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Separate data from Pension Partners’ Charlie Bilello shows that over the last 70 years, readings of 47.8 or lower have usually been followed by recessions within two years. Photograph: iStock
Stocktake: Free stock trading is becoming the new normal

Major US brokerages have for years resisted following in the footsteps of Robinhood, the Silicon Valley start-up which offered free stock trading in 2(...)

Stocktake: Global investors are reluctant bulls

The latest Merrill Lynch monthly fund manager survey shows concerned investors are taking the Tina approach – there is no alternative – to stocks.In F(...)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Photograph: Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Best investment strategies are those backed up by evidence of success

It’s easy for active investors to drown in a sea of misinformation. There’s no shortage of confident commentary telling investors and traders what to (...)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Share options – buying and selling and how best to do it

Given the latest hike in Dirt, never mind the potential impact of paying PRSI as well depending on how much interest you earn, share trading may not h(...)