
Stocktake: stocks enjoy double-digit gains but fund managers are cautious
- Personal Finance
- February 19, 2019, 05:45
There has been an about-turn in sentiment towards emerging markets

Past performance no guide to future for chief executives
- Personal Finance
- February 19, 2019, 05:00
Company boards attribute too much importance to the role of chief executive

Stocktake: Billionaire doesn’t like ‘highfalutin’ tax hikes
- Personal Finance
- February 12, 2019, 05:45
Reports of Apple’s demise are overstated while worrying about timing is as futile as ever

Trust your fund manager to buy stocks but not to sell
- Personal Finance
- February 12, 2019, 05:40
Random sales strategy is better than a bad sales strategy, research shows

Stocktake: Markets may have driven Powell’s policy U-turn
- Personal Finance
- February 5, 2019, 05:45
Trump cheers Dow 25,000 – again, and the ‘Venezuelan’ wealth tax

Investors benefit from less stress and better information
- Personal Finance
- February 5, 2019, 05:00
A fact-based world view is more useful to investors than the siren song of news

Stock market turbulence: is US recession risk rising?
- Personal Finance
- January 29, 2019, 05:00
Stocktake: Investors shouldn’t confuse a slowdown with a recession, ‘that’s just wrong’

Stocktake: Elevated uncertainty is holding back stocks
- Personal Finance
- January 29, 2019, 05:00
Stocks have room to keep rising if outlook begins to look less uncertain

John Bogle, ‘undercover philanthropist’ who championed ordinary investors
- Personal Finance
- January 22, 2019, 05:00
Stocktake: Brexit market complacency; cutting earnings estimates; S&P 500 rallies

Diversification is no panacea for investor risk
- Personal Finance
- January 22, 2019, 05:00
Research shows in short-term market panics few stocks are spared

Apple’s crumble? It’s too early to write off the tech giant
- Personal Finance
- January 15, 2019, 05:00
Stocktake: Market volatility taking its toll on Trump; fear and greed grips Mr Market

Why do we bother with stock market forecasts?
- Personal Finance
- January 15, 2019, 05:00
Research shows people see value in humility after recognising limited understanding

What’s in store for stock markets in 2019?
- Personal Finance
- January 8, 2019, 05:00
Forecasts from strategists show bullish expectations have been reined in

Stocktake: Are we in a real bear market?
- Personal Finance
- January 8, 2019, 05:00
Investors should not assume the worst is over if indices enjoy a strong rebound

Stocktake: Are we any closer to a market bottom?
- Personal Finance
- December 18, 2018, 05:00
The mindset of traders has changed – instead of buying the dip they are selling the rallies

The bitcoin bust, one year on
- Personal Finance
- December 18, 2018, 05:00
Cryptocurrency price collapse a painful lesson for new generation of investors

Stocktake: Market fear refuses to fade
- Personal Finance
- December 11, 2018, 05:00
Wild price swings show role animal spirits currently play in financial markets

Forget logic. Investment is driven mostly by emotion
- Personal Finance
- December 11, 2018, 05:00
A behavioural finance expert says investors are not as dispassionate as you’d think

Stocktake: Markets may play a big role in Brexit vote
- Personal Finance
- December 4, 2018, 05:00
Microsoft’s obituaries were premature as it reclaimed its status as the world’s most valuable company for the first time since 200(...)

Family values: why investors love family-owned companies
- Personal Finance
- December 4, 2018, 05:00
Family companies have handsomely outperformed the broader equity markets in all regions of the world

How to spot corporate spin in earnings announcements
- Personal Finance
- November 27, 2018, 05:00
Beware blame on external factors, bad news buried on Fridays and deceptive graph use

FAANGs lose their bite as tech wreck worsens
- Personal Finance
- November 27, 2018, 05:00
Stocktake: Tech giants in bear market as $1tn wiped off value since peak

A correction or a bear market? Making sense of the recent turbulence
- Personal Finance
- November 20, 2018, 05:00
It may be that this is a late-cycle bull market that isn’t quite finished yet

Stocktake: Bear market time for Apple
- Personal Finance
- November 20, 2018, 05:00
Bitcoin likely to see further falls; oil is on the verge of hitting a 52-week low

Stocktake: Investors hoping for more post-election gains
- Personal Finance
- November 13, 2018, 05:00
S&P 500 enjoyed its biggest one-day post-midterm bounce since 1982

Increased market volatility suggests risks are rising
- Personal Finance
- November 13, 2018, 05:00
‘Keep calm and carry on’ remains sound advice for long-term investors

Should you buy when there’s blood in the streets?
- Personal Finance
- November 6, 2018, 05:00
Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good option

Stocktake: Investors bid good riddance to October
- Personal Finance
- November 6, 2018, 05:00
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 (...)

