What the markets think… CDS

13th February, 2009

Credit Default Swaps (CDS) are financial tools that measure risk. The spread on these CDS reflect the risk that the market attributes to that risk actually......

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Docks, Ports and Banks.

11th February, 2009

I have already commented on the gravity of the revelations with regard to Anglo Irish Bank. As I write, this is being debated in Dail......

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Bring in the Fraud Squad

11th February, 2009

The revelations today about the lending of billions of euros between Irish banks is an act of vicious vandalism against the Irish state. The reason why......

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What should we do differently?

10th February, 2009

Our country is in the middle of an economic crisis. It is global in nature but has been compounded by severe domestic policy errors.......

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There is something about Mary

10th February, 2009

I know. What a cliche. The title of a film, a book and so many jokes. However in this case it is true. Last......

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Metro North An Bord Pleanala Oral Hearing

9th February, 2009

An Bord Pleanala have just confirmed to the RPA that the Metro North Preliminary Hearing will take place on 2nd March in Croke Park. The Inspector......

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I want to be reincarnated as the Bond Market

8th February, 2009

This is what James Carville, the American Democatic campaigner said after the early months of the Clinton White House. They found that all of their campaign......

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Opening of Sean O’Casey Centre, East Wall.

7th February, 2009

  I attended the opening of the new community centre in East Wall yesterday.  This centre has mostly been funded by the Dublin Docklands......

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Doing the Lisbon Referendum Earlier

7th February, 2009

  A chorus is beginning to develop around re-running the Lisbon Treaty earlier than October. Some are suggesting June. A very cogent example of......

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When Markets Collide

6th February, 2009

This is the name of a superb book which I’m reading late at night and early in the morning. The author is Mohamed El-Erian. The......

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