NIB’s ‘LTV’ Tracker now extinct NIB had long championed their 'LTV Tracker' as the best value product on the market. Indeed it was, but today we have seen the removal ... Continue reading
Less tax and simple bankruptcy could be the best solution As we await what is being described as a 'savage' budget, it is important to remember some of the ideas being thrown about may appeal p... Continue reading
It’s getting chilly in Iceland…. recession card played Iceland has seen the Icelandic Krona get pummelled recently, on the currency markets one trader said that they could not get into any f... Continue reading
ECB Cut Rates by 0.5% bringing the ECB base rate to 3.75% The ECB rate change has given many of us a pleasant surprise, the ECB has cut rates by 0.5% giving a new base rate of 3.75%. For many o... Continue reading
Now that everything is Guaranteed (bank deposit outlook) Now that countries are standing behind their national banks what will happen? Greece has backed deposits, Germany did the same. France,... Continue reading
Things are gonna change ’round here. The banking sector is in for some big changes, today we will consider some of ‘what may be’, this article is taken with a view of looki... Continue reading
How to fix the budget in two easy steps & be unpopular We have a deficit, we don’t have the money required to run the country and that means we are in a hole. In July we told that it was €5.... Continue reading
Bailout Abuse – distortions occur within 24 hours of Finance Bill It is no secret that your author is anti-intervention, we speak at times about market distortions caused by government intervention. Th... Continue reading
Don’t follow me down this road. Contrarian moves. The markets took the single biggest battering since the 20% fall off experienced in the 1987 crash. It came on the back of a rejection ... Continue reading
Fancy a bit of inflation? What does a $700bn bailout and the 6% national wage agreements have in common? There are two types of inflation, ‘headline’ and ‘core’. Put simply headline inflation takes into account everything, petrol prices, th... Continue reading