What’s in store for investors in 2017?Strategists are quite bullish, favouring US over Europe, but should investors care?Tue Jan 03 2017 - 07:00
S&P 500 eyes ninth year of gainsStocktake: Investor optimism, emerging markets, political fears and a quiet holiday periodTue Jan 03 2017 - 06:30
From market meltdown to melt-up: lessons from 2016How unrealised fear of a global recession has given way to renewed hope for 2017Tue Dec 20 2016 - 06:33
Bullish sentiment risks becoming a headwindStocktake: Trump’s election victory has decisively altered market expectations in USTue Dec 20 2016 - 06:30
Where are the female fund managers?Just one in nine fund managers in Ireland is a woman, and the problem is getting worse worldwideTue Dec 13 2016 - 05:55
Chief executives do not merit superstar salariesStocktake: Italian crisis not a crisis, bullishness at 17-month highs and ‘exuberance’ on wayMon Dec 12 2016 - 07:10
Will the ‘Trump bump’ be followed by a market melt-up?Much is made of the recent spike in bond yields, but bonds had bottomed last JulyTue Dec 06 2016 - 05:00
After Donald Trump bump, are stocks due a breather?Stocktake: Round-number milestones historically associated with under-performanceMon Dec 05 2016 - 07:10
Markets are buoyant, but this is not 1999Stocks may have enjoyed a nice rally but there is no cause yet for euphoriaTue Nov 29 2016 - 07:00
Investors should ignore Gundlach’s guessing gameAsked about the possibility of Brexit in April, the ‘bond king’ said it would not happenTue Nov 29 2016 - 05:22
Trump victory offers lessons for stunned investorsStocktake: Market response to US election result confounds bearish forecastersTue Nov 22 2016 - 06:00
Trump seen as ‘unambiguously positive’ for US growthBillionaire investor Wilbur Ross tipped to become new US commerce secretaryTue Nov 22 2016 - 05:01
Stocktake: Markets put their faith in TrumpConsternation regarding Trump’s victory is understandable, but one point bears repeating: don’t let your politics colour your investment outlookTue Nov 15 2016 - 07:14
Retirement planning: are you prone to short-termism?Novel ways of engaging pension-fund investors are being devised, ranging from a short quiz to face-ageing appsTue Nov 15 2016 - 07:13
Stocktake: Should investors sell if Trump wins?Markets are waking up to the risks, falling eight days in a row following the narrowing of Hillary Clinton’s leadTue Nov 08 2016 - 07:10
Full of bull: Donald Trump and the stock marketsA cool look beyond the bluster at the Republican candidate’s financial prowessTue Nov 08 2016 - 06:30
US presidential election: how will stocks react?Will a Donald Trump victory really have the disastrous effects predicted by some?Tue Nov 01 2016 - 07:00
Goldman Sachs: Sterling isn’t even cheap yetNo one really knows for sure where sterling ought to be or where it’s going to goFri Oct 28 2016 - 15:22
Increasingly wary investors are stockpiling cashStocktake: El-Erian’s timing out; financial illiteracy; investors lose faith in TrumpTue Oct 25 2016 - 07:20
Is gut feeling really the secret key to trading success?Recent study suggests that traders attuned to physiological signals make more moneyTue Oct 25 2016 - 06:00
Sterling sell-off gathers momentumStocktake: Mixed signs on earnings, betting against fear and greed, and the value of a good nameTue Oct 18 2016 - 06:42
Investors may need to get used to flash crashesThose who nip in and out of markets would be wise to not view the recent sterling chaos as an isolated incidentTue Oct 18 2016 - 06:00
Proinsias O’Mahony: Bubble phobia will cost investorsMost booms don’t result in busts: a recent Yale study found only one in 10 goes badTue Sept 27 2016 - 05:19
Shameless Donald Trump takes on the FedStocktake: Rodrigo Duterte not helping markets while active fund managers have bad yearMon Sept 26 2016 - 06:10
Index changes may drive interest in ReitsWith real estate added as a new global index sector, Reits will see more growthSat Sept 24 2016 - 05:00
Market metaphors can lead investors astrayExcitable coverage of financial market movements not a recent developmentTue Sept 20 2016 - 06:30
Stocktake: Cautious US Fed to hold off on interest rate hikeRate increase would shock markets despite high-profile calls for riseMon Sept 19 2016 - 07:10
Stock markets shrug off 9/11 anniversary terrorism threatMarkets show resilience as terrorist attacks are increasingly priced into stocksTue Sept 13 2016 - 07:00
Markets resist temptation of Apple iPhone 7 hypeStocktake: Apple shares look fragile, stuck in a downtrend since April 2015Tue Sept 13 2016 - 07:00
Passive investing: worse than Marxism?Investors are debating the Sanford Bernstein report which warns that the growth of index funds may distort markets, but such concerns are not newTue Sept 06 2016 - 05:02
StockTake: Apple shareholders shouldn’t shrug off Irish tax messAlso: Europe’s indices hit bottom; is September the cruellest month? dullish marketsMon Sept 05 2016 - 14:54
Stocktake: Sleepy markets vulnerable to volatility spikeOverconfidence in CEOs not always bad and it’s too early to know if pound has bottomedTue Aug 30 2016 - 06:35
Should active funds embrace high-conviction investing?Research suggests investors can profit by buying funds that go against the grainTue Aug 30 2016 - 06:00
Soaring stocks: is this 1999 redux?The S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq recently hit all-time highs on the same day, but can the rally last?Tue Aug 23 2016 - 06:42
Stocktake: CRH investors gain at expense of index fundsFund managers still cautious, changes at Apple, and was Bill Miller just lucky?Tue Aug 23 2016 - 06:00
StockTake: Sterling’s slide looks set to continueAlso Marc ‘Dr Doom’ Faber predicts doom again this year; the Zika virus and investorsTue Aug 16 2016 - 06:15
Picking and sticking with superstar investorsIt’s very difficult to beat the stock market as even top fund managers have shownTue Aug 16 2016 - 05:02
Stocktake: Trump cites Syrian immigrants as market threatUS presidential candidate warns investors ‘very scary scenarios’ lie aheadTue Aug 09 2016 - 07:15
Market numerology feeds investor illusionsMany investors are influenced by the psychology of stock price levelsTue Aug 09 2016 - 07:00
Stocktake: Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo pay deal is senselessChief executive’s package has been met with incredulity, given her failure to turn around the companyTue Aug 02 2016 - 07:15
Stocks that go up need not come downLessons of history undermine bearish arguments about high-flying stocksTue Aug 02 2016 - 05:30
Proinsias O’Mahony: Brexit – six lessons for investorsThe stock market moves in strange and counterintuitive ways. Predicting these to turn a profit is far from easyTue Jul 26 2016 - 06:38
An end to the US earnings recession?As US indices hit their first all-time high in more than a year, investors hope a rebound in corporate profits is, finally, in sightTue Jul 19 2016 - 07:05
Financial predictions lose their edge after Brexit and TrumpHowever, market prices still ‘trounce’ polls and pundits in forecasting eventsTue Jul 12 2016 - 07:30
Stocktake: Just how low can sterling go?Andrea Leadsom downplays Brexit fallout, correlations spike, insiders buy sharesTue Jul 12 2016 - 07:00
Brexit: how nervous should investors be?Selling up after a major market shock is seldom a good ideaTue Jul 05 2016 - 07:30
Your Money: Don’t mix politics and investingPeople’s political views shape their investment outlook, but personal bias can prove costlyTue Jun 28 2016 - 07:30
