Fergal O’Connor
@a-fergal.bsky.social
Financial Economics UCC, Economics of Precious metals and Beer, Munster Rugby and Kerry Football
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Fergal O’Connor
@a-fergal.bsky.social
· Feb 20
The efficiency of the London Gold Fixing: from gold standard to hoarded commodity (1919–1968) | Financial History Review | Cambridge Core
The efficiency of the London Gold Fixing: from gold standard to hoarded commodity (1919–1968)
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Just Published: The Efficiency of the London Gold Fixing:
from #gold standard to hoarded commodity (1919-1968). Paper shows the daily price of gold in London for the first time and discusses the 4 phases of this market: 2 Free markets and 2 Gold Standard periods. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
from #gold standard to hoarded commodity (1919-1968). Paper shows the daily price of gold in London for the first time and discusses the 4 phases of this market: 2 Free markets and 2 Gold Standard periods. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
May 1939 - more frequent references to defence spending in the Financial News newspaper. Here the growth in the importance of defence expenditure for the economy.
January 21, 2026 at 11:57 AM
May 1939 - more frequent references to defence spending in the Financial News newspaper. Here the growth in the importance of defence expenditure for the economy.
#silver market is roaring ATM but in August 1937 Twas not so … “Lifeless” said the Financial News. Boom will eventually turn into bust again, only question is when.
January 20, 2026 at 2:32 PM
#silver market is roaring ATM but in August 1937 Twas not so … “Lifeless” said the Financial News. Boom will eventually turn into bust again, only question is when.
@goldcouncil.bsky.social Was the #gold market liquid in the 1930s? I've collected a small sample from each year when prices in the London Gold Market were free to vary from 1931-39. Based ona fw days from each year at this point, we can see that though it was more illiquid in 1931 by 1933 1/n
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
@goldcouncil.bsky.social Was the #gold market liquid in the 1930s? I've collected a small sample from each year when prices in the London Gold Market were free to vary from 1931-39. Based ona fw days from each year at this point, we can see that though it was more illiquid in 1931 by 1933 1/n
More and more breweries that only deal in non-alcoholic beer showing up such as Fierce Mild in Ireland and Lucky Saint in England @alcoholireland.ie www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...
Ex-Munster star Peter O'Mahony launching new zero alcohol beer brand
The rugby legend is launching the new drinks in association with Blarney Brewing
www.irishexaminer.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
More and more breweries that only deal in non-alcoholic beer showing up such as Fierce Mild in Ireland and Lucky Saint in England @alcoholireland.ie www.irishexaminer.com/business/com...
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January 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Lovely to chat with Alex Demas about gold and silver's record year, "What’s Behind Gold’s Rally?" thedispatch.com/newsletter/m... @ucc.ie
What’s Behind Gold’s Rally?
Gold and silver have posted their best yearly gains since the late 1970s.
thedispatch.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Lovely to chat with Alex Demas about gold and silver's record year, "What’s Behind Gold’s Rally?" thedispatch.com/newsletter/m... @ucc.ie
The Financial News has this as a type of uncertainty barometer on its front page in the top left through the 1920s. Love that one of the market conditions was "Dull."
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Financial News has this as a type of uncertainty barometer on its front page in the top left through the 1920s. Love that one of the market conditions was "Dull."
From the Financial News in 1925, an announcement of a St. Patrick’s day special dinner in Restaurant Belgravia in London.
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
From the Financial News in 1925, an announcement of a St. Patrick’s day special dinner in Restaurant Belgravia in London.
Lots to talk about in the #Gold market ATM with record prices, steep sell-offs and prices holding above $4,000 so far. Some thoughts from me here in relation to this and the dissimilarities between Gold and Bitcoin. @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Is gold or bitcoin the better investment?
Gold and Bitcoin are fundamentally different in what gives them value, how that value goes up over time, and how resilient it is
www.rte.ie
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Lots to talk about in the #Gold market ATM with record prices, steep sell-offs and prices holding above $4,000 so far. Some thoughts from me here in relation to this and the dissimilarities between Gold and Bitcoin. @ucc.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The impossible has happened.