Short sellers: ‘unreasonably maligned’ or ‘jerks’?
- Personal Finance
- October 30, 2018, 05:00
Tesla chief Elon Musk is latest in long line of figures suspicious of short selling

Markets fearful as tech stocks take a hammering
- Personal Finance
- October 30, 2018, 05:00
The US has been playing catch-up with what has become a truly global sell-off

Stocktake: Stock investors fret over rising rates and bond yields
- Personal Finance
- October 23, 2018, 05:00
In a US bull market and with 10-year bonds soaring, should equity investors be worried?

Stocktake: Sell the rallies, Merrill Lynch says
- Personal Finance
- October 23, 2018, 05:00
Global economy is in late cycle, record 85 per cent of fund managers surveyed say

Stocktake: US indices finally ‘sit up and pay attention’
- Personal Finance
- October 16, 2018, 05:00
This is the week when the S&P 500 suffered its biggest one-day fall in eight months

Stock markets will be ‘closely watching’ US midterm elections
- Personal Finance
- October 16, 2018, 05:00
Merrill Lynch says elections could have implications for fiscal policy and foreign ties

For corporations, sorry now seems to be the easiest word
- Personal Finance
- October 9, 2018, 05:00
Facebook, Apple and Uber have done the mea culpa – but an apology can go awry

The Nike game: marrying politics with profit
- Personal Finance
- October 2, 2018, 05:10
Growing number of firms finding principle doesn’t have to be at expense of business

Stocktake: Traders get high on pot stock
- Personal Finance
- September 25, 2018, 05:45
Meanwhile, Merrill Lynch survey showing pessimism may be good news for contrarians

Short-termist stock markets: is it time to scrap quarterly reporting?
- Personal Finance
- September 25, 2018, 05:00
Focusing on quarterly earnings estimates, critics say, promotes corporate short-termism

Stocktake: Emerging markets looking ‘increasingly buyable’
- Personal Finance
- September 18, 2018, 05:45
Why ‘dumb neighbours getting richer than you’ provides an invaluable lesson for us all

Why there’s nothing easy about ‘easy money’
- Personal Finance
- September 18, 2018, 05:00
Notion that past gains were inevitable and future is murky is bedevilled by hindsight bias

Stocktake: Market indicators flashing red
- Personal Finance
- September 11, 2018, 05:45
Last week’s ISM Manufacturing Index reading will certainly encourage bulls.

Lehman Brothers, 10 years on: seven lessons for investors
- Personal Finance
- September 11, 2018, 05:00
Interestingly, long-term investors in Ireland have not fared badly over the last decade

US is dominating the global stock market
- Personal Finance
- September 4, 2018, 05:45
The recent breakout to all-time highs suggests the bull market is alive and well

Market analysts do not always see through the bull
- Personal Finance
- September 4, 2018, 05:00
Many experts were given Nostradamus status in the aftermath of the financial crisis

Stocktake: Ordinary investors ignore record-breaking bull market
- Personal Finance
- August 28, 2018, 05:45
This time it’s different as many investors hold more cash or bonds

Can the longest bull market in history defy the doubters?
- Personal Finance
- August 28, 2018, 05:00
US bull market isn’t quite as extraordinarily long as it might appear

Stocktake: Emerging markets fall into a bear market
- Personal Finance
- August 21, 2018, 05:45
Merrill Lynch monthly fund manager survey suggests indices haven’t yet bottomed

Trillion-dollar baby: Apple’s six lessons for investors
- Personal Finance
- August 21, 2018, 05:00
The technology giant’s market dominance has followed long periods of disappointment

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

Are you a good investor – or a lucky one?
- Personal Finance
- August 14, 2018, 05:00
The luckiest investors end up with five times as much money as the unluckiest ones

Sustainable investing: can you do well by doing good?
- Personal Finance
- August 7, 2018, 05:00
Ethical investors can outperform if they engage with corporate sinners

