Don’t cry over tech selloff – it’s still the top performerStocktake: Tech stock fall is factor-led. Plus: Trump’s tax cuts; Weinstein’s ‘comeback’Tue Dec 12 2017 - 06:00
Speculators go bananas about bitcoinStocktake: Indications of speculative bubble in cryptocurrency’s wild rideTue Dec 05 2017 - 06:00
Can stock prices stay high in a post-quantitative easing world?After a decade of unprecedented financial experimentation caution is warrantedTue Dec 05 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Soaring tech stocks drive global rallyInvestors wary of FAANG’s hefty valuations may turn to Asian tech stocksTue Nov 28 2017 - 13:32
Japan’s stock market drought: should investors be spooked?Stocktake: Is Japan a freak case, the exception to the ‘buy and hold’ rule?Tue Nov 28 2017 - 06:00
Six stock market lessons for Donald TrumpThe US president’s knowledge of how the markets actually work could be improvedTue Nov 21 2017 - 06:30
Stocktake: Investors show signs of irrational exuberanceWhy European equities falling seven days in a row is not a cause for panicTue Nov 21 2017 - 06:00
Get your teeth into some FAANG stocks – but don’t get bittenStocktake: word is out on China Literature; stocks defy gravity; Woodford sticks with BrexitTue Nov 14 2017 - 06:00
Beating analysts’ expectations or simply cooking the books?Beware companies that consistently hit their quarterly earnings targets – they may be cleverly manipulating the figures and heading on the slippery slope to corporate fraudTue Nov 14 2017 - 06:00
Why do markets keep rising? Even Nobel winner Thaler can’t explain itStocktake: Absence of stock market volatility at a time of global uncertainty a mysteryTue Nov 07 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Are markets too dependent on technology stocks?Momentum may be about to accelerate as stocks enter seasonally strongest part of yearTue Nov 07 2017 - 06:00
Why is the US stock market so much more expensive than Europe’s?The US market looks pricey relative to Europe, but it always does. What might cause the valuation gap to narrow?Tue Oct 31 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Rising prices boosting stock market sentimentBitcoin surpassed $6,000 last week so it’s a good time to ask, is it overpriced?Tue Oct 31 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Is today’s stock market ‘eerily similar’ to Black Monday’s?Barrons warn markets ‘could be at risk of another computer-driven meltdown’Tue Oct 24 2017 - 06:55
Predictably irrational: investor lessons from Nobel winner Richard ThalerWe can all learn from the man who so closely observes the quirks that govern our financial decision-makingTue Oct 24 2017 - 06:00
Trump’s market ignorance nears record highsUS president claims stock market gains cut national debt – but they have no bearing on itTue Oct 17 2017 - 06:00
Black Friday anniversary: ‘People thought the world was going end’30 years on from the infamous stock market fall, its memory still fascinatesTue Oct 17 2017 - 06:00
Friday the 13th and lunar lunacy: superstition and the stock marketSuperstitious beliefs have been found to have a real impact on global stock marketsTue Oct 10 2017 - 06:00
Should investors – and Trump – fear next Fed chief?Stocktake: Proinsias O’MahonyTue Oct 10 2017 - 06:00
Is Ryanair a biblically responsible company?Stocktake: sky gambling is a ‘blessing’, gains ahead, September boredom and Apple profitTue Oct 03 2017 - 06:00
The best investment strategy? Doing nothing‘Don’t just do something, stand there’ might be best, like Buffett’s ‘benign neglect, bordering on sloth’Tue Oct 03 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: If bitcoin isn’t a bubble, nothing isInvestors yawn at Trump’s ‘barking’ as US bull market shows no sign of stoppingTue Sept 26 2017 - 06:00
Should reputational damage at Ryanair scare off investors?Not necessarily. Reviled companies do not always make for bad stocksTue Sept 26 2017 - 06:00
Are active funds a better bet in bad markets?Stock-pickers promise gains in next slump despite years of underperformance by fundsTue Sept 19 2017 - 06:00