BESSENT ON SURGE IN GOLD PRICE: MORE BUYERS THAN SELLERS
October 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The impossible has happened.
Reposted by Fergal O’Connor
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
@eoinaldo.bsky.social kicks of the Irish Macrohist workshop 2025 in @ucc.ie “Explaining the retreat of the Irish Language Fronteir”, paper with @cliochris.bsky.social and Alan Fernihough
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@eoinaldo.bsky.social kicks of the Irish Macrohist workshop 2025 in @ucc.ie “Explaining the retreat of the Irish Language Fronteir”, paper with @cliochris.bsky.social and Alan Fernihough
Reposted by Fergal O’Connor
Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury!
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury!
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
There’s nothing new under the sun, just a repeat of the dot comm #bubble and the south sea bubble and many many more. Dot com was “don’t value by earnings value by clicks to the website” etc.
This is hilarious. These people have never run a real business. It is 100% a scam operated by skiled, dedicated grifters.
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
September 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There’s nothing new under the sun, just a repeat of the dot comm #bubble and the south sea bubble and many many more. Dot com was “don’t value by earnings value by clicks to the website” etc.
Reposted by Fergal O’Connor
Just tried this - ranks people you don't follow but are followed by people you do bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Bluesky Network Analyzer
Find accounts that you don't follow (yet) but are followed by lots of accounts that you do follow.
bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
September 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Just tried this - ranks people you don't follow but are followed by people you do bsky-follow-finder.theo.io
Two articles in the @financialtimes.com in one day about #gold is not a positive indicator for financial markets or the economy going forward.
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Two articles in the @financialtimes.com in one day about #gold is not a positive indicator for financial markets or the economy going forward.
The tie up we didn’t want, but do deserve.
August 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The tie up we didn’t want, but do deserve.
Reposted by Fergal O’Connor
BREAKING: New BLS Leader EJ Antoni Proposes To Pause Monthly Jobs Data Reports 📝🇺🇸
August 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
BREAKING: New BLS Leader EJ Antoni Proposes To Pause Monthly Jobs Data Reports 📝🇺🇸
Deleting apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way (Being fostered by a 3,000 year old half-elf m, so I can get him to agree that if I can unite the two ancient kingdoms of the men of the West, I can marry his 1,000 year old daughter who is kind of my great(x150) aunt)
Deleting the apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way (seduced by an immortal count after he saw a photograph of an employee’s fiancée)
Deleting the apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way (marrying an annoying clergyman because the alternative is financial instability)
July 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Deleting apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way (Being fostered by a 3,000 year old half-elf m, so I can get him to agree that if I can unite the two ancient kingdoms of the men of the West, I can marry his 1,000 year old daughter who is kind of my great(x150) aunt)
Great fun presenting on whether non-alcoholic beer is a substitute for beer with Dr. Nadine Waehning at the Academy of Marketing conference in @ucc.ie today.
July 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Great fun presenting on whether non-alcoholic beer is a substitute for beer with Dr. Nadine Waehning at the Academy of Marketing conference in @ucc.ie today.
Very important any work here done by @seanekh.bsky.social in @ucc.ie under his @researchireland.ie pathways project, with @rebstuart.bsky.social, on developing Long Run high quality data on the Irish economy. I’m always amazed that data like this didn’t already exist, great to have it now!
A new working paper constructing Quarterly GDP for Ireland since 1950 (from @rebstuart.bsky.social and I). The 1950s and 1980s look even worse at this level, and the 90s takeoff shows up as a distinctive break after a rocky start.
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July 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Very important any work here done by @seanekh.bsky.social in @ucc.ie under his @researchireland.ie pathways project, with @rebstuart.bsky.social, on developing Long Run high quality data on the Irish economy. I’m always amazed that data like this didn’t already exist, great to have it now!