Stocktake: Investors will demand a good earnings seasonAnalysts lowball estimates so companies can beat them by 5-6 per centTue Apr 19 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Many stocks shrugging off market weaknessGlobal value stocks still look cheap, auguring well for long-term returnsTue Apr 19 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Have tech stocks bottomed?Despite setbacks in recent days, there are grounds to be optimistic about the sectorTue Apr 12 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Risk of Le Pen victory spooks the marketsInvestors are fearful but the most likely outcome remains another win for MacronTue Apr 12 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Don't fear the yield curveInversion may be economically significant but it doesn’t mean stocks are going southTue Apr 12 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors grapple with rate hikesWith the Fed on high alert over inflation, there’s good reason for investors to be nervyTue Apr 12 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: ESG investing a ‘feel-good scam’, says finance professorESG measurement services like Sustainalytics missed the ‘Russia effect’Tue Apr 05 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Optimism pays better than pessimism for market playersIt generally pays investors to suspend their doubts at times like thisTue Apr 05 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Yield curve inversion doesn’t spell doom for stocks . . .yetThe bigger point may be that an inversion is not a near-term timing indicatorTue Apr 05 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Europe enjoys a spectacular earnings seasonEarnings growth of 68% is driven by soaring energy revenues but is strong in most sectorsTue Apr 05 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Third year of bull market may be trickyUS bull market has doubled since bottoming in March 2020. Expect a lot less growth nowTue Mar 29 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bond investors watching for key recession indicatorIt’s not ‘code red’ yet but the odds of a US recession are 20 to 35%, analysts sayTue Mar 29 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Companies profiting in Russia get top ESG scoresAcademic study raises major questions about the validity of scoring systemTue Mar 29 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Is this really a sucker’s rally?Uncertainty is unpleasant, so ignore the noise and stick to your long-term planMon Mar 28 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Rate hikes may hurt US economyRates must rise, but chasing inflation is a tricky and potentially painful businessTue Mar 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: European stocks are cheap againFor now, Barclays reckons a European recession remains unlikelyTue Mar 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Has Wall Street’s fear index peaked?Last week the Vix fell below 30 for the first time in 11 trading daysTue Mar 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Fund managers bearish but not capitulatingCash holdings have spiked to recessionary levels but investors still haven’t fled marketTue Mar 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Companies draw ire for stance on RussiaCompanies’ ethical standards face unsparing criticismsTue Mar 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors grapple with stagflation and nuclear riskEnergy prices nose-dived later in the week but uncertainty remains elevatedTue Mar 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bear market rallies no cause for cheerFierce but fleeting rallies are a feature of bear marketsTue Mar 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Stocks may have further to fallMarkets have endured a difficult 2022, but there are no indicators of a market bottomTue Mar 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: The ethical case for arms stocksUkraine’s defensive needs show weapons can legitimately be part of ESG investmentTue Mar 08 2022 - 05:00
Stocktake: Home bias costs investors dearly (just ask a Russian)Global diversification is the surest way to avoid a dangerously high level of riskTue Mar 08 2022 - 04:30
Stocktake: Russian invasion raises big questions for ESG investorsOld claim that companies can ‘avoid the politics’ won’t wash any moreTue Mar 08 2022 - 04:00
Stocktake: Stock markets can be counterintuitiveEurope’s Stoxx 600 was ultimately flat in the week following Russia’s invasion of UkraineTue Mar 08 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Stocks are in a ‘stealth bear market’Markets are falling fast with tech stocks hit hardest, so is a global crash now looming?Tue Mar 01 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Russian stocks cheap for a reasonGiant levels of risk explain why Russian market has been so low for so longTue Mar 01 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors underestimated threat posed by PutinMarket is panicking now as it had not been pricing in the risk of a major military conflictTue Mar 01 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Terrified investors should sit tightFollow the advice of index fund guru John Bogle: Don’t do something, just stand thereTue Mar 01 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors turn their back on tech stocksBank of America’s monthly fund manager survey shows allocations to technology stocks have plunged over the last monthTue Feb 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Markets more worried by ‘war on inflation’ than UkraineHistory shows stocks usually take geopolitical events in their strideTue Feb 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Fund managers may not be bearish enoughDash to cash now at level associated with above-average short-term returnsTue Feb 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Retailers can buy loyalty with stockCustomers’ weekly spending rises 40% when company stock is rewarded, study findsTue Feb 22 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Are Meta shares cheap?Shares in Facebook’s parent company have fallen 43% since 2021’s peakTue Feb 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Wild swings in tech stocks spook investorsOne way to diversify and lessen risk is buying an equal-weighted S&P indexTue Feb 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Volatile earnings driving wild market swingsInvestors ‘simply not willing to reward’ companies posting strong resultsTue Feb 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Tech stock recovery looks ‘unhealthy’Tech stock surge unlikely, according to SentimenTrader’s Jason GoepfertTue Feb 15 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bear market checklist is not flashing redCiti analysis recommends buying the dip but finds US a riskier place to invest than EuropeTue Feb 08 2022 - 06:00
Stocktake: Is this a routine correction or the start of a bear market?Analysts say recession odds are low, and bear market outside of a recession is rareTue Feb 08 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Have stock markets bottomed?History suggests this dip might be a good time to buy – but expect a volatile year aheadTue Feb 08 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: This is a correction, not a crashInvestors were lulled into complacency by 2021 but double-digit falls are normalTue Feb 01 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: More market volatility aheadRisk is being repriced as central bankers move toward a new regime of higher ratesTue Feb 01 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: ‘Merciless’ markets hammer Netflix and other growth stocksPrices had lost all touch with reality, but some, such as Zoom, may have over-correctedTue Feb 01 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Loading up on value stocksIrish banks among those tipped to benefit along with energy stocksMon Jan 31 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Just how expensive are US stocks?Take low interest rates into account and the valuations start to look more reasonableTue Jan 25 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Fund managers still bullish on stocksInvestors are more overweight stocks than bonds than any time since February 2011Tue Jan 25 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Surging bond yields spook investorsBumpy ride lies ahead as speed of market U-turn is notableTue Jan 25 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Technology stocks take a beatingAllocations to technology stocks have fallen to lowest levels in 13 yearsMon Jan 24 2022 - 00:00
Investors have reason to expect another strong earnings seasonEarnings growth could be as high as 30% but there are signs of a more normal year aheadTue Jan 18 2022 - 05:00
