Market forces at work

It would seem that given the right information markets will take action to correct themselves as Goldman Sachs may be learning. Yesterday a employee of Goldman Sachs left quite publicly listing a whole bunch of problems they had with the current culture and how the firm treated it’s clients and put the needs of the clients secondary to the firms own profits. Today the markets react to the new information deciding the firm is probably worth $2.15 billion less now that they know the firm isn’t looking after it’s customers. Of course it’s quite likely the value will bounce back, … Continue reading

Taxes…how much?!

What with various incidents in the news and my upcoming annual bonus (strictly performance related) I’ve been thinking about tax of late. This is normally something I avoid thinking about as the numbers normally annoy me no end, and from the few years where I had to do self assessments the paper work is even worse. With the Occupy crowd being forced to realise the difference between a right to protest and trespass, it was beholden on our glorious government to carry on with the Bank bashing. It seems that if your a bank keeping the law isn’t enough if … Continue reading

Spare a thought for Freddie

“I suspect the quietude we are currently seeing on (the Fred Goodwin) front is down to neither side of the political debate being able to claim crowing rights in the matter…” Continue reading