return to top 2008 Oppenheimer College Savings Plan Infected by Madoff Scandal – Obama’s State Illinois and Oregon both Impacted by Bill Parish December 23, 2008June 9, 2020 Willamette Week – Oregon 529 Debacle: Bill “Cassandra” Parish Vindicated: Read The Warnings He Sent by Bill Parish December 23, 2008June 9, 2020 Immediate 6 Step Program to Turn Around Economy Proposed by Bill Parish November 28, 2008June 9, 2020 Warren Buffett’s Credibility Takes a Big Hit by Bill Parish November 28, 2008June 9, 2020 Paul Volcker Makes Treasury Secretary Choice for Obama by Bill Parish November 24, 2008June 9, 2020 Estate Tax and Tax Equity: Bill Gates Sr. Battles Son Bill Gates Jr. as Grover Norquist and Warren Buffett Weigh In by Bill Parish October 29, 2008June 9, 2020 Canadian Dollar – An Underappreciated Currency, What It Might Say About US Stock Market by Bill Parish October 21, 2008June 9, 2020 McCain’s Weak Economic Judgement and Obama’s Obsession by Bill Parish October 21, 2008June 9, 2020 Europe Blocks Treasury Secretary Paulson From Looting America by Bill Parish October 13, 2008June 9, 2020 Credit Unions – Strengths and Weaknesses by Bill Parish August 11, 2008June 9, 2020 Clinton Tax Return – The Real Story by Bill Parish April 15, 2008June 9, 2020 Economic Advisor Analysis: McCain Clinton and Obama by Bill Parish April 1, 2008June 9, 2020 Vicki Walker Battles Warren Buffett Political Machine in Oregon by Bill Parish March 29, 2008June 9, 2020 USA Today – Private equity firms showing strain by Bill Parish March 24, 2008June 9, 2020 Hedge Funds, Buffett, Gates and Murdoch Take Down Eliot Spitzer by Bill Parish March 12, 2008June 9, 2020 Citigroup Impact: Money Market Accounts, Federal Reserve, Greenspan, Bernanke by Bill Parish March 7, 2008June 9, 2020 SEC Chair Fired for Pushing Hedge Fund Registration: Former President Clinton and Bill Gates Jr. Now Exploiting This Loophole by Bill Parish February 19, 2008June 9, 2020 Oregon PERS To Cash in on Foreclosures – Part II by Bill Parish February 15, 2008June 9, 2020 Oregon PERS & Loan Star to Cash In On Foreclosures: John Grayken, Korea Bank, Richard Solomon by Bill Parish January 31, 2008June 9, 2020 Return to top 2007 Putin Likely to Become Gazprom Chairman and Make Russian Ruble Key Global Reserve Currency: Medvedev, Ruble by Bill Parish December 10, 2007June 9, 2020 Oregon PERS Commits $800 million to European Leveraged Buyouts and Takeovers of American Firms: KKR, CVC Group, Richard Solomon, Len Bergstein, Neil Goldschnmidt by Bill Parish December 5, 2007June 9, 2020 Citigroup SIV Fund and Florida Bank Run: Will this wake Up SEC, Fed Chairman Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Paulson and Congress? Parish & Company recommends solution by Bill Parish November 30, 2007June 9, 2020 SEC Chair Cox Makes Right Decision on Shareholder Nominated Directors by Bill Parish November 29, 2007June 9, 2020 Citigroup Bankruptcy Implications: SEC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Etrade by Bill Parish November 28, 2007June 9, 2020 RiskMetrics IPO: SEC Chair Cox Silence Imperils Stock Market by Bill Parish November 27, 2007June 9, 2020 Financial News – Corporate Governance: Who is guarding the guardians? by Bill Parish November 26, 2007June 9, 2020 Oregon PERS Gambles on Venture Capital with Kids Emergency Fund Assets by Bill Parish November 24, 2007June 9, 2020 Enron Style Train Wreck? Oregon PERS, SEC, DeFazio, Fortress, Railamerica by Bill Parish November 22, 2007June 9, 2020 Willamette Week: Gambling With Kids’ Futures by Bill Parish November 14, 2007June 9, 2020 Arthur Levitt Issues Pension Warning, SEC, RiskMetrics, ISS, Gates Foundation by Bill Parish November 1, 2007June 9, 2020 Oregon PERS: More Funds to Robert Bass and Nike’s Phil Knight by Bill Parish October 31, 2007June 9, 2020 Tektronix Corporation