Markets took fright after the entrepreneur lashed out at analysts

Stocktake: Market volatility falls but lengthy correction in stock prices continues

Stocktake: Don’t sell in May and go away

High prices are sustained as speculators believe they can sell on to ‘greater fool’

Stocktake: Investors fret over rising bond yields

A record number of companies have issued upward earnings guidance, according to FactSet data

Six factors to keep in mind as volatile stock markets nurse double-digit ‘correction’

Merrill Lynch says that bulls are currently being ‘silenced, not routed’

Stocktake: Bitcoin ‘virus’ peaks; Barclays’ equity study; Buffet the billionaire boy

Stop-loss orders switch you out of market when price falls below designated point

Stocktake: Paulsen urges caution; volatility returns; stocks breach 200-day average

There is a danger investors will let their emotions get the better of them in turbulent times

CFD clampdown, US yield curve concerns and accepting end of S&P winning streak

Estimates suggest chiefs in US are paid about 300 times more than the average worker

Stocktake: Facebook stock down $60bn over Cambridge Analytica’s revelations

Is it really that difficult to go against the herd? In a nutshell, yes

Proinsias O’Mahony: Muted sentiment has lengthened the bull market

Sheer size of Berkshire Hathaway will inevitably constrain its performance

In a normal market, last week’s declines would hardly be noticed, but this has not been a normal market

Performance does not persist, as shown by the latest scorecard from S&P Dow Jones Indices

Stocktake: Fed chair strikes ‘hawkish tone’. Plus: S&P’s fall and rise; tech stocks power back

Why is herding such a problem in financial markets?

Stocktake: Why you should delete your investing app from your smartphone

Investors should have taken advantage of the recent weakness in the market

Stocktake: despite strong market rebound, stocks likely to retest recent lows

Proinsias O’Mahony: Seven nerve-calming steps to help you make sense of it all

Stocks may suffer further near-term falls but a bear market remains unlikely

‘If you claim the rise, you own the fall’

In a normal market, last week’s declines would hardly be noticed, but this has not been a normal market

Stocktake: Investors are still jumping in as FOMO trumps worry of losing money

Stocktake: US stocks set for bumper earnings season as S&P 500 surge continues

Cryptocurrency craze overwhelmingly male just like countless past bubbles

The cryptocurrency is volatile and its future value trajectory is anyone’s guess

Ordinarily, market over-reactions are short-lived, but not with cryptocurrency-related stocks

The Cape ratio is twice as high as its average, but no one is panicking yet

. . . Or will the not too hot, not too cold Goldilocks market persist?

Stocktake: Gains of over 50% predicted, with no sign of bull market party ending soon

Seasonal boost to stocks found even where Christmas is not a leading holiday

Stocktake: The rise of the cryptocurrency has sparked a wave of FOMO – fear of missing out

Warren Buffett, Howard Marks and Nobel economist Robert Shiller have warned the craze will end badly

Stocktake: Tech stock fall is factor-led. Plus: Trump’s tax cuts; Weinstein’s ‘comeback’

After a decade of unprecedented financial experimentation caution is warranted

Stocktake: Indications of speculative bubble in cryptocurrency’s wild ride

Investors wary of FAANG’s hefty valuations may turn to Asian tech stocks

Stocktake: Is Japan a freak case, the exception to the ‘buy and hold’ rule?

The US president’s knowledge of how the markets actually work could be improved

Why European equities falling seven days in a row is not a cause for panic

Beware companies that consistently hit their quarterly earnings targets – they may be cleverly manipulating the figures and headin(...)

Stocktake: word is out on China Literature; stocks defy gravity; Woodford sticks with Brexit

Stocktake: Absence of stock market volatility at a time of global uncertainty a mystery

Momentum may be about to accelerate as stocks enter seasonally strongest part of year

Bitcoin surpassed $6,000 last week so it’s a good time to ask, is it overpriced?

The US market looks pricey relative to Europe, but it always does. What might cause the valuation gap to narrow?

Barrons warn markets ‘could be at risk of another computer-driven meltdown’

We can all learn from the man who so closely observes the quirks that govern our financial decision-making

30 years on from the infamous stock market fall, its memory still fascinates

US president claims stock market gains cut national debt – but they have no bearing on it

Superstitious beliefs have been found to have a real impact on global stock markets

Stocktake: Proinsias O’Mahony

Stocktake: sky gambling is a ‘blessing’, gains ahead, September boredom and Apple profit

‘Don’t just do something, stand there’ might be best, like Buffett’s ‘benign neglect, bordering on sloth’

Investors yawn at Trump’s ‘barking’ as US bull market shows no sign of stopping

Not necessarily. Reviled companies do not always make for bad stocks

Stock-pickers promise gains in next slump despite years of underperformance by funds

Beware ‘sexy’, expensive, glamorous tech stocks – they rarely deliver the goods

Stocktake: Idea of Trump as a ‘stock market whisperer’ doesn’t bear scrutiny

The last time fund managers were nearly as concerned as now was in the late 1990s

New research shows waiting for a correction is often profitable but can prove costly

Stocktake: Donald Trump, investors think you’re useless at best, dangerous at worst

Stocktake: market breadth is a crucial indicator of underlying market health

Many investors see FAANG stocks as bulletproof, but sceptics are wary of the high values

Howard Marks predicted the dotcom and housing crashes, and now he’s worried trouble is brewing again

Response to rise in tensions between US and North Korea decidedly muted

It’s misguided to worry a correction is looming just because stocks are registering new highs

President bragging of Dow Jones milestone despite US underperforming most countries

Long-term performance of stock markets shows perma-bears have negativity bias

Stocktake: Howard Marks warns market is getting bubbly with ‘elevated complacency’

People became 25% more risk-averse when the colour red is used

Things are usually hairier outside the US, but not this year. In Europe, the biggest pullback has totalled just 4%

Stocktake: Tesla takes a tumble, exaggerated volatility and how bad investments can scar

Do investors get too attached to the stocks they own and overvalue their worth?

Stocktake: Bull market started long before Donald Trump started claiming praise for it

Maybe it’s best to ignore the analysts and instead stick to a buy-and-hold approach

Despite an ECB denial, speculation the global liquidity punch bowl is about to be removed is growing

Many investors wrongly think of dividends as offering a bond-like income stream

StockTake: the most stress-free job, FOMO for AIB, and beware your psycho CEO

Part of the attraction of dividend payments is more psychological than real

Recent trading in AIB just the latest example of how clueless traders can inflate stocks

Apple, Amazon and Facebook had gained 30 per cent this year and needed to cool

Global economic volatility is at its lowest level in over 40 years, says JPMorgan

Stock Take: Broad rally suggests market is not too reliant on high-flying tech stocks

Ethical investment is now big business, but are investors doing well out of doing good?

AIB more of a pure play on Ireland than Bank of Ireland as 40% of latter’s loans are in UK

An outlay of $1,000 on the company’s shares in 1997 would net you about $1m today

Stocktake: US stocks remain high in spite of Trump, and riding the bitcoin bubble

Stocktake: If calm indicates complacency, prices may be more vulnerable than presumed

StockTake: Europe is good value in contrast to US, but don’t rule out a reversal of fortune

American equity funds experienced $22.2bn in outflows recently

Stocktake: markets snooze; Gundlach trolls the media; Snap shareholders feel the pinch

Research suggests thrill-seeking and youth are closely linked to excessive stock trading