Stocktake: Stocks soar but there may still be trouble aheadBounce shows much bad news had already been baked into market pricesTue Mar 31 2020 - 05:30
Who needs human analysts when you’ve got robo-analysts?Study suggests robo-analyst firms’ stock advice more profitable than that of their human counterpartsTue Mar 31 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: Buffett takes a big hit in bear marketSeven of Buffett’s top nine holdings down between 34 and 44 per cent but he’s unlikely to be botheredTue Mar 31 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Markets won’t buy into Trump’s wishful thinkingReopening US economy prematurely would be major financial mistakeTue Mar 31 2020 - 04:50
Stocktake: Is coronavirus crash is one of the ‘great buying opportunities’?Bill Miller’s strategy of buying when there’s blood in streets pays off most of time, but not alwaysTue Mar 24 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Has the Tesla bubble burst?Chaos caused by coronavirus outbreak is what catalysed company’s plummeting share priceTue Mar 24 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Traders need to be careful in volatile marketsSafer to use limit and stop-loss limit orders, which help you control worst-case priceTue Mar 24 2020 - 05:30
Can history guide investors through the coronavirus crash?Investors are always scared during bear markets but this is differentTue Mar 24 2020 - 05:15
Coronavirus: investor sentiment suffers ‘historic’ collapseStocktake: Bank of America’s Bull & Bear Indicator falls to 1.7 as panic sets inTue Mar 24 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Investors spooked by astonishing market volatilityGoldman Sachs says the current apocalyptic mood won’t persist but not everyone agreesTue Mar 17 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Foolish Trump hit by market collapseUS president’s ‘disaster speech’ caused futures markets to tankTue Mar 17 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Reinvesting when terrifiedBuying into a collapsing market is tricky. How should investors respond?Tue Mar 17 2020 - 05:30
Investing and the coronavirus: keep calm and carry on‘These are the days when you don’t need financial advice, you need a psychologist’Tue Mar 17 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: Are global stocks cheap?The battering of European stocks mean they now look very cheap relative to historyTue Mar 17 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Is this the time to buy stocks?Not necessarily logical to spend all your cash, as we have no idea how negative things will getTue Mar 10 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Coronavirus rate cut no cause for celebrationHistory shows emergency cuts usually followed by significant underperformanceTue Mar 10 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Rate cut: not a saviour, but not futile‘Sizeable hit from the coronavirus could easily catalyse a global recession’Tue Mar 10 2020 - 05:30
Investor psychology tips for surviving Covid-19Personal classification of risk and danger are key determinants of market behavioursTue Mar 10 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: Big one-day gains are bearish, not bullishHuge one-day gains are as symptomatic of financial turmoil as are huge one-day lossesTue Mar 10 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Coronavirus – bad for stocks but good for Bernie Sanders?Markets seem to think that, as a presidential candidate, Sanders will be beaten by TrumpTue Mar 03 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Buckle up for volatile marketsInvestors shouldn’t mistake any ‘spirited rebound’ as evidence the coast is clearTue Mar 03 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Investors stunned by speed of market U-turnGlobal stocks endure worst week since financial crisis as coronavirus hits marketsTue Mar 03 2020 - 05:30
Are green stocks a mega trend or a bubble in the making?Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is growing, but is it sustainable?Tue Mar 03 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: Strategists wary of ‘buying the dip’Investing at market lows has been winning formula but coronavirus provides unusual challengeTue Mar 03 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Are markets too dependent on Trump’s Maga stocks?Apple and Microsoft gain 88% and 74% respectively but smaller stocks follow their leadTue Feb 25 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Stocks can stay expensive for a long, long timeStaying ‘irrationally bullish’ may not be as irrational as it soundsTue Feb 25 2020 - 05:40
Investors cut China GDP expectations to lowest level in four years over coronavirusStocktake: A net 18% of fund managers now have positive growth expectations, down from 36%Tue Feb 25 2020 - 05:30
Are high-flying stock markets about to ‘feel the Bern’?Some analysts believe Sanders left-wing approach is ‘biggest threat’ to stocks in 2020Tue Feb 25 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: Coronavirus begins to cause trouble for stocksMarkets remain calm over outbreak but banks warn of significant correctionTue Feb 25 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Would markets punish a Sinn Féin-led government?Constraints relating to coalition politics could be expected to calm market fearsTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:40
Big tech gains aren’t ‘extraordinary’ after allStocktake: One-year returns have been much higher in past, particularly during the 1990sTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:40
Bursting of Tesla bubble a case of ‘not if, but when’Stocktake: Tesla took fewer days to return 2,000% than technology bubble in the 1990sTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:30
Emotional time travel: Will you handle the next bear market?We should be more understanding of bad decisions made in hot emotional statesTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:15
US recession risk hasn’t gone awayStocktake: New MIT study suggests prospect of downturn remains all too realTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:00
Beware of powerful CEOsThere is no evidence these CEOs have higher stock price jumps than others, says reportTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Tesla’s crazy share-price swings‘Even Elon would short the stock here if he was a fund manager’ – Citron ResearchTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:40
Bullish investors shrug off coronavirus fearsConcerns the market decline might be start of a bear market were always unrealisticTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:30
Just because doomsayers warn of Armageddon doesn’t mean they’re rightFollowing dire market forecasts can cost investors bucketloads of money, but the appetite for pessimism porn is largeTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: More stock market porkies from TrumpFact checking the State of the Union address adds to Trump’s 16,000 lies as presidentTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Markets should be worried by Bernie SandersBond manager warns presidential candidate represents biggest risk to stocks in 2020Tue Feb 04 2020 - 05:40
Coronavirus is not a black swan event for marketsStocktake: Infectious disease outbreaks are a certainty, not a rare and major surpriseTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:40
Coronavirus: a reason or an excuse for a market sell-off?Stocktake: Virus may cause economic upheaval, but also outbreaks of financialmediaitisTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:30
The next decade may be a tough one for investorsAfter a soaring decade for US stock market, returns could fall sharply in the new decadeTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:15
Tesla’s love of the number 500,000 should offer a warning for investorsStocktake: Elon Musk’s firm is defying doubters but its plans should be taken with a grain of saltTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Will China’s coronavirus infect stocks?Much depends on the trajectory of the deadly virusTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Investors should stay ‘irrationally bullish’ on stocksInvestors increasingly bullish but not yet euphoric, Bank of America survey findsTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:40
Not all European indices are at record highsLong-suffering European investors can only hope values can recover their momentumTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:30
Will the next decade be a better one for value investors?One common explanation is investors’ continued preference for fast-growing tech stocksTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:15
Markets show ‘once in 48 years’ show of strengthTime for a pullback? In the bullish 1990s stocks enjoyed five further years of gainsTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:00
