History suggests no market fashion or trend persists indefinitely

Ordinary investors are free to avoid the short-termism that plagues professionals

Recent indications show profitability is coming under pressure

Leading oil and gas companies have a lot to fear from eventual introduction of a carbon tax

Practice has yielded handsome returns in the past but failed to bear fruit in recent years

When stocks bottomed out in 2009 there was fear of meltdown of the financial system

Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good option

Interestingly, long-term investors in Ireland have not fared badly over the last decade

Many experts were given Nostradamus status in the aftermath of the financial crisis

Merrill Lynch monthly fund manager survey suggests indices haven’t yet bottomed

Ethical investors can outperform if they engage with corporate sinners

Computers increasingly dominate today’s investment world, but they can only go so far

Bears see this as temporary but bulls think profit margins have risen to a permanently higher plateau

Stocktake: with value stocks in a slump, the tortoise and hare approach may lose its appeal

Stocktake: Bitcoin ‘virus’ peaks; Barclays’ equity study; Buffet the billionaire boy

Performance does not persist, as shown by the latest scorecard from S&P Dow Jones Indices

Why is herding such a problem in financial markets?

Global stock markets have fluctuated wildly this month, with the Dublin market losing 6.2 per cent in the year to date

Stocktake: Investors are still jumping in as FOMO trumps worry of losing money

Stocktake: US stocks set for bumper earnings season as S&P 500 surge continues