‘Recession risk is real’, says Deutsche Bank’s Torsten Slok

Extroverts can be more prone to overconfidence and cause poorer financial performance

Practice has returned $5tn to shareholders since 2009 but opinion split on its merits

Opinion is divided over whether indexing poses a huge threat or adds to stability

Stocktake: ‘Dinosaur’ Mike Ashley; Fed ‘boneheads’; Hurricane Dorian hits investors

Stock markets are increasingly concerned about the US president’s online outbursts

Ugly sentiment suggests stocks have bottomed

Hundreds of US’s biggest public companies have shed their shareholder-first ideology

Corporate insiders are busy selling

Yield curve inversions’ reputation as a recession indicator is well deserved

More US recession indicators flashing red

Like poker players, investors should learn to think in terms of probabilities

UBS says don’t buy-the-dip

History suggests no market fashion or trend persists indefinitely

A Trump trade deal ahead of 2020 presidential election now unlikely, says Goldman Sachs

Forgetting bad investments can stop us learning from costly mistakes

Beyond Meat insiders cash in

Picking the handful of stocks that deliver the bulk of investor returns is seeking a needle in a haystack

Companies might be beating estimates but they are not increasing guidance

Survey suggests 45 per cent chance of global recession in next 12 months

Investors can only hope Trump fails in his latest attempt to bend the Fed to his will

Our present investing behaviour is very much shaped by our past

Some market jitters ahead would not be surprising

Concentrated portfolios are in theory more likely to outperform the market

Stocktake: Mega-cap stocks are driving global market gains

Ordinary investors are free to avoid the short-termism that plagues professionals

Like a binge-worthy drama, Netflix shows stocks move because of fear and greed

Recent indications show profitability is coming under pressure

A record number of investors say the global economy is in its late-cycle stages

Investors shouldn’t be surprised by Woodford’s fall from grace

Also, the Beyond Meat bubble and Woodford investors paying for underperformance

Investment strategists concerned by Trump’s unpredictable trade policy

Stocktake: If Trump thinks he can bully the Fed via risky policies, he might just do so

Funds in passive investment poised to eclipse active stock-picking for the first time

Club paying price for turning down chance to expand sample on which to judge Solskjaer

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

Managers will look to capitalise on boost in 10-year returns when calendar falls in their favour

Fund managers are cautious but not gloomy while volatility spike augurs well for stocks

A multitude of inbuilt unconscious biases undermine investors’ decision-making

Stocktake: Fear index on track to record biggest monthly increase since last October

Current flotation market resembles manic dotcom era

‘If you believe that there are no games played with pricing ... think again’

‘Managers running at least two funds did much worse than managers running one’

The overall picture suggests investors, burned badly in late 2018, still guarded

Leading oil and gas companies have a lot to fear from eventual introduction of a carbon tax

Many investors, sceptical of US rally, have kept piles of money on the sidelines

Analysts are often overworked, overconfident and poor at spotting lies

Stocks are on the cusp of all-time highs and at the upper end of their five-year range

US bond market recently gave off a classic signal of a coming recession. Should investors be spooked?

Data suggests investors shouldn’t be wary simply because stocks have been strong

Research shows investors should also be wary of firms headed by egotistical chiefs

Stephen Moore described as lacking ‘intellectual gravitas’ for the role

Practice has yielded handsome returns in the past but failed to bear fruit in recent years

Fed’s rate hike U-turn surprises investors; Woodford claims ‘spectacular’ returns on way

Fund managers become risk-seekers following losing streaks, study finds

Short bets against sterling now at highest level since December

It’s hard to disagree with old cliché that time in the market is more important than timing the market

President has linked recent gains to progress on trade talks with China

Studies show analysts can be influenced by number of factors including political views and gender

Berkshire Hathaway CEO has struggled to beat the markets for some time now

When stocks bottomed out in 2009 there was fear of meltdown of the financial system

Stocktake: Tesla chief’s ongoing carelessness a cause of concern for investors

Study looking back to 1800 confirms following the trend, seasonality and value investing beat the market

There has been an about-turn in sentiment towards emerging markets

Company boards attribute too much importance to the role of chief executive

Reports of Apple’s demise are overstated while worrying about timing is as futile as ever

Random sales strategy is better than a bad sales strategy, research shows

Trump cheers Dow 25,000 – again, and the ‘Venezuelan’ wealth tax

A fact-based world view is more useful to investors than the siren song of news

Stocktake: Investors shouldn’t confuse a slowdown with a recession, ‘that’s just wrong’

Stocks have room to keep rising if outlook begins to look less uncertain

Stocktake: Brexit market complacency; cutting earnings estimates; S&P 500 rallies

Research shows in short-term market panics few stocks are spared

Stocktake: Market volatility taking its toll on Trump; fear and greed grips Mr Market

Research shows people see value in humility after recognising limited understanding

Forecasts from strategists show bullish expectations have been reined in

Investors should not assume the worst is over if indices enjoy a strong rebound

The mindset of traders has changed – instead of buying the dip they are selling the rallies

Cryptocurrency price collapse a painful lesson for new generation of investors

Wild price swings show role animal spirits currently play in financial markets

A behavioural finance expert says investors are not as dispassionate as you’d think

Microsoft’s obituaries were premature as it reclaimed its status as the world’s most valuable company for the first time since 200(...)

Family companies have handsomely outperformed the broader equity markets in all regions of the world

Beware blame on external factors, bad news buried on Fridays and deceptive graph use

Stocktake: Tech giants in bear market as $1tn wiped off value since peak

It may be that this is a late-cycle bull market that isn’t quite finished yet

Bitcoin likely to see further falls; oil is on the verge of hitting a 52-week low

S&P 500 enjoyed its biggest one-day post-midterm bounce since 1982

‘Keep calm and carry on’ remains sound advice for long-term investors

Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good option

The 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 (...)

Tesla chief Elon Musk is latest in long line of figures suspicious of short selling

The US has been playing catch-up with what has become a truly global sell-off

In a US bull market and with 10-year bonds soaring, should equity investors be worried?

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

Merrill Lynch says elections could have implications for fiscal policy and foreign ties

This is the week when the S&P 500 suffered its biggest one-day fall in eight months

Facebook, Apple and Uber have done the mea culpa – but an apology can go awry

Growing number of firms finding principle doesn’t have to be at expense of business

Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch survey showing pessimism may be good news for contrarians