Archive for the ‘Money Times’ Category
Determined first time buyers get Budget boost
There was, unfortunately, very little good news in last week’s Budget.
Festive joy is in giving and not the spending
The average spend this year is expected to be about €630.
Is time running out for the euro and eurozone?
“I just wish they’d make up their minds,” a friend said last week. “Either save the bleedin’ Euro or let it fail. Just get on with it.”
New global dominator fund aims for risk aware investors
Brave investors are rare enough these days.
Market uncertainty inspires some interesting new funds
Global stock markets have never been so volatile, with huge swings of 100 or 200 points on some days.
Consumer protection is better late than never
In the same week that the occupiers of Priory Hall discovered that building standards had been completely flouted, the Central Bank announced a revised Consumer Protection Codes.
Government hatches mortgage arrears plan – just about
A mortgage-to-rent pilot scheme is expected to get underway very shortly, but anyone thinking that this might be the solution to all their home loan debt problems should probably think again.
Opportunities beckon in falling stock market?
Whenever I mention the expression ‘world dominator shares’ (WDS) in a column it generates some extra e-mails and letters from readers who already directly own shares, or would like to buy some, but are unsure what to buy.
Prompt action required to protect your wealth
I recently received a long letter from a reader who had inherited a portfolio of shares from her husband who died a couple of years ago. I later spoke to her.
Why to act promptly once redundancy shock passes
Most of the 575 workers at the TalkTalk call centre in Waterford who were notified that their jobs will disappear in a brutally short 30 days are more than likely in debt.