Snapchat, six months on: five lessons for investorsBeware ‘sexy’, expensive, glamorous tech stocks – they rarely deliver the goodsTue Sept 12 2017 - 06:00
Dollar decline hits European stocksStocktake: Idea of Trump as a ‘stock market whisperer’ doesn’t bear scrutinyTue Sept 05 2017 - 06:00
Is it time to ‘just say no’ to the US stock market?The last time fund managers were nearly as concerned as now was in the late 1990sTue Sept 05 2017 - 06:00
Investing a lump sum: wait, drip feed or take the plunge?New research shows waiting for a correction is often profitable but can prove costlyTue Aug 29 2017 - 06:35
Global profits near record highsStocktake: Donald Trump, investors think you’re useless at best, dangerous at worstTue Aug 29 2017 - 06:00
Growing number of stocks fall into correctionsStocktake: market breadth is a crucial indicator of underlying market healthTue Aug 22 2017 - 06:35
Proinsias O’Mahony: History says the top dogs do not reign foreverMany investors see FAANG stocks as bulletproof, but sceptics are wary of the high valuesTue Aug 22 2017 - 06:00
Stocks markets: is this 2007 redux?Howard Marks predicted the dotcom and housing crashes, and now he’s worried trouble is brewing againTue Aug 15 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: even talk of of nuclear apocalypse fails to stir move marketsResponse to rise in tensions between US and North Korea decidedly mutedTue Aug 15 2017 - 06:00
Is 2017 too good to be true for investors?It’s misguided to worry a correction is looming just because stocks are registering new highsTue Aug 08 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Deluded Trump takes credit for stock gainsPresident bragging of Dow Jones milestone despite US underperforming most countriesTue Aug 08 2017 - 06:00
Optimism pays better than pessimismLong-term performance of stock markets shows perma-bears have negativity biasTue Aug 01 2017 - 06:00
Is a big earnings season priced into stocks?Stocktake: Howard Marks warns market is getting bubbly with ‘elevated complacency’Tue Aug 01 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Will stocks ever dip again?Things are usually hairier outside the US, but not this year. In Europe, the biggest pullback has totalled just 4%Tue Jul 25 2017 - 06:00
Investors beware - we are hard-wired to be wary of redPeople became 25% more risk-averse when the colour red is usedTue Jul 25 2017 - 06:00
Free-falling Snap remains a risky tradeStocktake: Tesla takes a tumble, exaggerated volatility and how bad investments can scarTue Jul 18 2017 - 06:00
The endowment effect: Falling in love with stocks and coffee cupsDo investors get too attached to the stocks they own and overvalue their worth?Tue Jul 18 2017 - 06:00
Global bull market is alive and wellStocktake: Bull market started long before Donald Trump started claiming praise for itTue Jul 11 2017 - 06:00
Charting the stock markets: does technical analysis work?Maybe it’s best to ignore the analysts and instead stick to a buy-and-hold approachTue Jul 11 2017 - 06:00
Yield-hungry investors fall for the ‘free dividends fallacy’Many investors wrongly think of dividends as offering a bond-like income streamTue Jul 04 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Taper talk hits stock marketsDespite an ECB denial, speculation the global liquidity punch bowl is about to be removed is growingTue Jul 04 2017 - 06:00
Oil falls into a bear market – is this the apoc-oil-ypse?StockTake: the most stress-free job, FOMO for AIB, and beware your psycho CEOTue Jun 27 2017 - 06:30
Yield-hungry investors fall for ‘free dividends fallacy’Part of the attraction of dividend payments is more psychological than realTue Jun 27 2017 - 06:00
AIB is not the first instance of ‘eejit trade’Recent trading in AIB just the latest example of how clueless traders can inflate stocksTue Jun 27 2017 - 05:45
Stocktake: ‘Tech wreck’ driven by algorithm tradersApple, Amazon and Facebook had gained 30 per cent this year and needed to coolTue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Political chaos, financial calm: are stock markets Trump-proof?Global economic volatility is at its lowest level in over 40 years, says JPMorganTue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
