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As many of you know, when I like a person's ideas or research I'll generally try to call them and talk about whatever the topic is th...

In 1911 something interesting happened, the US Supreme Court made a ruling in the Grigsby vs Russell that allowed a person to essential...

Irish banks are caught in a perfect storm of funding costs versus lending costs which spells bad value for consumers. This is clearly s...

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...

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...

If you rent a property which is covered by the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 then you must register a tenancy with the PRTB, if you ge...

The aim of the new pensions framework is to deliver lasting security, equity, clarity and choice to the individual. To a degree we are ...

In the USA the 30yr Treasury is often called the 'long bond' and it is watched (the yields) very closely as it is the indication on lon...

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