Is Eddie Hobbs still relevant?

Jimmy Garlic · 16-05-2016 08:38PM #1

Now that Renua has withered on the vine where can Eddie go from there? His reputation as an economist isn't great considering he was telling us things were grand right up until 2008 collapse, he never saw it coming. Can Eddie reinvent himself again?

john the one · 16-05-2016 08:39PM

That would be an ecumenical matter.

smash · 16-05-2016 08:41PM

He was only ever relevant if you were a bit daft and easily led.

The One Doctor · 16-05-2016 08:41PM

He tried to reinvent himself with Renua, and look what happened there. He's always wrong.

One feature in his favour is that he looks exactly like The Count from Sesame Street.

Chain Smoker · 16-05-2016 08:41PM

smash wrote: »

He was only ever relevant if you were a bit daft and easily led.

Nonsense, he was our Warren Buffett

tomwaterford · 16-05-2016 08:42PM

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Nonsense, he was our Warren Buffett

Minus any measurable success :pac:

kneemos · 16-05-2016 08:43PM

Economists barely know what ****ing day it is.

Ruu · 16-05-2016 08:43PM

Show me the Money!

dusty207 · 16-05-2016 08:47PM

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Nonsense, he was our Warren Buffett

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked." Warren Buffett

Capt'n Midnight · 16-05-2016 08:48PM

Renua announced he was their economist. And Eddie announced he wasn't standing.

Not that anyone expected Renua to actually go anywhere.

People have sad uncomplimentary things about Eddie over the years. And not all
of them have been true.

The big question of course. Is he selling a book or what ?

Eugene Norman · 16-05-2016 08:49PM

kneemos wrote: »

Economists barely know what ****ing day it is.

I laugh at this funny.

For Forks Sake · 16-05-2016 08:49PM

Ruu wrote: »

Show me the Money!

It was just resting in Cape Verde property.

Alf Stewart. · 16-05-2016 08:49PM

Ruu wrote: »

Show me the Money!

I'll show you me "exclusive" bloody villa, in stupid Cape bloody Verde that is slowly deteriorating because no flamin galah wants to go and stay in the bloody place.

"Next big thing" my well padded backside Hobbs, you great big drongo!:mad:

Capt'n Midnight · 16-05-2016 08:54PM

kneemos wrote: »

Economists barely know what ****ing day it is.

If you laid all the world's economists end to end they wouldn't reach a conclusion

NIMAN · 16-05-2016 08:56PM

Buy property in Bulgaria.

Ted_YNWA · 16-05-2016 08:57PM

john the one wrote: »

That would be an ecumenical matter.

More like an economical matter

Chain Smoker · 16-05-2016 08:57PM

dusty207 wrote: »

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked." Warren Buffett

"Show me the money." Eddie Hobbs

Billy86 · 16-05-2016 09:50PM

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

I'll show you me "exclusive" bloody villa, in stupid Cape bloody Verde that is slowly deteriorating because no flamin galah wants to go and stay in the bloody place.

"Next big thing" my well padded backside Hobbs, you great big drongo!:mad:

And why exactly is that, Alf?

gramar · 16-05-2016 10:10PM

NIMAN wrote: »

Buy property in Bulgaria.

On your credit card.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 16-05-2016 10:20PM

The real question is 'was he ever relevant?'

I never liked the squeaky voiced little twerp, he was like a stupid little cartoon character that never off the TV.

IMO he was never relevant and is dead wood now.

dresden8 · 16-05-2016 10:21PM

kneemos wrote: »

Economists barely know what ****ing day it is.

Economics: The science of explaining tomorrow why the predictions you made yesterday didn't come true today.

evolving_doors · 16-05-2016 10:24PM

He's helping out (advising!) Delores Euromillons to buy a shopping centre.

No seriously it's true ....euromillions-winner-dolores-mcnamara-with-advice-from-eddie-hobbs-bids-for-retail-park-729426.html

Atlantic Dawn · 16-05-2016 10:24PM

Fyp..

NIMAN wrote: »

Buy property in Bulgaria Cape Verde

THE controversial property deals on the Cape Verde islands off the coast of Senegal in Africa have unsurprisingly reached court.

One development on the island led by Thomas Sheehy of Clonakilty, Co Cork, has been the subject of heated debate. The destination came to widespread public attention after being mentioned by Eddie Hobbs on Tubridy Tonight in 2006 when he was warning about investing in Bulgarian holiday homes.

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/exotic-islands-project-not-so-sunny-26533272.html

B.A._Baracus · 16-05-2016 10:39PM

Something tells me ol' Eddie is worth a good few bob from giving all of his glorified predictions.

Who's the real ejitt

Jimmy Garlic · 16-05-2016 11:15PM

*cringe*

He reminds me a lot of those televangelist fellas that try to sell people "salvation" in the US.

mikeym · 16-05-2016 11:18PM

Ed will move to America and start a few schemes

caille · 19-05-2016 12:17AM

I need to eat something and now, I read the title as 'Are Hobb Nobbs still relevant?'

The Rape of Lucretia · 19-05-2016 07:22AM

kneemos wrote: »

Economists barely know what ****ing day it is.

To be fair to them though they usually do know what day it. Despite that information however, telling what day it will be tomorrow, is where they come unstuck.

Econ 1, Econ 2, Econ 3, Econ 4 : "Yes, we all agree today is Wednesday"
Econ 1 : "Its clear from our data, it will therefore be Sunday tomorrow"
Econ 2 : "Thats nonsense. We are still analysing the information, but it seems to us that while today is Wednesday, yesterday was probably Friday, and so tomorrow will be Tuesday"
Econ 3 : "That is based on a discredited theory though. The advanced algorithms we use, and based on more accurate calenders, we can say with 95% confidence that tomorrow will be either Monday or Saturday."
Econ 4 : "Predicting what day tomorrow will be is impossible. Sometime next week we may be able to tell you what day it was. Either way, you will be worse off, and the outlook for future days will be grim".