Sean Keyes on investing: what bravery buys you
November 30, 2022 4:25 amA theme of this email is that it’s useful to assume the market price is approximately right. It’s safer than... View Article
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Sinead O’Sullivan: You’re kidding yourself if you think the financial markets are anything but Jurassic Park chaos
November 29, 2022 5:39 amIf I were to give anybody a piece of advice on how to live their most interesting and fulfilled lives,... View Article
Ponder Brexit and the Falklands: Deluded gestures can backfire spectacularly
November 28, 2022 5:55 amNobody needs to invest in the UK. Few need to own sterling. In practice, the UK faces an immovable fiscal... View Article
Bungalow Bliss: How rural Ireland built its own homes and laid the foundations for a culture war
November 26, 2022 4:14 amIn the 1970s in Ireland, you could buy a copy of the house design catalogue Bungalow Bliss for 90p, build... View Article
Scale, technology, and capital: Why Liberty is retreating from the Irish insurance market
November 25, 2022 3:46 amBack in his halcyon days, long before he lost control of his sprawling business empire and was declared bankrupt, the... View Article
Stephen Kinsella: How to fix Ireland’s infrastructure deficit
November 24, 2022 3:33 amIreland is a rich country in the sense that median household incomes are higher than most other countries in the... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: money-burning technology companies weren’t crazy
November 23, 2022 5:00 amHaving overseen the loss of $8 billion so far on Disney+, Disney’s CEO Bob Chapek got sacked this week. Chapek had associated himself with... View Article
Appeals, cross-appeals, and the British Virgin Islands: Revenue’s assault on a €60m tax scheme takes a new turn
November 22, 2022 3:34 amIt was, by any standard, an important judgment. For more than a decade, the Irish tax authority had sought to... View Article
Peter Kinsella: Christmas has come early for equity markets. Can it last?
November 21, 2022 5:33 amLast week, global equity markets went on a tear. The US S&P 500 index rose by over 6 per cent... View Article
To reach your investing potential, do these four things
November 14, 2022 5:36 amNassim Taleb has many insights. In “The Logic of Risk-Taking”, he summarised one with serious implications for investors: “Time to... View Article