Sale Mirrors Merrill Lynch CEO Attempt to Sell by Bill Parish October 27, 2007June 9, 2020 SEC Chair Cox called to suspend RiskMetrics IPO due to proxy rule deficiency by Bill Parish October 24, 2007June 9, 2020 Nike’s Phil Knight Gives UO $100M by Bill Parish October 22, 2007June 9, 2020 Obstacles Facing Microsoft’s HealthVault Initiative by Bill Parish October 22, 2007June 9, 2020 Should Treasury Secretary Paulson and SEC Bail Out Citigroup and Former Secretary Rubin’s SIV Investments? by Bill Parish October 22, 2007June 9, 2020 Hedge Funds “Secret Sauce” (ISS) Going Public via Risk Metrics IPO by Bill Parish October 10, 2007June 9, 2020 EU Regulators Examine Reuters Thomson Merger by Bill Parish October 8, 2007June 9, 2020 Ontario Pension Fund Purchases Proxy Firm Glass Lewis by Bill Parish October 8, 2007June 9, 2020 Microsoft and Google’s Untapped Frontier by Bill Parish October 4, 2007June 9, 2020 Microsoft Suffers Major Setback in Russia by Bill Parish October 4, 2007June 9, 2020 Kulongowski Endorses Westlund for State Treasurer by Bill Parish October 4, 2007June 9, 2020 World Affairs Council Hosts Russian Dmitri Trenin by Bill Parish September 28, 2007June 9, 2020 Inside Story on how Microsoft got Googled by Bill Parish September 28, 2007June 9, 2020 IKEA – A Brilliant Scheme by Bill Parish September 28, 2007June 9, 2020 OIC Awards $1.2 B, Solomon Discloses Conflict, Leon Black Presents, Westlund Treasurer Candidate by Bill Parish September 27, 2007June 9, 2020 Toronto Dominion Bank CEO Ed Clark Called to Remove Joe Moglia as CEO of TD Ameritrade by Bill Parish September 24, 2007June 9, 2020 Oregonian Undermines New Independent Party, Does Not Disclose Website by Bill Parish September 21, 2007June 9, 2020 PUC Staff Urged to Use Leverage to Enforce the Law by Bill Parish September 12, 2007June 9, 2020 Putin Sets Stage for Energy Sales in Russian Rubles by Bill Parish September 12, 2007June 9, 2020 Union Chief Under Fire for Wrong Reasons by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020 TPG’s Attempt to Purchase PGE – Extensive News and Commentary Archive by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020 Vicky Walker – Utility Tax Reform Leader Runs for Secretary of State by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020 Longview Fibre Agrees to Sell by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020 OIC Hosts NW Natural CEO Mark Dodson by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020 Oregon Investment Council (PERS): Private Equity Investments by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020 Oregon Investment Council: Structure, Members and Board Minutes by Bill Parish September 10, 2007June 9, 2020 PR Newswire and Business Wire – Soviet Style Journalism? by Bill Parish September 10, 2007June 9, 2020 Ben S. Bernanke – An Unused and Effective Tool by Bill Parish September 10, 2007June 9, 2020 Microsoft – An Update by Bill Parish September 10, 2007June 9, 2020 Barron’s – Parish Opposes Dow Jones Sale by Bill Parish July 24, 2007June 9, 2020 The Oregonian – Oregon Steel execs up for big buyout gain by Bill Parish January 5, 2007June 9, 2020 Return to top 2006 USA Today – Private Equity Firm Buys GE Unit by Bill Parish September 15, 2006June 9, 2020 Financial Times – How US public funds fuel private equity by Bill Parish August 28, 2006June 9, 2020 Brainstorm NW – The amazing “carry” and tax loophole by Bill Parish May 5, 2006June 9, 2020 The Daily News – Fibre execs mum on prospect of sale by Bill Parish April 7, 2006June 9, 2020 USA Today – Private Equity Firms spin off cash by Bill Parish March 16, 2006June 9, 2020 Return to top 2005 KATU.com – City report suggests PGE overcharged ratepayers by Bill Parish November 30, 2005June 9, 2020 BuffetPacifCorp and Texas Pacific/PGE by Bill Parish October 10, 2005June 9, 2020 