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January 2018 - Has the Irrational Exuberance Phase Arrived? Storm Eleanor is hammering at the window, announcing her arrival at the South West Atlantic coast, as I write an opening…

The Flash, a comic book superhero possessing super speed and extreme reflexes that appear to violate the laws of physics. The Flash Crash, not a superhero moment, a rapid, deep,…

Trial by ordeal a fair few centuries ago, whether by fire, ingestion or drowning reasoned that divine intervention, judicium dei, would decide the guilt or innocence of the accused. Decisions…

“Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau” – Irving Fisher, economist, three days before the Wall Street Crash, 1929” Unlike last year which was a game of…

Given the huge numbers of Irish who’ve chosen to emigrate to Australia, we continue our watch on its housing bubble, which has seen prices run up three times higher than…

Damian emailed from Australia unsettled by the general torpor among his Australian buddies about the dangers of an Australian housing bubble collapse. He’s been living there for 20 years. Australia…

In November, the Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation will release The Pivot, which I wrote over the summer and finished last month. Exclusively available from Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation…

Finally, after decades of withering criticism about the skewed legacy of the Benchmarking process which copper fastened a remuneration gap as between private sector (PS) and Public Sector (PuS), the…

The introduction of Entrepreneur Relief, partially to defend against competition from the UK, is about to change the landscape for retirement planning for Ireland's SME owners, especially if, as expected,…

September 10th, 2014. Minister Leo Varadkar, Department of Health, Hawkins House, Hawkins Street, Dublin 2.   Dear Minister, I understand from Jonathan Irwin, whom you will be meeting on September…