An Introduction to Bonds My ongoing love affair with Khan Academy knows no bounds! Salman Khan is one of my favourite educators because he has used youtube as a... Continue reading
Death is a certainty, so why not buy into it? In 1911 something interesting happened, the US Supreme Court made a ruling in the Grigsby vs Russell that allowed a person to essential... Continue reading
Jim Rogers on CNBC talking about the Euro Jim Rogers talking to CNBC about Greece, the Euro, Dollar and Renminbi. Continue reading
Irish banks, caught in the perfect funding storm Irish banks are caught in a perfect storm of funding costs versus lending costs which spells bad value for consumers. This is clearly s... Continue reading
CLO’s: Collateralized Loan Obligations Paddy Hirsch of MarketPlace is back talking about CLO's and the way in which a capital structure is on the back end of the securitizati... Continue reading
Flow of Funds 1979 – 2009 The Federal Reserve released their Flow of Funds report recently (btw: for people using twitter @capflowwatch is a guy who blogs on thi... Continue reading
Greece and the IMF The news this morning that the IMF may be the answer to the fiscal woes of Greece is not good news for the Euro (although Ireland indiv... Continue reading
Just who is getting the mortgages? Caroline Madden wrote an article in today's Irish Times 'Just who is getting the mortgages?'. It is a question that begs answers, at fi... Continue reading