Ireland

31st May 2018 Bill Bonner

Should We Buy This Irish Manor?

YOUGHAL, IRELAND – What a beautiful time… to be in Ireland! In the evening, the sun lingers in the sky, lighting up the millions of snowflake-like willow fluff. Like cattails, they waft around on the breeze, so light that they…

16th May 2018 Bill Bonner

Tied to a Park Bench, Covered in Motor Oil

YOUGHAL, IRELAND – On Monday, a small landmark was passed. A tweet yesterday morning: For the first time since the financial crisis, the 3-month Treasury yield has surpassed the yield on the S&P 500. Small investors look for big, risky…

5th March 2018 Nickolai Hubble

Time to buy a house in Ireland

My resignation from Capital & Conflict is pending. It hinges on the Brexit negotiations. And the suitability of property for sale in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Perhaps you can help. I’m looking for a pair of properties – one either…

21st February 2018 Bill Bonner

Do You Know Your Irish History?

PORTLAW, IRELAND – We spent the weekend exploring our new property, meeting neighbors, and getting to know the country. We had seen our new house. But not the land. So we put on a pair of “wellies” and went to…

19th February 2018 Bill Bonner

Vignettes From Ireland

PORTLAW, IRELAND – Vignettes from Ireland: ** We walked into the tourist office in Youghal (pronounced “Yall”) in County Cork. Two young men were there. Curly hair. Cute. Something odd about them. Too carefully groomed and well dressed for the…

2nd February 2018 Bill Bonner

An Update on Our Irish House Hunt

CORK, IRELAND – “Is the bull market in stocks finally over?” asks a Bloomberg headline. We don’t know the answer. No one knows the future. Still, people buy umbrellas even when it isn’t raining. If we were you… looking at…

30th January 2018 Bill Bonner

Would You Buy This Poisoned Land?

WATERFORD, IRELAND – We are making Ireland the hub of our global publishing business. So we need a place to live here. The last couple of days have been spent prospecting. “We want something with character… a challenge… something we…

13th December 2017 Nickolai Hubble

Murphy’s EU law

One of the longer running themes of newsletter writing is to stand up for the downtrodden. The meek and weak. The people who newspapers and politicians don’t take sides with. It’s gotten us into plenty of trouble in the past….

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