Portland Tribune – Wal-Mart Buys help in Utility Bid by Bill Parish August 2, 2005June 9, 2020 The Oregonian – Warren Buffett and PacifiCorp by Bill Parish July 17, 2005June 9, 2020 Willamette Week – Kulongokski’s appointment for powerful investment council raises questions by Bill Parish July 5, 2005June 9, 2020 Oregon Business – Power Play, Warren Buffet’s biggest businesses – Insurance and WalMart – are a bad fit for PacifiCorp and local rate payers by Bill Parish July 1, 2005June 9, 2020 Willamette Week – Power Failure, by Nigel Jaquiss by Bill Parish March 15, 2005June 9, 2020 Portland Tribune – No one likes a Hollywood Ending by Bill Parish February 18, 2005June 9, 2020 Return to top 2004 The Oregonian – OHSU chief’s role in deal still questioned by Bill Parish August 16, 2004June 9, 2020 The Oregonian – Accounting Rules stoke debate by Bill Parish August 9, 2004June 9, 2020 PR Newswire – Massive Tax Loophole Discovered, By Bill Parish by Bill Parish June 25, 2004June 9, 2020 The Oregonian – Digging Deeper into the Texas Pacific Deal, By Steve Duin by Bill Parish June 22, 2004June 9, 2020 Portland Tribune – Weyerhaeuser pulls plug on box plant by Bill Parish June 18, 2004June 9, 2020 Return to top 2003 Portland Tribune – PGE solution has been here all along, By Bill Parish by Bill Parish November 28, 2003June 9, 2020 The Oregonian – Texas Pacific makes big turnaround deals its speciality by Bill Parish November 19, 2003June 9, 2020 Oregon Business – Doing the Numbers by Bill Parish November 1, 2003June 9, 2020 PR Newswire – Student Loan and Public Pension Reforms Linked by Bill Parish July 24, 2003June 9, 2020 Barron’s – Going for Baroque by Bill Parish July 14, 2003June 9, 2020 Taking a Closer Look at Microsoft – Barron’s by Bill Parish April 21, 2003June 9, 2020 Detroit Free Press – Pension Funds put faith in auto parts supplier by Bill Parish April 14, 2003June 9, 2020 PR Newswire – Oregon Public Employee Pension Reform Proposed by Bill Parish February 22, 2003June 9, 2020 Press Release – Parish & Company by Bill Parish January 4, 2003June 9, 2020 Return to top 2002 Is This the Most Influential Man on Wall Street- Smart Money, The Wall Street Journal Magazine by Bill Parish October 16, 2002June 9, 2020 Portland Tribune – New rules might help stock market by Bill Parish September 10, 2002June 9, 2020 The Oregonian – Silence is no option by Bill Parish May 6, 2002June 9, 2020 The Inside Story on Microsoft and Quality of Earnings Issues by Bill Parish April 26, 2002June 9, 2020 ComputerWorld: Investment advisory firm’s relationship to HP questioned by Bill Parish April 5, 2002June 9, 2020 Letter to SEC Chairman Pitt on new HP/Compaq Merger Vote by Bill Parish April 4, 2002June 9, 2020 Northern Trust – Bill Parish Beat The Journal By 4 Years by Bill Parish March 26, 2002June 9, 2020 Portland Tribune – Microsoft gets same loophole by Bill Parish February 25, 2002June 9, 2020 Les Echos – Controversy over the accounting abuse of stock options: Microsoft in turn on the hot seat by Bill Parish February 25, 2002June 9, 2020 The Register – Senators’ stock options could cost MS billions by Bill Parish February 14, 2002June 9, 2020 USA Today – Microsoft, others bit by stock buybacks by Bill Parish February 2, 2002June 9, 2020 Return to top 2001 The Microsoft Pyramid Scheme, By Bill Parish by Bill Parish November 28, 2001June 9, 2020 The Seattle Times – States suffer as options-value falls by Bill Parish October 23, 2001June 9, 2020 USA Today – Stock drop hits tech-rich states by Bill Parish October 22, 2001June 9, 2020 The New York Times – When the Numbers Just Don’t Add Up by Bill Parish August 19, 2001June 9, 2020 Portland Business Journal – Weyerhaeuser upgrades 2Q predictions by Bill Parish June 26, 2001June 9, 2020 USA Today – There’s just no accounting for tech earnings by Bill Parish