A time for brokers to stand up for themselves. Personal Touch Financial Services in the U.K. is going to put up a ‘Rogues Gallery’ on their website in order to criticise lenders who ... Continue reading
How to beat a recession. Simple ways to avoid the pinch. I think the point has been reached, certainly from public sentiment, where we are seeing more negative news than positive news, the see... Continue reading
The ‘Carry Trade’ or ‘Stoozing crack-smoker style’ ‘Crack-addict stoozing’ or ‘stoozing on steriods’ is one way to describe the Carry Trade. It’s important at this point to realise that ... Continue reading
Islamic Finance, Ireland is turning truly cosmopolitan Islamic finance in Ireland? What is it all about? Well before I go into it today’s post will start with condolences, you see I was mean... Continue reading
Will we get a rate reduction? Not if the ECB does it’s job we won’t. I have seen articles in the news and economists from large lending institutions are saying they believe we will see two rate reductions... Continue reading
Auction Rate Bond Market feels the pinch There has been unforseen intervention by the US Fed in the American markets, however there is still a domino effect, today we saw that ... Continue reading
Learn a little about gardening to avoid inflation. I know in advance I’ll draw some laughs (the ‘at’ kind, not the ‘with’ kind) due to this post but I do think it’s relevant. Today I am ... Continue reading
Bubble Bubble, Boil and Trouble, Markets Quake and Markets Crumble There is talk about the property bubble, and now an oil and gold bubble. Commodity prices have had a massive bull run, so will does thi... Continue reading
Stoozing? … It’s Money for nothing and the bips for free. I kind of paraphrased a line from the Dire Straits song ‘money for nothing’ and replaced ‘chicks’ with ‘bips’. Bips are ‘Basis Points’ ... Continue reading
Intersted in going broke? Should banks raise interest rates? I had the pleasure of being on Newstalk last week with Eamon Keane and during our brief chat I had mentioned that banks are lending out... Continue reading