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
Stocktake: Is the market rally too narrow? Maybe notBiggest gains have been made by tech giants, but vast majority of stocks are doing wellTue Jan 18 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors shouldn’t be afraid of 52-week highsResearch shows stocks are likely to keep on rising at this point when many take profitsTue Jan 18 2022 - 00:00
Stocktake: High-priced stocks may have some way to fallFirms such as Robinhood, Beyond Meat and Zillow have lost over 70% of valueTue Jan 18 2022 - 00:00
2021: one of the best years in the history of the marketAnalyst says last year bore most resemblance to 1995, another year of extraordinary gainsTue Jan 11 2022 - 05:43
Stocktake: Strategists concerned by Trump threatWarning that midterm elections represent ‘historic tipping point’ all too plausibleTue Jan 11 2022 - 05:42
Investors rotate out of high-priced stocks as tech endures a rough weekGrowing chorus of experts argue that value stocks will lead markets in coming yearsTue Jan 11 2022 - 05:37
Stocktake: Hawkish Fed spooks investorsMarkets will continue to obsess over Fed policy in coming monthsTue Jan 11 2022 - 05:33
Stocktake: Vanguard: a lean decade ahead for stocksUS markets ‘have not been this overvalued since the dotcom bubble’Tue Dec 21 2021 - 05:30
Stocktake: Don’t expect average stock returns in 2022There have been as many yearly returns above 40% as returns in the 8%-12% rangeTue Dec 21 2021 - 05:10
Stocktake: No hint of irrational exuberance in fund managersAmid fears the Fed may be about to get hawkish, there has been a dash to cashTue Dec 21 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Are stocks at heightened risk in 2022?History suggests odds stocks will rise in 202 are no different from any other yearTue Dec 21 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: ‘Virtuous’ billionaire surrenders stolen artMichael Steinhardt surrendered 180 stolen antiquities worth estimated $70mTue Dec 14 2021 - 05:30
Stocktake: Apple nears $3 trillion level as Big Tech dominatesApple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Facebook account for quarter of indexTue Dec 14 2021 - 05:10
Stocktake: analysts expecting little market growth next yearAfter spectacular growth in 2021, many experts are braced for a significant fallTue Dec 14 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Why do investors still buy active funds?Only 13% of active US funds outperform, resulting in huge losses to investorsTue Dec 14 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Active funds underperform – againBuying in the hope of choosing an outperformer really is a low-probability betTue Dec 07 2021 - 05:30
Stocktake: Bulls hoping for some seasonal strengthStocks have hit new all-time highs in every month so far this yearTue Dec 07 2021 - 05:10
Stocktake: Are analysts too relaxed about Omicron variant?Investors will be offside if Omicron does prove to be a game-changerTue Dec 07 2021 - 05:00