Irish Debate – Mortgages with Karl Deeter We were delighted to work with Irish Debate on doing a mortgage show, we have been big fans of theirs for a long time so it is especial... Continue reading
The solution for Section 23 Owners Section 23 properties have had their tax treatment changed, in effect the buyer honoured their side of the contract from the outset and... Continue reading
The 4 year plan (synopsis) in simple English [including some sarcasm] The idea behind it: A plan to reign in out our spiralling deficit and national debt. Why do it? Because without this or something li... Continue reading
Contagion When you squeeze a balloon it just bulges out at a different place, that seems to be happening to the PIIGS (although now it is just PI... Continue reading
Irish debt, third most likely to default in the world? Credit Default Swaps hit a record high yesterday for Irish Sovereign Debt. CNBC spoke to Brian Cowen on this topic yesterday, our Stude... Continue reading
Debt/GDP or Debt/GNP are either of them a good metric? We hear about Debt/GDP all the time (national debt/Gross Domestic Product; total output of the economy) and the standard argument is th... Continue reading
Bond Bubble Looming, where does it end? We have been talking about this for a while (28/01/09, 11/03/09, 23/04/09), it was a popular topic on this blog in 2009 but well covere... Continue reading
Scary Chart: US Private Debt to GDP The US Private Debt to GDP chart is one that concerns me, it spells ‘deleveraging for many years’ in big bold letters. You don’t need m... Continue reading
Krugman on Chinese currency – Is China a currency manipulator? Having only covered competitive currency devaluations yesterday it is interesting to see this video today in which CNBC correspondent B... Continue reading