Bear market in bonds? We have been talking about this for some time, (see posts here 1, 2, 3, 4). In this clip Bloomberg editor Tom Keene talks about the iss... Continue reading
Debt Management: no tax break for people in trouble Financial services (such as brokering) are a zero VAT business, we cannot charge VAT for our activities, we do however, pay VAT on all ... Continue reading
NPR report on Ireland National Public Radio in the USA have recorded a piece on Ireland it's about five minutes long and you can tune into it here. It inter... Continue reading
Investment Property Report Q1 2009 We are pleased to bring you, in association with Propertyweek.ie, the investment property report for Q1 2009. To download the report ju... Continue reading
Inflation or Deflation…. 1923 or 1932? TechTicker talk to Todd Harrison about the deflation or inflation question, many commentators have felt that inflation will be the true... Continue reading
Why aren’t mortgages MORE expensive? In looking at any product or service you will often hear people mention 'supply and demand', it is one of the foundations of Microecono... Continue reading
Are tax dodgers any different than northern shoppers? There is an ongoing debate about ways to make the 'fat cats' pay more tax, and that there should be a way of forcing people who earn a ... Continue reading
Magic Thursday 7th of May 2009. This Thursday there will be a big market move as bank stress tests are officially released, the latest news has indicated that 10 of th... Continue reading
European stimulus plans The ECB meeting is due to meet this week on the 7th and a further 0.25% rate cut is expected which will bring European base rate lendin... Continue reading
Blogs and sites that cover the topic of finance and economics I was at a meeting last week and the topic of 'what I read' came up, I spend on average, about six hours a day reading, granted that is... Continue reading