The Second Line of Dominoes. 2007 saw virtually every financial sector face decline. My own holding in Irish Lifes ‘BankScope’ took a pounding worthy of the nationa... Continue reading
the Dead Cat Bounce of 2008 There is an expression called a ‘Dead Cat Bounce’ and it is where a market or stock take a fall and then as people see it going down th... Continue reading
Investment Ideas for 2008 If you are the type of investor who doesn’t get scared when there is a bit of a storm then there are some opportunities in 2008, an imp... Continue reading
‘Clearance sale, prices 20% off!’, not in shops, on property…. Last week Capel Construction made news when they made a massive reduction in asking price on properties in D15, now more developers are... Continue reading
Lynn, he’ll make you go Hungry in Hungary Michael Lynn hit the press again as new allegations and issues arose in Hungary where a development owned by him has ceased constructio... Continue reading
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