June 20, 2001June 9, 2020 USA Today – Slowdown left tech frims wallowing in inventory by Bill Parish May 2, 2001June 9, 2020 Portland Tribune – CPA takes on Microsoft by Bill Parish April 13, 2001June 9, 2020 USA Today – Bear converts buybacks into backfires by Bill Parish March 26, 2001June 9, 2020 Bloomberg Markets – Is Citi’s Math Fuzzy? by Bill Parish March 2, 2001June 9, 2020 Return to top 2000 Citypaper.net – Watered Stock Woes, by Bill Parish by Bill Parish December 21, 2000June 9, 2020 IT giants who don’t pay tax part 2 how Microsoft does it by Bill Parish October 16, 2000June 9, 2020 The Register – IT giants who don’t pay tax part 1: How Cisco does it by Bill Parish October 16, 2000June 9, 2020 The Register – How Cisco and Microsoft avoid tax by Bill Parish October 9, 2000June 9, 2020 New York Times – Hidden Costs of Stock Options May Soon Come Back to Haunt by Bill Parish June 13, 2000June 9, 2020 German Newspaper – Das Bild by Bill Parish March 27, 2000June 9, 2020 Return to top 1999 Email from Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco by Bill Parish March 25, 1999June 9, 2020 Willamette Week – Window Dressing by Bill Parish March 10, 1999June 9, 2020 Return to top 1998 The Oregonian – Some 401K plans pig out on expenses, charging too much for too little by Bill Parish July 13, 1998June 9, 2020 Return to top Share this:EmailPrint
Georgia Senate Races: A Pastor and an Investigative Journalist Against Two Wall Street Insiders, as China Stalks the Process by Bill Parish January 1, 2021March 4, 2021
Donald Trump’s Cradle to Grave Tax Exempt Strategy to Stave off Bankruptcy by Bill Parish October 2, 2020January 6, 2021
Nokia: Winning the 5G Battle Against China. A Powerful Cost Free Step The US Government Can Take Now by Bill Parish June 25, 2020January 6, 2021
Are 401K’s Being Looted by a Brilliant China-Based Pyramid Scheme? by Bill Parish June 18, 2020January 6, 2021
Gordan Sondland Scandal Looks Similar To That Of Neil Goldschmidt, With TPG Again Playing a Key Role by Bill Parish October 12, 2019June 8, 2020
Gordon Sondland – How Fred Trump, Not Donald, Seeded his Success by Bill Parish October 6, 2019July 14, 2020
The Guardian – Wife of Putin’s spokesman faces questions over US tax affairs by Bill Parish February 11, 2019June 8, 2020
Robert Khuzami Should Recuse Himself From Leading Michael Cohen/Deutsche Bank Criminal Investigation by Bill Parish April 18, 2018June 8, 2020
A Closer Look at Intel CEO Stock Sale Reveals Good Tax Planning? by Bill Parish January 8, 2018June 9, 2020
How Trump Patron Robert Mercer Brilliantly Shifts Assets From The Main Street Economy, Beer Sales, Into What Bloomberg Calls “The Blackest Box in Finance.” Is Mercer indeed, like Trump, under severe financial stress? by Bill Parish November 27, 2017June 18, 2020
The Guardian – Offshore cash helped fund Steve Bannon’s attacks on Hillary Clinton by Bill Parish November 7, 2017June 15, 2020
PERS IAP Accounts – Too Much Politics? Disclosure Lessons from Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson by Bill Parish September 28, 2017June 9, 2020
Oregon PERS Set to Award $8 billion Contract, Largest Contract in State’s History With no Media Coverage by Bill Parish September 18, 2017June 12, 2020
MSCI Health Care Index: A Good Measure or a Pyramid Scheme Enabler? Case Study: Johnson and Johnson and Pfizer by Bill Parish August 24, 2017June 9, 2020
Is Patient Health Being Mortgaged via Derivatives as Homes Were During the Financial Crisis? by Bill Parish July 19, 2017June 9, 2020
Deutsche Bank: Where Robert Mercer, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Robert Mueller and Russia Converge. Was Trump’s Run for President an Attempt to Stave off Bankruptcy? by Bill Parish June 28, 2017June 9, 2020
They teamed up to conquer Wall Street. Now, one is bankrolling Clinton and the other Trump by Bill Parish October 6, 2016June 9, 2020
