by John McWey | Jan 22, 2018
Check our latest Blog post in the FM Report “Sharing Experts’ insights with Investors”. Click Here Enthusiasm for crypto currencies in general and bitcoin in particular has gone truly global. Mainstream media has been buzzing with reports...
by John McWey | Nov 23, 2017
From 1 December 2017, self-employed people who have paid sufficient class S PRSI contributions will be entitled to the State Invalidity Pension. The Invalidity Pension is a weekly payment to people who are permanently incapable of work because of illness or...
by John McWey | Oct 10, 2017
Irish Budget 2018 – Main points The Minister for Finance gave an upbeat assessment of the economic situation with growth forecast at 4.3% in 2017 and 3.5% in 2018. The government forecasts unemployment to average 5.7% in 2018 vs 6.1% currently. However he...
by John McWey | Jun 28, 2017
Are equity markets too expensive? And how well diversified are you? Many stock market valuations are certainly not cheap, nor have they been for some time. One popular measure of valuation of the US S&P500 stock-market index is the CAPE ratio. This shows the...
by John McWey | Mar 7, 2017
Since the turn of the year, measures of inflation in Europe and elsewhere have turned higher. Some of this can be explained by the rise in oil prices (circa 50%) over the past 12 months, but are we starting to see a more general move higher in inflation after years of...
by John McWey | Feb 8, 2017
Whether you qualify for the the State Pension (contributory) depends on a minimum number of PRSI contributions paid during your working life, and a minimum yearly average paid/credited contributions. This entitlement is not means-tested. The yearly average determines...
