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If you are in financial trouble, don’t be an idiot
A part of me feels bad about not having any pity for some of the people who recently had their homes repossessed. Note: I said some not...
The credit crisis visualised
This is an interesting animated film on the origins of the crisis, it holds with the view that banks were only ever a part of the probl...
Toxic traders, capitalising on volumes
Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading (I mistakenly read the link initially as 'the mistrading'!) have recently published a paper which accuses...
Are you getting your full tax relief?
There was an article in one of Ireland's national newspapers last week describing the major issues surrounding the rescinding and subse...
Short selling, what is it? Why would a person do it?
When you're bullish (think prices will rise) on the market or a stock, you go long (buy and hold, one day sell). When you're bearish (t...
When will the internet become stupid?
When I was doing a final year project in DIT Mountjoy Square back in 1996 the task was to create a comprehensive business plan for a co...
Next bubble, China?
I have believed for some time that China will not become the #1 world power in my lifetime, contrary to what many analysts say, in the ...
Pete Peterson formerly of Blackstone, CFR, Lehman and Secretary of Commerce
Pete Peterson is a fascinating individual, he came from humble beginnings and went on to work at executive levels in some of the most w...
What do banks want when you apply for a mortgage?
Sometimes I ask the folks in the office about the questions they are asked by clients they are dealing with at the time, often it will ...