Is Bernie Sanders “Douple Dipping” by Collecting Social Security While a US Senator? Why Also Invested in AIG subidiary VALIC by Bill Parish April 15, 2016June 9, 2020
Friend of the Court Brief – Inside Story on Intel 401K Class Action, Why a Nuisance Suit by Bill Parish January 22, 2016June 15, 2020
Ted Cruz Personal Financial Disclosure Missing from Federal Website by Bill Parish December 17, 2015June 9, 2020
Intel Lawsuit Questions Place of Hedge Funds in Retirement Plans by Bill Parish November 20, 2015June 9, 2020
SEC Chair White Has Conflict Regarding Buffett’s $38 billion takeover of Precision Castparts by Bill Parish November 18, 2015June 9, 2020
Private Equity and Hedge Funds Employ Enron’s Tricks to Manipulate Health Care Grid by Bill Parish November 12, 2015July 8, 2020
Oregon PERS Approves $400 Million Investment in Stonepeak Infrastructure Fund by Bill Parish October 28, 2015June 9, 2020
Clinton Tax Returns Focus Email Controversy – a Y2k Moment? by Bill Parish August 11, 2015June 9, 2020
Jeb Bush Tax Returns – A Closer Look at Unreviewed Companion Documents by Bill Parish July 1, 2015June 9, 2020
How an Exclusive Hedge Fund Turbocharged Its Retirement Plan by Bill Parish June 16, 2015June 9, 2020
Blackstone’s Tony James and Renaissance Technologies Jim Simons, Top Financial Engineers, Back Hillary Clinton Campaign by Bill Parish May 12, 2015June 9, 2020
Creating Large IRA Balances by Manipulating Stock Values, Example YELP, Par Value .000001 by Bill Parish October 22, 2014June 9, 2020
Intel Improves Retirement Plan – Demonstrates Strong Corporate Governance by Bill Parish October 16, 2014June 9, 2020
Triquent RF Micro Devices. This and other forms of tax inversions analyzed by Bill Parish September 3, 2014June 9, 2020
Monica Wehby and Jeff Merkley Financial Disclosures Reviewed – Oregon US Senate Race by Bill Parish June 22, 2014June 9, 2020
John McCain: The Guy Who Got Financial Regulation Right But Was Ignored by Bill Parish July 8, 2013June 9, 2020
Bain Capital’s Big Untold Story Buried in Gawker Documents by Bill Parish September 18, 2012June 9, 2020
Corporate Governance: While Intel Excels JP Morgan Struggles by Bill Parish September 18, 2012June 9, 2020
Romneys Biggest Tax Story Still Untold – Could Result in Open Republican Convention by Bill Parish July 20, 2012June 9, 2020
The Oregonian Reports on Valuation Concerns Regarding PERS Private Equity Investments by Bill Parish May 12, 2012June 9, 2020
The Wall Street Journal Confirms Parish & Company Analysis of Bain Capital Profit Sharing Plan and Romney IRA by Bill Parish April 2, 2012June 9, 2020
Bain Capital Profit Sharing Plan Likely Reveals How Romney Built IRA by Bill Parish February 20, 2012June 9, 2020
Letter to SEC Chair and IRS Commissioner – Tax Deduction Pyramid Scheme by Bill Parish June 7, 2011June 9, 2020
Blackstone’s Tax Engineers, Inspired by General Electric, Attempt to Repeal The Fractions Rule by Bill Parish March 31, 2011June 9, 2020
Why Shares Outstanding Matter: Apple, Intel, Google and Microsoft by Bill Parish January 11, 2011June 9, 2020
First Technology “Inside Job” Merger Approved Without Adequate Review by Bill Parish October 18, 2010June 9, 2020
Blackstone Group LP – Private Equity or Public Theft? Undermining the Volcker Rule’s Intent. SEC 10K Fails to Disclose All Important “Fractions Rule” Involving Tax Exempt Public Pension Investors by Bill Parish August 24, 2010June 9, 2020
Comment to SF Chronicle Regarding Private Equity Employment Impact by Bill Parish May 14, 2010June 9, 2020
First Tech Credit Union CEO Sargent Pockets $2.3 million, Orchestrates Merger. How to evaluate your Credit Union by Bill Parish April 21, 2010June 9, 2020
Business Media Risk (Oregon PERS to Invest in Shaky Banks) – The Oregonian Excels and Bloomberg Fails by Bill Parish March 8, 2010June 9, 2020
