Where property prices are going vs where they are There are strong signals we will be getting a rate cut and historically that means that property prices will go up in response to a mon... Continue reading
Solicitors have run, will others follow? Michael Lynn famously fled owing tens of millions of euro to banks and people he had ripped off. The last I heard of the lynngerbread m... Continue reading
Brokers short sell themselves in a race to the bottom. It is clear that I am no fan of the new 'homeloanchoice' scheme brought into being in the 2009 budget. I have always felt that 'if it a... 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
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
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
The road less travelled and life in the new world I wrote Monday night/Tuesday morning about buying distressed stocks. So yesterday morning I bought Anglo Irish at €2.94 and today they ... Continue reading
Where is my bailout? The average investor has seen their portfolio decrease in value by about 20%, the average property owner is not far off that either. Th... Continue reading