Stocktake: Expect ‘big winners and big losers’ in tech land
- Personal Finance
- August 7, 2018, 05:00
The European stock market is much cheaper than the US and it’s likely to stay that way for some time

Stocktake: What’s next for stunned Facebook shareholders?
- Personal Finance
- July 31, 2018, 05:00
Quick rebound unlikely as growth slowdown guidance prompts biggest one-day loss ever

Is bad weather bad for stock markets?
- Personal Finance
- July 31, 2018, 05:00
Weather and mood influence investors’ decision-making, new research indicates

Fretting over late-cycle stock market risk could cost you
- Personal Finance
- July 24, 2018, 05:00
Yields are levelling off after long bull run but market peak may be some way off yet

Elon Musk loses the plot again
- Markets
- July 24, 2018, 04:15
Will Amazon pip Apple to the post to become US’s first trillion-dollar company?

Computer-driven investing: who needs people?
- Personal Finance
- July 17, 2018, 05:00
Computers increasingly dominate today’s investment world, but they can only go so far

Bear market is looming, but go ahead, buy stocks anyway
- Personal Finance
- July 17, 2018, 02:34
Stocktake: Fourteen bear market signals suggest bull’s race is almost run

Stocktake: Falling markets would change Trump’s mind on trade
- Personal Finance
- July 10, 2018, 05:40
US administration will be keeping close eye on markets in the coming months

Are investors being fooled by the work ethic fallacy?
- Personal Finance
- July 10, 2018, 05:00
While most active funds underperform, investors persist in belief hard work pays

Trillion-dollar companies – will Apple get the first bite?
- Personal Finance
- July 3, 2018, 05:40
Some say sector is in a bubble, but current race looks more sustainable than dotcom days

Stocktake: Trade war fears hit stocks
- Personal Finance
- July 3, 2018, 05:00
It would be a ‘big deal for profits even if it isn’t as big of a deal for the economy’

Troubled emerging markets near bear market territory
- Business
- June 26, 2018, 08:00
Stocktake: Elon Musk taunts short sellers and GE exits Dow Jones index

Are Buffett and Dimon right about stock market short-termism?
- Personal Finance
- June 26, 2018, 05:45
Many see the case for quarterly guidance from companies as increasingly tenuous

High-flying technology stocks: today’s Nifty 50?
- Personal Finance
- June 19, 2018, 05:45
The tech advance has been led by companies with some eye-watering valuation multiples

Stocktake: Fund managers sour on Europe and turn to US
- Personal Finance
- June 19, 2018, 05:40
Positioning on Europe ‘not yet fully defensive’, says Merrill Lynch

Anger as a market force
- Personal Finance
- June 12, 2018, 05:45
Trading decisions made in fury permit investors to harness ‘the outrage cycle’

Stocktake: Bulls beginning to win market battle
- Business
- June 12, 2018, 05:00
More ‘all-or-nothing days’, Trump ‘greatness’, and gains consolidated

Lottery winners and stock returns: the problem of survivor bias
- Personal Finance
- June 5, 2018, 05:55
Focusing on successes while ignoring past failures is a major flaw in data analysis

Stocktake: Recession risk – is it really that important?
- Personal Finance
- June 5, 2018, 05:45
In the past 10 downturns, the S&P 500 was actually higher seven times

Are record corporate profit margins sustainable?
- Personal Finance
- May 29, 2018, 07:00
Bears see this as temporary but bulls think profit margins have risen to a permanently higher plateau

Stocktake: Should investors fear rising oil price?
- Personal Finance
- May 29, 2018, 05:45
Dove-like Fed, Musk meltdown and bulls have the edge

Value investing made Buffett rich, but will it work for you?
- Personal Finance
- May 22, 2018, 07:00
Stocktake: with value stocks in a slump, the tortoise and hare approach may lose its appeal

Stocktake: Paddy Power eyes US sports betting market
- Business
- May 22, 2018, 06:00
Soros and those Tesla bonds; cryptocurrency scammers still profiting from the gullible

Musk’s behaviour should concern Tesla investors
- Personal Finance
- May 15, 2018, 06:00
Markets took fright after the entrepreneur lashed out at analysts

