The Irish Times

Stocktake: Yield curve inversion doesn’t spell doom for stocks . . .yet

The bigger point may be that an inversion is not a near-term timing indicator

Tue Apr 05 2022 - 00:00

Stocktake: Elon Musk’s tweets are no laughing matter

Dogecoin started as a joke, but fortunes are being made and lost in cryptocurrency

Tue May 25 2021 - 00:00

Stocktake: GameStop shows real-world David does not beat Goliath

Solution is not to ‘empower poor people to bankrupt themselves’ with margin accounts

Tue Feb 09 2021 - 05:10

Stocktake: Is talk of a bubble overstated?

Speculation is ‘running rampant’, but not everything is frothy

Tue Jan 19 2021 - 05:10

Stocktake: European stocks ‘finally ready to rebound’

Stoxx 600 had its biggest-ever monthly advance in November

Tue Dec 08 2020 - 05:40

Stocktake: A Biden victory is not fully priced into markets

Blue wave and substantial fiscal stimulus looks increasingly likely in US

Tue Oct 27 2020 - 05:10

Stocktake: Correction time for stock markets

This is still a bull market, so it’s wise to give stocks the benefit of the doubt

Tue Sept 29 2020 - 05:40

Stocktake: Has Warren Buffett lost the magic touch?

Buffett’s defenders might say he has been wrongly written off in the past after prior periods of underperformance

Tue Jun 02 2020 - 05:00

Stocktake: ‘World seems to be more than 15% screwed up’

Positivity about market bounce may be overplayed in uncertain Covid-19 world

Tue Apr 28 2020 - 05:00

Stocktake: Rate cut: not a saviour, but not futile

‘Sizeable hit from the coronavirus could easily catalyse a global recession’

Tue Mar 10 2020 - 05:30

Stocktake: Coronavirus – bad for stocks but good for Bernie Sanders?

Markets seem to think that, as a presidential candidate, Sanders will be beaten by Trump

Tue Mar 03 2020 - 05:40

Coronavirus: a reason or an excuse for a market sell-off?

Stocktake: Virus may cause economic upheaval, but also outbreaks of financialmediaitis

Tue Feb 04 2020 - 05:30

Stocktake: Will China’s coronavirus infect stocks?

Much depends on the trajectory of the deadly virus

Tue Jan 28 2020 - 05:40

Stocktake: Johnson playing a dangerous game with sterling

Beyond Meat insiders cash in

Tue Aug 06 2019 - 05:40

Stocktake: Tesla’s ‘code red’ situation spooks analysts

Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas said shares could fall to $10 in a worst-case scenario

Tue May 28 2019 - 05:45

Stocktake: Sell the rallies, Merrill Lynch says

Global economy is in late cycle, record 85 per cent of fund managers surveyed say

Tue Oct 23 2018 - 05:00

Key indicators suggest there may be trouble ahead for global markets

Many financial commentators believe conditions for another crisis are taking shape

Sun Oct 07 2018 - 14:49

Stars not aligned for smooth correction of false stock market

Real question is not why the Dow has fallen, but why it was trading so absurdly high

Sat Feb 10 2018 - 06:40

Optimism pays better than pessimism

Long-term performance of stock markets shows perma-bears have negativity bias

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 06:00

Stocktake: UK election may not be ‘soft Brexit’ game-changer

Assuming stronger May means ‘soft Brexit’ is unwise given her prior support for ‘hard Brexit’

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 06:30

Index changes may drive interest in Reits

With real estate added as a new global index sector, Reits will see more growth

Sat Sept 24 2016 - 05:00

When it comes to investing, don’t ignore the Big Mo

Buying winners and selling losers sounds like a dumb money strategy, but momentum drives markets

Tue May 20 2014 - 01:10