Beware of IPOs and it can pay to be greedy: Investor lessons from 2019This year was an excellent one for stock markets despite much fretting last ChristmasTue Dec 17 2019 - 05:00
Time for a Santa Claus rally?This historical anomaly has persisted over the last five decadesMon Dec 16 2019 - 15:00
Why are drivers like investors? They overreact to bad newsIf you want to swerve in and nab investment opportunities, watch how car drivers behaveTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:40
Stocktake – FT poll: will the bull market boost Trump?US president playing risky game by using bull market as presidential rating toolTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:40
Have we just witnessed a ‘blow-off top’ for stock markets?Stocktake: Fall in early December may have signified end of unsustainable euphoriaTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:30
Most Democrats don’t know stocks are soaringStocktake: Investors’ political leanings are distorting people’s view of the US marketTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:00
Are you sure you’re investing ethically?Lack of common approach makes it difficult for investors looking for ESG fundsTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Nothing bullish about Elon Musk’s tweetsIs buying at all-time highs a good idea, and has the Santa Claus rally come early?Tue Dec 03 2019 - 05:40
Aramco – IPO of the century or a risk too far?Saudi royal family’s ownership of oil firm could become problematic for investorsTue Dec 03 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Stocks pause for breath after big rallyEpic fall for world’s best-performing stock, and why humble CEOs are a smart betTue Nov 26 2019 - 05:40
‘If you do a big acquisition, the odds are loaded up against you’The high failure rate in mergers and acquisitions has been known for 40 yearsTue Nov 26 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Fear of missing out grips bullish fund managers‘Easy part’ of rally is over, but stocks still retain potential to maintain rising profileTue Nov 19 2019 - 05:40
Should investors be fearful of Elizabeth Warren?Wall Street is increasingly preparing for the prospect of a Warren presidencyTue Nov 19 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: US has more to gain from trade war truceImpact of tariffs has fallen largely on the USTue Nov 12 2019 - 05:40
Home bias – bad for investors and bad for markets?Even Warren Buffett is guilty of home bias – he’s written it into his willTue Nov 12 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: European stocks on verge of major breakoutGlobal bull market may be under way, and why more rate cuts might not be good for TrumpTue Nov 05 2019 - 05:40
Stock market gains could help Trump secure re-electionNew paper shows link between stock market success and presidential electionsTue Nov 05 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Don’t login to your portfolio too oftenWhy things are looking up for global stock markets; and SoftBank backs WeWorkTue Oct 29 2019 - 05:40
Investors cool on overheated private equity marketsOverblown valuations mean that a ‘great public market reckoning’ may be under wayTue Oct 29 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Brexit continues to make fund managers wary of UK stocksBut is yet another decade of underperformance for UK stocks really that likely?Tue Oct 22 2019 - 05:40
Should investors be worried by controlled companies?Mike Ashley, who owns 62% of Sports Direct, pays little heed to shareholder rebellionsTue Oct 22 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: WeWork not alone in its IPO woes‘Elizabeth Warren correction’ hits markets, and earnings season likely to be uninspiringTue Oct 15 2019 - 05:40
Investors undone by elementary mistakes in doing the mathsBasic errors, encouraged by sensational media headlines, continue to distort market pricesTue Oct 15 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Free stock trading is becoming the new normal‘Recession risk is real’, says Deutsche Bank’s Torsten SlokTue Oct 08 2019 - 05:40
Why extrovert CEOs may be bad for businessExtroverts can be more prone to overconfidence and cause poorer financial performanceTue Oct 08 2019 - 05:00
Do stock buybacks constitute a ‘licence to loot’?Practice has returned $5tn to shareholders since 2009 but opinion split on its meritsTue Oct 01 2019 - 05:00
Is there a bubble in passive investing?Opinion is divided over whether indexing poses a huge threat or adds to stabilityTue Sept 24 2019 - 05:00
Are value stocks about to come back from the dead?Stocktake: ‘Dinosaur’ Mike Ashley; Fed ‘boneheads’; Hurricane Dorian hits investorsTue Sept 17 2019 - 13:07
When Trump tweets, the whole financial world catches a coldStock markets are increasingly concerned about the US president’s online outburstsTue Sept 17 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Bulls hoping to sustain stock market breakoutUgly sentiment suggests stocks have bottomedTue Sept 10 2019 - 05:40
Is shareholder capitalism dying?Hundreds of US’s biggest public companies have shed their shareholder-first ideologyTue Sept 10 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: More volatility lies ahead for investorsCorporate insiders are busy sellingTue Sept 03 2019 - 05:40
Should markets panic over the inverted yield curve?Yield curve inversions’ reputation as a recession indicator is well deservedTue Sept 03 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Warnings on WeWork’s eye-watering valuationMore US recession indicators flashing redTue Aug 27 2019 - 05:57
Could poker make you a better investor?Like poker players, investors should learn to think in terms of probabilitiesTue Aug 27 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Investors take fright as recession risk risesUBS says don’t buy-the-dipTue Aug 20 2019 - 05:40
Tech stocks: bubble, bubble, toil and trouble?History suggests no market fashion or trend persists indefinitelyTue Aug 20 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: No end in sight to US-China trade warA Trump trade deal ahead of 2020 presidential election now unlikely, says Goldman SachsTue Aug 13 2019 - 05:40
Dodgy memories lead to dodgy investmentsForgetting bad investments can stop us learning from costly mistakesTue Aug 13 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Johnson playing a dangerous game with sterlingBeyond Meat insiders cash inTue Aug 06 2019 - 05:40
Most stocks are flops: just 1% of stocks account for all market gainsPicking the handful of stocks that deliver the bulk of investor returns is seeking a needle in a haystackTue Aug 06 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Projected US corporate profits rebound may be less healthy than hopedCompanies might be beating estimates but they are not increasing guidanceTue Jul 30 2019 - 05:48
Recession warnings are growing louderSurvey suggests 45 per cent chance of global recession in next 12 monthsTue Jul 30 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Buy gold says founder of world’s biggest hedge fundInvestors can only hope Trump fails in his latest attempt to bend the Fed to his willTue Jul 23 2019 - 05:45
A fund manager’s childhood can tell a lot about their attitude to riskOur present investing behaviour is very much shaped by our pastTue Jul 23 2019 - 05:00
Stock take: Breaking the rules and living on hopeSome market jitters ahead would not be surprisingTue Jul 16 2019 - 05:45
Picking winners: is diversification blunting investment returns?Concentrated portfolios are in theory more likely to outperform the marketTue Jul 16 2019 - 05:00
World’s biggest companies are doing all the heavy lifting when it comes to marketsStocktake: Mega-cap stocks are driving global market gainsTue Jul 09 2019 - 10:58
The advantages of being an ordinary investorOrdinary investors are free to avoid the short-termism that plagues professionalsTue Jul 09 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Global earnings estimates are sliding againLike a binge-worthy drama, Netflix shows stocks move because of fear and greedTue Jul 02 2019 - 05:45
