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
Questions to ask a Mortgage Broker With the Irish Property Market entering a new phase it will be vital, if you are in the market already or planning to enter it, that yo... Continue reading
Lose your collusion… Irish Banks show just how little they care. As George Bush once said ‘Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice…shame…well you’re not gonna fool me twice’. Banks however have done... 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
Ulsterbank and First Active pinch on the back of RBOS woes. This week Ulsterbank again made news in announcing that they were ‘leaving the broker market’ as of the end of May 2008. From the persp... 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
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