Short-sellers may have burst bitcoin bubble
- Business
- May 15, 2018, 05:30
Stocktake: Market volatility falls but lengthy correction in stock prices continues

Tesla’s Musk needs to answer questions and Apple ‘stay in their lane’
- Personal Finance
- May 8, 2018, 05:55
Stocktake: Don’t sell in May and go away

Bubble trouble: how should investors respond?
- Personal Finance
- May 8, 2018, 05:20
High prices are sustained as speculators believe they can sell on to ‘greater fool’

Alphabet pops, then drops and a warning from Caterpillar
- Personal Finance
- May 1, 2018, 08:00
Stocktake: Investors fret over rising bond yields

Can surging earnings steady volatile stock markets?
- Personal Finance
- May 1, 2018, 07:00
A record number of companies have issued upward earnings guidance, according to FactSet data

Should investors be spooked by market turbulence?
- Personal Finance
- April 24, 2018, 05:50
Six factors to keep in mind as volatile stock markets nurse double-digit ‘correction’

Stocktake: Have stock markets bottomed for 2018?
- Business
- April 24, 2018, 05:00
Merrill Lynch says that bulls are currently being ‘silenced, not routed’

Everybody hates Russia – is it time to buy their stocks?
- Personal Finance
- April 17, 2018, 06:00
Stocktake: Bitcoin ‘virus’ peaks; Barclays’ equity study; Buffet the billionaire boy

Can stop-loss orders help calm your nerves about stocks?
- Personal Finance
- April 17, 2018, 05:45
Stop-loss orders switch you out of market when price falls below designated point

Amazon’s share prices should weather Trump’s tweetstorm
- Personal Finance
- April 10, 2018, 08:00
Stocktake: Paulsen urges caution; volatility returns; stocks breach 200-day average

Can financial advisers help save investors from themselves?
- Personal Finance
- April 10, 2018, 07:00
There is a danger investors will let their emotions get the better of them in turbulent times

Stocktake: Tech stock pain was well overdue
- Personal Finance
- April 3, 2018, 08:00
CFD clampdown, US yield curve concerns and accepting end of S&P winning streak

How much is too much when it comes to paying CEOs?
- Personal Finance
- April 3, 2018, 07:00
Estimates suggest chiefs in US are paid about 300 times more than the average worker

A bad week for Facebook shareholders
- Personal Finance
- March 27, 2018, 08:00
Stocktake: Facebook stock down $60bn over Cambridge Analytica’s revelations

Investing: why it feels good to conform
- Personal Finance
- March 27, 2018, 07:00
Is it really that difficult to go against the herd? In a nutshell, yes

Is the ageing bull market past its sell-by date?
- Personal Finance
- March 20, 2018, 08:00
Proinsias O’Mahony: Muted sentiment has lengthened the bull market

Has ‘Oracle of Omaha’ Warren Buffett lost his touch?
- Personal Finance
- March 20, 2018, 07:00
Sheer size of Berkshire Hathaway will inevitably constrain its performance

Stocktake: Will Trump really cause a trade war?
- Personal Finance
- March 13, 2018, 08:00
In a normal market, last week’s declines would hardly be noticed, but this has not been a normal market

The investor’s dilemma – luck or skill?
- Personal Finance
- March 13, 2018, 07:00
Performance does not persist, as shown by the latest scorecard from S&P Dow Jones Indices

Markets may have to brace themselves for more rate hikes
- Personal Finance
- March 6, 2018, 08:00
Stocktake: Fed chair strikes ‘hawkish tone’. Plus: S&P’s fall and rise; tech stocks power back

Stock markets, career risk and the safety of the herd
- Personal Finance
- March 6, 2018, 07:00
Why is herding such a problem in financial markets?

See-saw action shows stocks still on shaky ground
- Personal Finance
- February 27, 2018, 08:00
Stocktake: Why you should delete your investing app from your smartphone

Is it bear market time for investors? Six factors to consider
- Personal Finance
- February 27, 2018, 07:00
Investors should have taken advantage of the recent weakness in the market

Herd mentality is driving stock markets
- Personal Finance
- February 20, 2018, 08:00
Stocktake: despite strong market rebound, stocks likely to retest recent lows

How to ride the stock market rollercoaster
- Personal Finance
- February 20, 2018, 07:00
Proinsias O’Mahony: Seven nerve-calming steps to help you make sense of it all