The Irish Times

Stocktake: Stocks may have further to fall

Markets have endured a difficult 2022, but there are no indicators of a market bottom

Tue Mar 15 2022 - 00:00

Stocktake: Have stock markets bottomed?

History suggests this dip might be a good time to buy – but expect a volatile year ahead

Tue Feb 08 2022 - 00:00

Stocktake: Fund managers still bullish on stocks

Investors are more overweight stocks than bonds than any time since February 2011

Tue Jan 25 2022 - 00:00

Stocktake: More volatility ahead for stocks?

Investors fearful, but not reaching extreme levels seen near market bottoms, indexes suggest

Tue Oct 12 2021 - 05:10

Stocktake: Investor sentiment seems to be cooling

Weekly survey suggests equity exposure has fallen significantly of late

Tue May 25 2021 - 00:00

Stocktake: Ordinary investors in full bull mode

Poll shows 57 per cent of investors expect stocks to rise in next six months

Tue Apr 13 2021 - 05:40

Stocktake: Investors spooked by market decline

Investors are more worried about a market crash than at any time over the past 20 years

Tue Oct 06 2020 - 05:10

Stocktake: Nervous investors don’t trust this rally

Almost half surveyed in latest AAII poll were bearish

Tue Aug 04 2020 - 05:40

Stocktake: This is not a ‘real McCoy’ bubble

Day traders are doing ‘crazy stuff’ but most retail investors are cautious

Tue Jun 30 2020 - 05:30

Stocktake: Ordinary investors are fearful

Ordinary investors far more pessimistic about future than institutional investors

Tue May 19 2020 - 05:30

‘Dumb money’ acting smart while institutions jump ship

Ordinary investors not panicking in coronavirus crash, data strongly suggests

Tue Apr 14 2020 - 05:15

Stocktake: Fear of missing out grips bullish fund managers

‘Easy part’ of rally is over, but stocks still retain potential to maintain rising profile

Tue Nov 19 2019 - 05:40

Stocktake: WeWork not alone in its IPO woes

‘Elizabeth Warren correction’ hits markets, and earnings season likely to be uninspiring

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 05:40

Stocktake: Bulls hoping to sustain stock market breakout

Ugly sentiment suggests stocks have bottomed

Tue Sept 10 2019 - 05:40

Stock take: Breaking the rules and living on hope

Some market jitters ahead would not be surprising

Tue Jul 16 2019 - 05:45

Stocktake: Bearish fund managers wary of market rally

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

Tue Jun 25 2019 - 05:45

Trump: A ‘genius’ playing a risky market game?

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

Tue Jun 11 2019 - 05:45

Stocktake: Investors should be wary of bitcoin rally

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

Tue May 21 2019 - 16:06

Timing continues to elude investors in search of returns

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

Tue Mar 19 2019 - 05:00

From bear to boom: 10 years on from the market crash

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

Tue Mar 05 2019 - 05:00

Stocktake: Markets may have driven Powell’s policy U-turn

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

Tue Feb 05 2019 - 05:45

Apple’s crumble? It’s too early to write off the tech giant

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

Tue Jan 15 2019 - 05:00

FAANGs lose their bite as tech wreck worsens

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

Tue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00

Stocktake: Ordinary investors ignore record-breaking bull market

This time it’s different as many investors hold more cash or bonds

Tue Aug 28 2018 - 05:45

Stocktake: Falling markets would change Trump’s mind on trade

US administration will be keeping close eye on markets in the coming months

Tue Jul 10 2018 - 05:40

Investing: why it feels good to conform

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

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 07:00

Stocktake: Will Trump really cause a trade war?

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

Tue Mar 13 2018 - 08:00

Will animal spirits drive a stock market melt-up?

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

Tue Feb 06 2018 - 07:00

Madness continues in cryptocurrency stocks

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

Tue Jan 16 2018 - 09:46

Stocktake: Will stocks ever dip again?

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

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 06:00

The Trump trade is dead

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

Tue May 30 2017 - 06:30

Investing secrets of the dumb money

Proinsias O’Mahony on the pitfalls to which the ordinary investor are all too prone

Tue May 09 2017 - 06:00

S&P 500 eyes ninth year of gains

Stocktake: Investor optimism, emerging markets, political fears and a quiet holiday period

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 06:30

Will the ‘Trump bump’ be followed by a market melt-up?

Much is made of the recent spike in bond yields, but bonds had bottomed last July

Tue Dec 06 2016 - 05:00