Euribor yield curve changes April 2009 Below are two charts of the Euribor yield curve (many thanks to Bank of Scotland Treasury for their excellent daily reports!). Here ... Continue reading
A tale of two developers. The builders, developers, and even architects I know are all having a really tough time at the moment, with some they are talking to th... Continue reading
Best deposit rates in the Irish market April 2009 Here is a list of the deposit products in Ireland with the highest interest rates at present. Demand account: Anglo premium demand 4.7... Continue reading
Ulsterbank & First Active won’t be passing the rate cut The Ulsterbank Group (which incorporates First Active) have announced they will not be passing on the latest ECB rate cut to their vari... Continue reading
The bear market is bull The current bear market was 'seen coming' by many commentators, the people who believed this have an agenda and reasons for their think... Continue reading
Bear with me, we’ll talk about ‘Bears’ Here are a set of charts (compliments of dshort.com) Below is a chart of the four major bear markets we have seen in the last 100 ye... Continue reading
Life companies are safe, hence the state shafts them The new budget has placed a 1% levy on all life assurance policies commenced from June 09'. The levy will apply to Life and Pensio... Continue reading
To fix or not to fix, even if it ain’t broken Paul O'Connor from MyHat.ie asked me to do a post about fixed rates, like us, they get lots of questions on mortgages, property etc. ... Continue reading
Writedown America? The USA is made up of 50 states, each state is made up of lots of localities, referred to as municipalities. So while the USA may be AA... Continue reading
Are we in a cyclical bull market? Steve Leuthold talks on Bloomberg about the reasons he feels we are going to see a cyclical bull market (as opposed to the secular bear... Continue reading