The Oregonian – Oregon PERS Invests in Graken Distressed Debt fund by Bill Parish September 30, 2009June 9, 2020
OPB – In This Economy, Nike’s 12% Revenue Drop Is Good News by Bill Parish September 30, 2009June 9, 2020
OPB – Oregon’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Still in Good Shape by Bill Parish June 24, 2009June 9, 2020
Obama’s Neglect of Volcker Emperils Economy – Summers and Geitner Stonewall Reforms by Bill Parish February 16, 2009June 9, 2020
Karl Rove and General Wesley Clark Debate at TD Ameritrade Institutional Advisor Conferenc by Bill Parish February 6, 2009June 9, 2020
Public Pensions Fuel Short Selling by Lending Their Security Portfolios to Hedge Funds by Bill Parish February 6, 2009June 9, 2020
How to fix holes in 529 college savings plans that sank in ’08 by Bill Parish January 6, 2009June 9, 2020
Oppenheimer College Savings Plan Infected by Madoff Scandal – Obama’s State Illinois and Oregon both Impacted by Bill Parish December 23, 2008June 9, 2020
Willamette Week – Oregon 529 Debacle: Bill “Cassandra” Parish Vindicated: Read The Warnings He Sent by Bill Parish December 23, 2008June 9, 2020
Immediate 6 Step Program to Turn Around Economy Proposed by Bill Parish November 28, 2008June 9, 2020
Estate Tax and Tax Equity: Bill Gates Sr. Battles Son Bill Gates Jr. as Grover Norquist and Warren Buffett Weigh In by Bill Parish October 29, 2008June 9, 2020
Canadian Dollar – An Underappreciated Currency, What It Might Say About US Stock Market by Bill Parish October 21, 2008June 9, 2020
Europe Blocks Treasury Secretary Paulson From Looting America by Bill Parish October 13, 2008June 9, 2020
Vicki Walker Battles Warren Buffett Political Machine in Oregon by Bill Parish March 29, 2008June 9, 2020
Hedge Funds, Buffett, Gates and Murdoch Take Down Eliot Spitzer by Bill Parish March 12, 2008June 9, 2020
Citigroup Impact: Money Market Accounts, Federal Reserve, Greenspan, Bernanke by Bill Parish March 7, 2008June 9, 2020
SEC Chair Fired for Pushing Hedge Fund Registration: Former President Clinton and Bill Gates Jr. Now Exploiting This Loophole by Bill Parish February 19, 2008June 9, 2020
Oregon PERS & Loan Star to Cash In On Foreclosures: John Grayken, Korea Bank, Richard Solomon by Bill Parish January 31, 2008June 9, 2020
Putin Likely to Become Gazprom Chairman and Make Russian Ruble Key Global Reserve Currency: Medvedev, Ruble by Bill Parish December 10, 2007June 9, 2020
Oregon PERS Commits $800 million to European Leveraged Buyouts and Takeovers of American Firms: KKR, CVC Group, Richard Solomon, Len Bergstein, Neil Goldschnmidt by Bill Parish December 5, 2007June 9, 2020
Citigroup SIV Fund and Florida Bank Run: Will this wake Up SEC, Fed Chairman Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Paulson and Congress? Parish & Company recommends solution by Bill Parish November 30, 2007June 9, 2020
SEC Chair Cox Makes Right Decision on Shareholder Nominated Directors by Bill Parish November 29, 2007June 9, 2020
Citigroup Bankruptcy Implications: SEC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Etrade by Bill Parish November 28, 2007June 9, 2020
RiskMetrics IPO: SEC Chair Cox Silence Imperils Stock Market by Bill Parish November 27, 2007June 9, 2020
Financial News – Corporate Governance: Who is guarding the guardians? by Bill Parish November 26, 2007June 9, 2020
Oregon PERS Gambles on Venture Capital with Kids Emergency Fund Assets by Bill Parish November 24, 2007June 9, 2020
Enron Style Train Wreck? Oregon PERS, SEC, DeFazio, Fortress, Railamerica by Bill Parish November 22, 2007June 9, 2020
Arthur Levitt Issues Pension Warning, SEC, RiskMetrics, ISS, Gates Foundation by Bill Parish November 1, 2007June 9, 2020
Oregon PERS: More Funds to Robert Bass and Nike’s Phil Knight by Bill Parish October 31, 2007June 9, 2020
