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Wall Street’s main indexes plunged, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the slump. Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA

Equities slide worldwide on supply chain woes and surging costs

Markets
May 24, 2022, 18:12

Only banks and Greencore add value to share prices on Euronext Dublin

What’s an investor to do? Sell in May, as the old adage goes, or carry on regardless? Illustration: iStock

Sell in May? How to respond to market volatility

Personal Finance
May 24, 2022, 05:53

For investors, used to historic low interest rates, it’s a brave new world

The US market might still have further to fall. Photograph: iStock

Stocktake: Are US stocks cheap?

Personal Finance
May 24, 2022, 00:00

Inflation brings an added layer of uncertainty to the recent market plunge

It’s not officially a bear market in the US yet but it certainly looks like one. Photograph: iStock

Stocktake: US recession outlook is key for stocks

Personal Finance
May 24, 2022, 00:00

There’s a big difference between recessionary and non-recessionary bear markets

The bearish turn of sentiment looks worse,by some measures, than in the initial Covid shock of 2020 or the global financial crisis of 2008. Photograph: iStock

Stocktake: Fund manager sentiment turns grim

Personal Finance
May 24, 2022, 00:00

Even if stocks rally now, it’s unlikely to last as all the indicators have turned negative

The look that says: “I can manage your stock portfolio.” Photograph: iStock

Stocktake: For investors, beauty isn’t just skin deep

Personal Finance
May 24, 2022, 00:00

Why we’re biased toward more attractive fund managers and chief executives

‘If we could live in a world without money, I’d prefer it’

Personal Finance
May 23, 2022, 00:00

Me & My Money: Niamh Shaw, engineer, scientist and writer who lectures at the International Space University in Strasbourg

The Money Advice and Budgeting Service is an excellent service, funded by the Department of Social Protection and designed to help ordinary people find solutions to debt problems. Photograph: iStock

Retired couple fret over looming loan repayment

Personal Finance
May 22, 2022, 15:09

Q&A: People in debt trouble should get in touch with State-funded Mabs support service

Wall Street indices fell into the red midway through trading in New York. Photograph: Ed Jones/AFP

S&P 500 stages late rally after earlier plunging into bear territory

Markets
May 20, 2022, 18:31

European shares finish difficult week with a gain

Combined commercial and consumer bad debt judgments had dropped 76 per cent in value in 2020. Photograph: iStock

Bad debt judgments rose 56% in value last year

Personal Finance
May 20, 2022, 18:14

Average value of judgment was €50,400, says CRIFVision-net

The pensions industry is divided on the likely impact of auto-enrolment on the wider pensions market

2:19 Financial advisers believe deadline for auto-enrolment pensions plan will not be met

Personal Finance
May 20, 2022, 05:31

The Government scheme is for workers who do not have any private retirement income cover

The S&P 500 and the Dow extended losses on Thursday. Photograph: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

European shares lower as retailers, food and beverage stocks lead falls

Markets
May 19, 2022, 18:44

Nestlé, Diageo, Unilever slip between 2.7% and 4.5%

Photograph: iStock

European stocks slump after sharp selloff in US shares

Markets
May 19, 2022, 09:48

Concerns rise over economic slowdown

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange: The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,000 points as markets continue their volatile trend. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty

Dow drops 1,100 points as concerns over inflation rise

Markets
May 18, 2022, 22:40

Technology stocks sensitive to interest rates lose their bounce as Fed chief talks tough

Citigroup led a surge in bank shares after Berkshire Hathaway revealed a big stake. Photograph: Jin Lee/Bloomberg

Markets in positive territory on economic hopes for China and the US

Markets
May 17, 2022, 19:04

Iseq in Dublin closes the session up 1.3%

Brian Gaynor founded Milford Asset Management in 2003. The company employs 170 workers and manages assets worth €9 billion. Photograph: Milford Asset Management

Limerick-born ‘titan’ of New Zealand investment industry dies

Personal Finance
May 17, 2022, 18:03

Brian Gaynor seen as one of the most influential figures in the country’s financial services

Good Samaritan gets a fright with Revenue’s letter

Personal Finance
May 17, 2022, 05:55

Q&A: Letting your nephew stay rent free in the property may have tax implications for him

Ireland has been described as a ‘wealth hub’ in a new global report. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Number of Irish wealthy individuals set to surge

Personal Finance
May 17, 2022, 05:18

Ireland is among 10 countries forecast to see the largest proportional increase in their extremely rich populations between now and 2026

Are we near the bottom yet? Photograph: iStock

Stocktake: Traders looking for signs of capitulation

Personal Finance
May 17, 2022, 00:00

Has the market hit bottom yet? It’s possible, but things could still become a lot worse

Cryptocurrency Dogecoin started life as a joke but a year ago it was valued at almost $90 billion. Now it has collapsed. Photograph: iStock

Stocktake: We all knew the bubbles would burst

Personal Finance
May 17, 2022, 00:00

It was plain that many valuations were crazy but investors couldn’t restrain themselves

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