Stocktake: Return of George Soros not necessarily an omenHistory indicates even the fabled investor is not omniscientTue Jun 14 2016 - 01:00
Is the US bull market ending ... or just beginning?Stocks had ‘only’ fallen by 15% at February’s market bottom, but this has felt like a bear market for many investorsTue Jun 07 2016 - 07:00
Stocktake: Tired bull may get second windThe chances of Brexit as short sellers spook executivesTue May 31 2016 - 11:44
How secure is gold as a store of wealth for investors?Gold is one of the best-performing assets of 2016, but its reputation may be overstatedTue May 31 2016 - 06:30
Stocktake: The problem with those closet tracker fundsMarkets may be about to get nervier, Goldman Sachs has warnedTue May 24 2016 - 07:15
Gender and business: Women better bosses for investorsFirms led by women appear to a sounder investmentTue May 24 2016 - 05:00
Are hedge funds a ‘giant ripoff’?The funds are coming under scrutiny and even Warren Buffett has scoffed at their ‘unbelievable’ fee structureTue May 17 2016 - 07:30
What would a Trump win mean for stocks?Jeremy Grantham’s mea culpa, low volatility, crude predictions, in the redTue May 17 2016 - 07:15
Investor ‘golden age’ may be endingNext 20 years expected to be much tougher after three fortuitous decadesTue May 10 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Hedge funds and highly paid executives under fireInvestment decisions questioned, from predictions to deposit-free mortgagesTue May 10 2016 - 07:15
‘Depression babies’ still suspicious of stocksInvestors are living through the second-longest bull market in US history but the scars left by the global financial crisis are unlikely to heal any time soonTue May 03 2016 - 08:45
Stocktake: CRH’s executive pay under scrutinyBull market may continue; gains for emerging markets; beware round figuresTue May 03 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Don’t be shocked by new market highsWrong-footed investors carp as S&P 500 hit fresh all-time highsTue Apr 26 2016 - 07:15
Perils of paying CEOs too much: When shareholders say noShareholders are rejecting proposals to ramp up CEOs’ rewardsTue Apr 26 2016 - 06:00
Investors assume crash positions too quicklyA new Yale study shows that both institutions and individuals regularly overestimate the likelihood of market meltdownsTue Apr 19 2016 - 08:00
Stock market is no place for cheap thrillsTrading for the sake of trading tends not to be a profitable endeavourTue Apr 12 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Investors nonchalant about Brexit threat?Impact on share prices of uncertainty over UK’s EU future difficult to calculateTue Apr 12 2016 - 07:15
StockTake: S&P 500 eyes all-time highsCrucial earnings season ahead and European stocks finally outperform the USTue Apr 05 2016 - 08:15
Breaking the ‘curse of benchmarks’Is short-termism and a slavish preoccupation with benchmarks by institutional investors hurting markets?Tue Apr 05 2016 - 06:00
Stocktake: Little evidence of anxiety over Fed’s plansA look around the world’s stock marketsTue Mar 29 2016 - 09:00
Investing beauty contest leads to ugly returnsReplacing best-performing managers with the poorest performers might just deliver the goods for investorsTue Mar 29 2016 - 08:02
Your money: Agnostic approach helps ‘small’ Merrion fund to achieve successThe relative minnow has more than tripled in value since 2007Tue Mar 22 2016 - 06:10
Stocktake: Tired bull market turns sevenIreland is worst for closet trackers and poorer fund managers do betterTue Mar 15 2016 - 09:00
Do long-term equities guarantee financial reward?Barclays Equity Gilt Study makes clear that stocks are the best long-term betTue Mar 15 2016 - 07:46
Hunting value: the world’s cheapest and priciest stock marketsResearch indicates there is value to be had in many international markets, but the same cannot be said of IrelandTue Mar 08 2016 - 09:15
Stocktake: Are emerging markets the trade of the decade?Short selling on the rise, volatility and low returns and running out of ‘ammunition’Tue Mar 01 2016 - 08:45
Even ‘God’ couldn’t bypass bear marketsEveryone – even a clairvoyant God who continually picks the top-performing stocks – suffers during bear marketsTue Mar 01 2016 - 08:13
Stocktake: market bottom or a bear market rally?Analysing 2016’s rough start, learning to love lower prices and distorting earningsTue Feb 23 2016 - 08:45
Hedge fund poker game gets tougherIndex trackers make it harder for hedge funds and ordinary investors to outperformTue Feb 23 2016 - 08:35
Stocktake: Looking for investor capitulationA stampede out of stocks can indicate the kind of panic associated with market bottomsTue Feb 16 2016 - 09:00
Your Money: Beware the ‘illusion of knowledge’Research shows informed people may think they may know more than they doTue Feb 16 2016 - 06:46
Stocktake: Hedge funds prove to be a suckers’ betThe top 20 earned $15 billion last year; the rest of the industry lost $99 billionTue Feb 02 2016 - 09:00
Living with a bear marketDeclining stocks are part and parcel of market reality. What lessons can we learn?Tue Feb 02 2016 - 05:00
Is it bear market time?Stocks have endured a torrid start to 2016, fuelling talk that the seven-year bull market is on its last legs, but market indicators offer comfort to both bulls and bearsTue Jan 19 2016 - 07:00
Stocktake: Bear market is a reality for many investorsApple going cheap, January lows and judging the rest of the year on the first weekTue Jan 12 2016 - 09:03
Wall Street’s cautious bulls are likely to be wrong – againThere’s little reason to have faith in market strategists’ 2016 predictionsTue Jan 05 2016 - 08:30
Stocktake: Fund managers are gung-ho for EuropeWarren Buffett’s bad year, hometown bias and analysts still ‘optimistically wrong’Tue Jan 05 2016 - 08:20
Stocktake: Message from Fed was hawkish, not dovishSelling too early, a fun Christmas letter and yes, there is such a thing as a Santa rallyTue Dec 22 2015 - 08:20
Record M&A activity signals maturing bull runMergers and acquisitions, which totalled $4.6tn in 2015, can be indicative of frothTue Dec 15 2015 - 08:20
Stocktake: pace of rate hikes key for stocksThe Fed is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in nine yearsTue Dec 08 2015 - 08:20
How dangerous are the ‘Fang’ stocks propping up the market?Concern is growing that a handful of stocks are keeping the S&P 500 afloatTue Dec 08 2015 - 06:00
