Sean Keyes on investing: Why it matters that Stripe has shed billions in value
July 6, 2022 5:02 amStripe is not like other private companies. It is worth somewhere in the tens of billions. Its destiny is to... View Article
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Cathie Wood’s investment thesis is right (kind of). So why has her fund plunged 66% this year?
July 5, 2022 5:54 amFor those of you who don’t know, Cathie Wood is a legendary hedge fund manager, previously being the chief investment... View Article
Volatile corporation tax receipts are funding a bump in current spending (not a rainy day fund, or capital investment)
July 4, 2022 8:14 pmThe Irish state has come into some money. According to the Summer Economic Statement released today, corporation tax receipts for... View Article
Ian Kehoe: Will the steady trickle of insolvencies become a tsunami?
July 4, 2022 5:39 amLast week, I travelled to the beautiful Hinch Distillery in Lisburn, Co Down to attend the annual dinner of the... View Article
Ireland’s infrastructure deficit, a portrait of a billionaire inventor, and protesting barristers: Rewinding the week that was
July 3, 2022 4:28 amTo see the difference between high incomes and high wealth, fly from Ireland to the Netherlands (or, pick your Northern European country).... View Article
Paul Flynn: The cultural and systemic flaws in the GAA ensure that the melee will always be with us
July 2, 2022 4:07 amThe green luminous gloves were the smoking gun. Dublin were playing Meath and, while it wasn’t like the Dublin-Meath clashes... View Article
Eoin Morgan was a radical England captain of whom Ireland can be proud
July 2, 2022 3:50 amEoin Morgan challenges everything, including himself. When he announced that he would be retiring from international cricket, he did it... View Article
Inflation and the simplistic pre-budget economics of Budget 2023
July 1, 2022 5:07 amAs usual, this column is going to go for the populist angle and argue for fiscal restraint in Budget 2023... View Article
Sean Keyes on investing: A grand theory of why crypto is going down
June 29, 2022 5:44 amAn appealing thing about financial markets is that, chaotic as they appear, they can be almost fully explained by one... View Article
Official Ireland can’t comprehend how fast the country is growing. That’s a big problem
June 28, 2022 5:39 amFailure of imagination is the biggest weakness of Ireland’s policymakers. Policymakers use heuristics to process all the information coming at... View Article
