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GV were bought by Kerry in 2001. Your mother should have been notified and offered Kerry shares or cash. See here. http://www.kerrygroup.com/news1_page.asp?id=26 I think the shares would become part of your mothers estate. I would start by contacting Kerry. http://www.kerrygroup.com/page.asp?pid=135

Marc, " i do this because the portfolio with the lowest volatility will have the highest terminal value." Should this have been qualified by something like, " for portfolios that have the same average return"

Another excellent piece on the cult of equity. The writer runs the biggest bond fund in the world and so may have a particular bias. Much the same discussion we had a decade ago. "et the 6.6% real return belied a commonsensical flaw much like that of a chain letter or yes – a Ponzi scheme. If...

Back in the day this was a very heated discussion as to whether equities were a special asset class that would outperform other asset classes in the long run. It's over 10 years since the last posting here but it's worth revisiting Original thread on The Cult of the Equity in light of a...

I see this as a clever way to return 20M euro to shareholders but avoiding income tax for shareholders. Additionally as the share price was higher prior to 2008 long term shareholders may have no capital gain. Similar to the way Grafton used to issue special shares to each shareholder and...

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This link is not relevant. What the OP is asking about is not a real bond as the rest of the world knows it but an Irish bond which is really a capital protected investment product. Off the top of my head you could get about the same return by putting 50% into an etf that tracks emerging markets...

I'm not a banker so I may be making so very basic errors but does deposit flight effect the capital adequacy of a bank? Certainly the loan to deposit ratio increases which is considered a sign of instability but are other capital ratios effected? A bank run is a liquidity issue which is why...

Your biggest risk working un the private sector is unemployment/underemployment so a large cash cushion makes sense given your cautious nature. Paying off your mortgage may not be a bad idea as it represents a 100% guaranteed risk free return. Divide the rest of the cash between Irish banks in...

Absolutely agree. A transaction tax(at a very low level,say 0.1%) is necessary to throw sand in the wheels of the high frequency traders etc.

"particularly if you're buying when the market has bottomed out" Since you can see into the future can you tell us where interest rates will be?

England did not make the semifinals in 1970. They were beaten by W Germany in the quarterfinals. I remember it well. England were winning 2 0 at halftime and the English commentators were sure it was in the bag. Germany scored three in the second half to win the game. They in turn were beaten by...

It depends on what they "invest" in. Germany has a trade surplus for a long time. It looks like they used their savings to make a lot of dodgy loans to Greece and the like which have now gone bad. Hardly the best use of their savings. China has a lot of "savings" tied up in US treasuries. So...

Re: What I have actually said about property, prices and borrowing From the earlier linked thread Brendan said "No one knows what will happen to property prices. There is, of course, a risk that propery may fall by 30%. In time, property will rise again." This sums up Brendan's pollyannaish...

Re: What I have actually said about property, prices and borrowing Here's a thread from Aug 2007. The poster wants advice. His wife has stopped working temporarily(two young children) and they are running a 1500 deficit. They have 10K in savings but it won't be enough to last until she returns...

It's not simply about expertise it's about judgment. While he may be an expert Brendan's judgment is poor. At a macro level he was enthralled by the Efficient Market Hypothesis. EHM holds that the current price of an asset reflects all the current knowledge about the asset in the marketplace...

worth a read. http://www.amazon.com/Whiplash-Useful-Illnesses-Andrew-Malleson/dp/0773529942

Looking at an earlier thread you listed the charges as 3% initial and a 1.5% annual fee. This is way too high! I don't like the idea of balanced/managed funds(funds that invest in stocks bonds cash property). I think it adds opacity complexity and charges to the fund. Remember part of this...

Re: Addicted to Money - Appalling McWilliams was quoting Joseph Stigliz who got an impressive CV. "When asked whether he would implement a Nama-style bailout for the banks, he responded: ‘‘No, this is the kind of highway robbery which we see happening all over the world, with guns pointing at...

I have heard that, because of the greater co2 cost of producing diesel, that the co2 produced( from oil well to tailpipe )with diesel is not less than with petrol. Any scientists support or refute this view. Totally seperately Vegetarians live longer. Anyway to claim "Remember one of the rules...