John Bogle, ‘undercover philanthropist’ who championed ordinary investorsStocktake: Brexit market complacency; cutting earnings estimates; S&P 500 ralliesTue Jan 22 2019 - 05:00
Why do we bother with stock market forecasts?Research shows people see value in humility after recognising limited understandingTue Jan 15 2019 - 05:00
Apple’s crumble? It’s too early to write off the tech giantStocktake: Market volatility taking its toll on Trump; fear and greed grips Mr MarketTue Jan 15 2019 - 05:00
What’s in store for stock markets in 2019?Forecasts from strategists show bullish expectations have been reined inTue Jan 8 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Are we in a real bear market?Investors should not assume the worst is over if indices enjoy a strong reboundTue Jan 8 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Are we any closer to a market bottom?The mindset of traders has changed – instead of buying the dip they are selling the ralliesTue Dec 18 2018 - 05:00
The bitcoin bust, one year onCryptocurrency price collapse a painful lesson for new generation of investorsTue Dec 18 2018 - 05:00
Forget logic. Investment is driven mostly by emotionA behavioural finance expert says investors are not as dispassionate as you’d thinkTue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Market fear refuses to fadeWild price swings show role animal spirits currently play in financial marketsTue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Markets may play a big role in Brexit voteMicrosoft’s obituaries were premature as it reclaimed its status as the world’s most valuable company for the first time since 2003Tue Dec 4 2018 - 05:00
Family values: why investors love family-owned companiesFamily companies have handsomely outperformed the broader equity markets in all regions of the worldTue Dec 4 2018 - 05:00
How to spot corporate spin in earnings announcementsBeware blame on external factors, bad news buried on Fridays and deceptive graph useTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
FAANGs lose their bite as tech wreck worsensStocktake: Tech giants in bear market as $1tn wiped off value since peakTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
A correction or a bear market? Making sense of the recent turbulenceIt may be that this is a late-cycle bull market that isn’t quite finished yetTue Nov 20 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Bear market time for AppleBitcoin likely to see further falls; oil is on the verge of hitting a 52-week lowTue Nov 20 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Investors hoping for more post-election gainsS&P 500 enjoyed its biggest one-day post-midterm bounce since 1982Tue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Increased market volatility suggests risks are rising‘Keep calm and carry on’ remains sound advice for long-term investorsTue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Should you buy when there’s blood in the streets?Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good optionTue Nov 6 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Investors bid good riddance to OctoberThe 6.9% fall of the S&P 500 was its biggest monthly decline in seven years, while things were worse in tech-land with the Nasdaq plunging 9.25%Tue Nov 6 2018 - 05:00
Markets fearful as tech stocks take a hammeringThe US has been playing catch-up with what has become a truly global sell-offTue Oct 30 2018 - 05:00
Short sellers: ‘unreasonably maligned’ or ‘jerks’?Tesla chief Elon Musk is latest in long line of figures suspicious of short sellingTue Oct 30 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Stock investors fret over rising rates and bond yieldsIn a US bull market and with 10-year bonds soaring, should equity investors be worried?Tue Oct 23 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Sell the rallies, Merrill Lynch saysGlobal economy is in late cycle, record 85 per cent of fund managers surveyed sayTue Oct 23 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: US indices finally ‘sit up and pay attention’This is the week when the S&P 500 suffered its biggest one-day fall in eight monthsTue Oct 16 2018 - 05:00
Stock markets will be ‘closely watching’ US midterm electionsMerrill Lynch says elections could have implications for fiscal policy and foreign tiesTue Oct 16 2018 - 05:00
For corporations, sorry now seems to be the easiest wordFacebook, Apple and Uber have done the mea culpa – but an apology can go awryTue Oct 9 2018 - 05:00
The Nike game: marrying politics with profitGrowing number of firms finding principle doesn’t have to be at expense of businessTue Oct 2 2018 - 05:10
Stocktake: Traders get high on pot stockMeanwhile, Merrill Lynch survey showing pessimism may be good news for contrariansTue Sep 25 2018 - 05:45
Short-termist stock markets: is it time to scrap quarterly reporting?Focusing on quarterly earnings estimates, critics say, promotes corporate short-termismTue Sep 25 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Emerging markets looking ‘increasingly buyable’Why ‘dumb neighbours getting richer than you’ provides an invaluable lesson for us allTue Sep 18 2018 - 05:45
Why there’s nothing easy about ‘easy money’Notion that past gains were inevitable and future is murky is bedevilled by hindsight biasTue Sep 18 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Market indicators flashing redLast week’s ISM Manufacturing Index reading will certainly encourage bulls.Tue Sep 11 2018 - 05:45
Lehman Brothers, 10 years on: seven lessons for investorsInterestingly, long-term investors in Ireland have not fared badly over the last decadeTue Sep 11 2018 - 05:00
US is dominating the global stock marketThe recent breakout to all-time highs suggests the bull market is alive and wellTue Sep 4 2018 - 05:45
Market analysts do not always see through the bullMany experts were given Nostradamus status in the aftermath of the financial crisisTue Sep 4 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Ordinary investors ignore record-breaking bull marketThis time it’s different as many investors hold more cash or bondsTue Aug 28 2018 - 05:45
Can the longest bull market in history defy the doubters?US bull market isn’t quite as extraordinarily long as it might appearTue Aug 28 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Emerging markets fall into a bear marketMerrill Lynch monthly fund manager survey suggests indices haven’t yet bottomedTue Aug 21 2018 - 05:45
Trillion-dollar baby: Apple’s six lessons for investorsThe technology giant’s market dominance has followed long periods of disappointmentTue Aug 21 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Markets don’t have faith in Elon MuskScepticism over what would be the largest leveraged buyout ever is understandableTue Aug 14 2018 - 05:00
Are you a good investor – or a lucky one?The luckiest investors end up with five times as much money as the unluckiest onesTue Aug 14 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Expect ‘big winners and big losers’ in tech landThe European stock market is much cheaper than the US and it’s likely to stay that way for some timeTue Aug 7 2018 - 05:00
Sustainable investing: can you do well by doing good?Ethical investors can outperform if they engage with corporate sinnersTue Aug 7 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: What’s next for stunned Facebook shareholders?Quick rebound unlikely as growth slowdown guidance prompts biggest one-day loss everTue Jul 31 2018 - 05:00
Is bad weather bad for stock markets?Weather and mood influence investors’ decision-making, new research indicatesTue Jul 31 2018 - 05:00
Fretting over late-cycle stock market risk could cost youYields are levelling off after long bull run but market peak may be some way off yetTue Jul 24 2018 - 05:00
Elon Musk loses the plot againWill Amazon pip Apple to the post to become US’s first trillion-dollar company?Tue Jul 24 2018 - 04:15
Computer-driven investing: who needs people?Computers increasingly dominate today’s investment world, but they can only go so farTue Jul 17 2018 - 05:00
Bear market is looming, but go ahead, buy stocks anywayStocktake: Fourteen bear market signals suggest bull’s race is almost runTue Jul 17 2018 - 02:34
Stocktake: Falling markets would change Trump’s mind on tradeUS administration will be keeping close eye on markets in the coming monthsTue Jul 10 2018 - 05:40