Tektronix Corporation Sale Mirrors Merrill Lynch CEO Attempt to Sell by Bill Parish October 27, 2007June 9, 2020
SEC Chair Cox called to suspend RiskMetrics IPO due to proxy rule deficiency by Bill Parish October 24, 2007June 9, 2020
Should Treasury Secretary Paulson and SEC Bail Out Citigroup and Former Secretary Rubin’s SIV Investments? by Bill Parish October 22, 2007June 9, 2020
Hedge Funds “Secret Sauce” (ISS) Going Public via Risk Metrics IPO by Bill Parish October 10, 2007June 9, 2020
OIC Awards $1.2 B, Solomon Discloses Conflict, Leon Black Presents, Westlund Treasurer Candidate by Bill Parish September 27, 2007June 9, 2020
Toronto Dominion Bank CEO Ed Clark Called to Remove Joe Moglia as CEO of TD Ameritrade by Bill Parish September 24, 2007June 9, 2020
Oregonian Undermines New Independent Party, Does Not Disclose Website by Bill Parish September 21, 2007June 9, 2020
TPG’s Attempt to Purchase PGE – Extensive News and Commentary Archive by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020
Vicky Walker – Utility Tax Reform Leader Runs for Secretary of State by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020
Oregon Investment Council (PERS): Private Equity Investments by Bill Parish September 11, 2007June 9, 2020
Oregon Investment Council: Structure, Members and Board Minutes by Bill Parish September 10, 2007June 9, 2020
PR Newswire and Business Wire – Soviet Style Journalism? by Bill Parish September 10, 2007June 9, 2020
KATU.com – City report suggests PGE overcharged ratepayers by Bill Parish November 30, 2005June 9, 2020
Willamette Week – Kulongokski’s appointment for powerful investment council raises questions by Bill Parish July 5, 2005June 9, 2020
Oregon Business – Power Play, Warren Buffet’s biggest businesses – Insurance and WalMart – are a bad fit for PacifiCorp and local rate payers by Bill Parish July 1, 2005June 9, 2020
The Oregonian – OHSU chief’s role in deal still questioned by Bill Parish August 16, 2004June 9, 2020
PR Newswire – Massive Tax Loophole Discovered, By Bill Parish by Bill Parish June 25, 2004June 9, 2020
The Oregonian – Digging Deeper into the Texas Pacific Deal, By Steve Duin by Bill Parish June 22, 2004June 9, 2020
Portland Tribune – PGE solution has been here all along, By Bill Parish by Bill Parish November 28, 2003June 9, 2020
The Oregonian – Texas Pacific makes big turnaround deals its speciality by Bill Parish November 19, 2003June 9, 2020
PR Newswire – Student Loan and Public Pension Reforms Linked by Bill Parish July 24, 2003June 9, 2020
Detroit Free Press – Pension Funds put faith in auto parts supplier by Bill Parish April 14, 2003June 9, 2020
PR Newswire – Oregon Public Employee Pension Reform Proposed by Bill Parish February 22, 2003June 9, 2020
Is This the Most Influential Man on Wall Street- Smart Money, The Wall Street Journal Magazine by Bill Parish October 16, 2002June 9, 2020
The Inside Story on Microsoft and Quality of Earnings Issues by Bill Parish April 26, 2002June 9, 2020
ComputerWorld: Investment advisory firm’s relationship to HP questioned by Bill Parish April 5, 2002June 9, 2020
Les Echos – Controversy over the accounting abuse of stock options: Microsoft in turn on the hot seat by Bill Parish February 25, 2002June 9, 2020
The Register – Senators’ stock options could cost MS billions by Bill Parish February 14, 2002June 9, 2020
Portland Business Journal – Weyerhaeuser upgrades 2Q predictions by Bill Parish June 26, 2001June 9, 2020
The Register – IT giants who don’t pay tax part 1: How Cisco does it by Bill Parish October 16, 2000June 9, 2020
New York Times – Hidden Costs of Stock Options May Soon Come Back to Haunt by Bill Parish June 13, 2000June 9, 2020
The Oregonian – Some 401K plans pig out on expenses, charging too much for too little by Bill Parish July 13, 1998June 9, 2020
