Your Money | The Irish Times

Smoking gun: The Turkish economic crisis has acted as a negative backdrop to global markets all week. Photograph: The New York Times

European shares suffer lacklustre end to difficult week

Markets
August 17, 2018, 18:40

Turkey’s economic crisis sees lira fall 5% as turmoil dents investors’ appetite for risk

The sell-off represents a vote of no-confidence in a system of government that handed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unrivaled authority.

Turkish lira’s plunge sparks fears of contagion

Markets
August 17, 2018, 08:21

Currency has been battered amid anxiety over Turkey’s worsening tensions with US

Housebuilder Cairn Homes fell 1.66 per cent to €1.542 as concerns over slowing property price inflation and rising construction costs weighed on investors.

US-China trade talks pledge eases market tensions

Markets
August 16, 2018, 18:07

Market report: Ryanair climbs amid signs of easing industrial relation tensions

The cost of mortgages and rent are impacting on disposable income

The five reasons why you still might be feeling financially stretched

Personal Finance
August 16, 2018, 12:48

Smart Money: No inflation and rising wages. So why don’t you feel better off?

A man holds an anti-Brexit banner on Westminster Bridge in London. Photograph: Yves Herman/File Photo/Reuters

Brexit cross-Border pension fears have been overplayed

Personal Finance
August 16, 2018, 06:05

Reports that payments were in peril caused unnecessary alarm for thousands of people

Disappointing Tencent earnings added to pressures across markets. Photograph: Reuters

Iseq hits four-month low as Turkey and China spook investors

Markets
August 15, 2018, 18:45

Tencent warning pushes emerging markets index into bear territory

Sterling has suffered particularly badly this month. Photograph: iStock

Sterling slides further against euro and dollar

Markets
August 15, 2018, 18:28

UK currency now trading at 89.3p against the euro

Typically, mortgage calculators are based on income rather than rental capacity. Photograph: iStock

Break out of ‘rent jail’: app shows tenants what they could buy

Personal Finance
August 15, 2018, 16:10

Potential buyers can work out how much of a mortgage they could afford

Photograph: iStock

Concerns about retirement rise in Bank of Ireland survey

Personal Finance
August 15, 2018, 06:00

Some 44% of those surveyed said they would find retirement financially difficult

Shares of Italy’s Atlantia, which owns Autostrade, fell 5.4% after a large section of the Morandi viaduct upon which the A10 motorway runs collapsed in Genoa. At least 22 people are believed to have died. Photograph: Flavio Lo Scalzo/EPA

Turkish lira’s recovery delights markets

Markets
August 14, 2018, 20:27

In Dublin the two big banks fall and Aryzta’s share price continues its yoyo performance

The Department of Social Protection said plans for a no-deal Brexit had been stepped up in recent weeks. Photograph: iStock

‘Broad agreement’ for payments to UK pension holders in Republic

Personal Finance
August 14, 2018, 20:07

Government aims to maintain status quo in event of no-deal Brexit

Bill Miller. Had he retired in 2006, everyone “would have thought I was a genius”, he said last year. “By 2009, I was like an idiot.” Photograph: Heidi Gutman/Getty Images

Are you a good investor – or a lucky one?

Personal Finance
August 14, 2018, 17:21

The luckiest investors end up with five times as much money as the unluckiest ones

Photograph: iStock

Family row after mother dies without a will

Personal Finance
August 14, 2018, 06:05

Q&A: Dominic Coyle

Elon Musk, chief executive and founder of Tesla Motors. Musk’s claim that he wants to take Tesla private to remove “distraction and short-term thinking” is ironic. File photograph: Toru Hanai/Reuters

Stocktake: Markets don’t have faith in Elon Musk

Personal Finance
August 14, 2018, 05:00

Scepticism over what would be the largest leveraged buyout ever is understandable

“I bought my first house when I was in my twenties, and that was a good investment.” Photograph: Paul Sharp/Sharppix

Me & My Money: ‘I am far more motivated by achievement than money’

Personal Finance
August 14, 2018, 05:00

Donal O’Donoghue, managing director of Sanderson Recruitment Ireland

The Turkish currency crisis continued to shake global markets, with stock indexes declining from Asia to Europe. Photograph: Murad Sezer/Reuters

Turkish lira crisis and Brexit uncertainty shake investor confidence

Markets
August 13, 2018, 18:40

Ryanair stock advances as Tui and Thomas Cook fall; Apple and Amazon hit highs

$Russian dolls in the likeness of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump: Russia will regard any US move to curb its banks as a “declaration of economic war”. Photograph: Mikhail Pochuyev\TASS via Getty Images$ Russia to offload more US securities amid sanctions

Markets
August 12, 2018, 18:30

Moscow to shift from dollar in settlements towards rouble, euro and other currencies

Tesla founder Elon Musk’s tweet about taking the company private may see the US Securities and Exchange Commission get involved. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

Myth of Musk at odds with reality of taking Tesla private

Markets
August 11, 2018, 04:00

Entrepreneur’s heated rhetoric increasingly contrasts with Wall Street scepticism

It is expensive to rent a desk at arrivals and to have parking spaces near enough to keep customers happy.

Why airport car hire is ripe for change

Personal Finance
August 11, 2018, 02:43

Four cars, four bad experiences. I really should have complained, but then again...

Sports Direct’s shares were down 0.7 per cent after the British sportswear retailer snapped up House of Fraser for £90 million

European shares tumble as Turkish turmoil hits banks

Markets
August 10, 2018, 19:48

Troubled Irish-Swiss baker Aryzta down almost 10% in trading in Dublin

1
2
3
4
5
Next ›

Funds Tracker Keep up to date with your investments

Subscriber Only

Most Read in Business

1 Samsung smartwatch is so traditional it even ticks

2 Elon Musk interview: ‘I was not on weed’ when sending fateful tweet on Tesla

3 Fifa fails to score big at World Cup

4 Irish Life pays €35m for Dublin office block it sold for over €100m

5 If you have any assets overseas you need to read this

Real news has value

Subscribe on iTunes

Follow on Soundcloud

Listen on Stitcher

Latest Business

K Club availability has attracted 100 initial prospective buyers 06:15

Brexit: Coillte plans to stockpile timber in UK warehouses 06:00

Trade war tops agenda as US actions take toll on Turkish lira 05:40

State paying for misconceived rural broadband process 05:33

Government’s rent scheme falls through its own loopholes 05:00

Save money on international transfers

Facebook

Sign In

Forgot Password?

Sign Out