by Tony Byrne | Nov 6, 2019 | Tony Byrne's View
My fiancée Cholpon sold her car, a BMW 520 Diesel M Sport, for £6,800 a few weeks ago. She was wondering what to do with the proceeds when I suggested investing the money into two Junior ISAs for her young children to fund their future University education. Of course...
by Tony Byrne | Oct 30, 2019 | Tony Byrne's View
The global stock of negative-yielding debt is now in excess of $17 trillion as rising market volatility lends extra force to this year’s unprecedented bond rally. Thirty percent of all investment-grade securities now bear sub-zero yields, meaning that investors who...
by Tony Byrne | Oct 23, 2019 | Tony Byrne's View
Ever been puzzled by the term quantitative easing or QE for short? Well you are not the only one. It is of course a euphemism for the printing of money or to be more exact, digitally creating money. Quantitative easing is an unconventional monetary policy in which a...
by Tony Byrne | Oct 16, 2019 | Tony Byrne's View
In 1966 Robert F. Kennedy delivered a speech that included an instance, “There is a Chinese curse which says “May he live in interesting times.” Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty; but they are also the most creative...
by Tony Byrne | Oct 9, 2019 | Tony Byrne's View
Dan Sullivan is a highly renowned Canadian coach, most of whose clients are financial advisers from primarily English speaking countries. Dan has been coaching for decades. He wrote a short book called “The Good That Financial Advisers Do”. I have unashamedly listed...
by Tony Byrne | Oct 1, 2019 | Tony Byrne's View
Bonds mean different things to different people. The reason for this is because there is a myriad of investments known as bonds. For example there are Building Society bonds, bank bonds, government bonds, corporate bonds and investment bonds to name but a few. What I...
