Proinsias O'Mahony

Nvidia may well continue to justify its rich valuation but the increasing dominance of mega-cap stocks is concerning

Adjusted for inflation, £100 invested in the UK stock market in 1945 would have grown to £5,636 if dividends were reinvested, compared to just £215 if they were not

In 20 previous instances where the index’s 200-day moving average rallied after hitting a 52-week low, stocks were higher a year later, averaging gains of 18.2%

Make sure you compare like with like: in price terms, the German index has basically gone nowhere over the last 23 years

Europe’s stock market is more diversified and its leadership broader than the ‘highly concentrated’ US market

Apple is now worth more than the 2,000 companies that make up the small-cap Russell 2000 index

Equity allocations have been ‘creeping higher’ and are now at five-month highs as investors bet on a soft landing

Tesla boss will still be heavily involved at Twitter and, perhaps more importantly, will continue tweeting

A record $5.3 trillion is parked in US money market funds, data shows

Seven mega-cap stocks were responsible for almost all the S&P 500′s gains in 2023

Stocktake: Markets might appear unconcerned but there is potential for volatility

Investor has a long history of making dramatic predictions that turn out to be incorrect

Hunter becomes the hunted as Hindenburg Research report hits Icahn Enterprises share price

Stocktake: Welcome calm for investors after the market turbulence of last year

Earnings beat rate is high because analysts ‘clearly went too far’ when slashing estimates earlier this year