When an Irish CEO can’t give shareholders value. I write today regarding the CEO of Irish Life & Permanent TSB, Dennis Casey. He is an articulate and educated individual and driven... Continue reading
You Can’t catch me, I’m the Lynngerbread Man Banks Chase Lynn’s Foreign Assets. I want to start by saying this is a classic example of throwing good money after bad if you ask me (... Continue reading
90,000 Mortgage job losses CNN have reported that there were 90,000 mortgage industry job losses in 2007, I know of one of them, my old room-mate in Chicago Maur... Continue reading
China might have the muscle but where are the brains? I wrote about inflation in china before and how it might affect their economic growth, in fact it may prove to be their economic Achill... Continue reading
Gazundering, or Reverse-Gazumping As the property market gets a bit more bearish you can expect a new word to enter news columns and it is 'Gazundering' or 'Reverse-Gazu... Continue reading
Hillary takes New Hampshire Its clear that I am a big fan of Barack Obama, I nearly want to start a rumour that he's Irish and his name is O'Bama and then everybod... Continue reading
Arabs making headway with equality. Not long ago I had a proper rant about the state of Arab nations because I read how a woman in Saudi Arabia was raped and her attackers... Continue reading
Geopolitical risk and the terror in your pocket One thing you will hear more about this year is ‘geo-political risk’ and it spans many sectors and countries. One example that instantl... Continue reading
Mother Nature isn’t joking around… Yesterday I made a fairly bold statement stating that I believed we are on the cusp of a recession. Today I am going to point out some ... Continue reading
One prediction you don’t want to hear for 2008 I want to make a quick prediction for 2008. It will be (contrary to what everybody else in this industry says) that the property market... Continue reading