One prediction you don’t want to hear for 2008 I want to make a quick prediction for 2008. It will be (contrary to what everybody else in this industry says) that the property market... Continue reading
Mortgage Fraud. A story of collusion and a closer look at Thomas Byrne and Michael Lynn Michael Lynn is making headlines, for ripping off the banks, to the tune of fifty million euro! yes, thats €50,000,000!!! What an astr... Continue reading
Obama wins Iowa caucus. I take an active interest in American politics, and their economy, because so much of what happens there affects us and because I’m hal... Continue reading
Financial Highlights / Lowlights of 2007 Last year was a market full of 'surprises' and here is my list: 1. Affecting my own livlihood the most was the credit crunch. It spr... Continue reading
ECB release half a Trillion just in case… The ECB released a further 500 billion, Bank of England 10 billion and the Fed 20 billion This was done as a follow on the the USA's li... Continue reading
predictions for 2008 I have five minutes to go before I have to leave so here are a few of my predictions for 2008 I had mentioned buying northern rock s... Continue reading
Citigroup stock goes down further as COO Robert Druskin resigns. Citigroup (I earlier mentioned how the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Abu Dhabi are bailing them out) lost another 46 cents on their share pr... Continue reading
IBA invites you to… never mind…actually, we changed our mind. (PIBA & IBA merger is cast out) The Irish Broker Association (IBA) made an approach to the Professional Insurance Brokers Association (PIBA) whereby their 300 strong m... Continue reading
The Vultures are here…. When the government raised the bar for stamp duty to €317,500 house prices took a jump and suddenly every house was valued at €317,500.... Continue reading
Talk the Talk (part 2) As part of the ethics in writing this article I made a decided point of not actually reading my initial article so there is no way of k... Continue reading