Nassim Taleb on failing to allow failure Nassim Taleb, a well known professor, economist and risk management adviser talks about the failure of allowing failure, that we are no... Continue reading
Good news: Rate drops and recovery indicators Doom is the only thing selling lately, but today we will bring you some of the Sunny statistics that are being largely overlooked. This... Continue reading
MicroVentures, how a microfinance approach to investment in Ireland could create jobs I have covered the area of microfinance before, and in nations where it works the multiplier effect of the credit is said to be quite a... Continue reading
New world currency, Euro hegemony in the future? A commentator talks about the euro, dismissing euroskeptics and euro bashers, arguing that it will be (perhaps) the new world currency?... Continue reading
New build a loser? Banks are now reducing the LTV they will offer for new build properties but not in the second hand market and today we will look at why... Continue reading
Ireland is downgraded by S&P We wrote about this in the past, the risk associated with a ratings downgrade to the country, and here it is laid out in plain English.... Continue reading
The name is ‘Bond’, ‘Failed Bond’, UK Economy ‘Shaken’, but not stirring. The UK had a failed bond offering last week and that is giving the world some indication of the state of the UK economy. They have fail... Continue reading
The Water Crunch My youth spent in Los Angeles had the theme of water conservation built into it, so water has always had a special place in my world vi... Continue reading
The OpenSource WikiBank, a possibility? I'm off the deep end today, I think we need a new business model in banking and I don't think the finance people have it, I think peopl... Continue reading