Irish economic policy for the crisis: What Next? (second session) The second session was chaired by John McHale now of NUIG, formerly of Queens University Canada, who I have emailed back and forth wit... Continue reading
Survey shows Brokers are the most trusted advisers Research carried out by Nottingham Business School has shown that Brokers are the most trustworthy group of financial advisers. The pos... Continue reading
Magic Thursday 7th of May 2009. This Thursday there will be a big market move as bank stress tests are officially released, the latest news has indicated that 10 of th... Continue reading
European stimulus plans The ECB meeting is due to meet this week on the 7th and a further 0.25% rate cut is expected which will bring European base rate lendin... Continue reading
A look at Euribor, GBP Libor, and Libor The graph below shows that despite different base rates in the US, UK, and Europe that our general interbank lending rates are correlat... Continue reading
Euribor yield curve changes April 2009 Below are two charts of the Euribor yield curve (many thanks to Bank of Scotland Treasury for their excellent daily reports!). Here ... Continue reading
The bear market is bull The current bear market was 'seen coming' by many commentators, the people who believed this have an agenda and reasons for their think... Continue reading
Are we in a cyclical bull market? Steve Leuthold talks on Bloomberg about the reasons he feels we are going to see a cyclical bull market (as opposed to the secular bear... Continue reading
We need to clear our bonds, ensure there are retail offerings. Ireland has been downgraded by Standard and Poors, we are on a ratings watch with Fitch and Moody's as well. The last bond issued by th... Continue reading