Dealing with arrears – a collectors tale Today's post is by a guest writer who we cannot name, but we can tell you that this person works in the collections department of a maj... Continue reading
Irish Credit: Downgraded two notches at once. Fitch, the credit rating agency, has just downgraded the sovereign debt ratings for the Republic of Ireland from AA+ to AA-. That is t... Continue reading
Federal Reserve news The Federal Open Market committee (FOMC) have decided to keep 'exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended perio... Continue reading
Gold prices, very much a dollar story (for now) While we are bullish on precious metals (in particular silver) it is important to remember that many commodities are dollar denominated... Continue reading
Exchequer returns for Ireland, October 2009 I plagiarised the chart below from Constantin Gurdgievs blog (which is brilliant btw) be sure to check it out. What we can see is a ... Continue reading
Dan Mitchell talks to CNBC Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute talks to CNBC about Government intervention and whether or not it is actually working. He debates wi... Continue reading
Islamic Finance – solutions where Sharia compliant products don’t exist There was an interesting talk given by CFA Ireland on the topic of Islamic Finance and Sharia compliant financial products. The long an... Continue reading
When the truth comes out about arrears. I often try to focus on 'what is' rather than 'what is right' (and sometimes still get it wrong!), but the idea is to look at something... Continue reading
US Recession over. Recession in the US has come to an end as US GDP increased in the third quarter. The US saw an expansion of 3.5 per cent between July ... Continue reading