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The tipping point?
Today I am taking out the crystal ball, and asking it if these final weeks of December 2008 and the start of January 09' are the tippin...
general financial news
The ‘Crunch’ is nearly over, but what lies in its wake?
The Euribor 3 month money is at 2.822% which means the margin on interbank money is now at 0.322% (the current base rate is 2.5%) over ...
New trends in underwriting and credit
It is 2009 and one of the things we need to look at (at least from the mortgage market perspective) is the availability of credit. Many...
Gold, the Perth Mint and physical demand for precious metals
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The bailout has arrived, Irish banks in line for Government funds.
The banking bailout has come along, as many of us always thought it would, in the form of a (potential) €10 billion Euro package. An an...
Bond market news from the USA
Bond yields in the USA are at historically low yields, the 'flight to quality' we are seeing is that there is a wholesale flight from t...
Banks need to stress test themselves
Reverse stress testing has been advised by the FSA (Financial Services Authority) in the UK who have said that stress testing in UK fin...
Automakers bailout is a mistake
Banks, in my opinion, should not have been bailed out, they are a business like any other and when people talk about the 'systemic risk...
How falling interest rates hurt banks during a liquidity crisis
The falling interest rates are heralded by consumers of Irish mortgage companies as a godsend - well, for the clients of the Irish bank...