Why a Trump presidency might not deliver for markets or business as expected Technology was the best-performing sector during Trump’s presidencyMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
Magnificent seven stocks take a pounding as investors rotate into cheaper companiesNvidia alone lost over $200bn in market value on WednesdaySun Jul 21 2024 - 06:15
Markets may be underestimating political risk under Donald Trump Trump has warned Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell not to cut interest rates before November’s electionSat Jul 20 2024 - 06:15
Apple: just another overheated AI stock? Tech group has gained some $600bn in market capitalisation over past monthTue Jul 16 2024 - 06:00
Nvidia has broken ‘the market’While the S&P 500 is up 19% this year, the average stock is up less than 5%Mon Jul 15 2024 - 06:00
Britain’s answer to Warren Buffett bemoans a market obsessed with NvidiaNvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Meta were responsible for almost half the S&P 500′s gains in first half of 2024Sun Jul 14 2024 - 06:00
Smurfit Westrock chases US valuation premiumGreater liquidity and higher valuations have tempted companies to depart the Irish market for US listingsSat Jul 13 2024 - 06:00
Stock splits are back as tech giants embrace lower share pricesSplits are now seen as a catalyst for growth. Investors should be waryTue Jul 09 2024 - 05:00
Roger Federer, ETFs, and Ireland’s taxing problemThe so-called deemed disposal rule needs to be abolishedMon Jul 08 2024 - 05:00
Tesla bulls see glass half full as shares surgeThe EV maker is on the rise once again even amid lacklustre resultsSun Jul 07 2024 - 05:00
Is the stock market really as strong as it looks?The big indices are at an all-time high, yet many individual shares are strugglingSat Jul 06 2024 - 06:00
Frothy Nvidia shares take a belated tumbleEven bulls might admit the stock arguably came too far, too fastTue Jul 02 2024 - 05:46
Untrustworthy companies love to talk about trust ‘Trust words are an inverse measure of trust,’ American study findsMon Jul 01 2024 - 04:00
US chief executives: More money, less abilityA recent study suggests American chief executives are getting worseSun Jun 30 2024 - 06:00
Investors unfazed by warnings about social media’s effects on adolescentsA high-profile call for tobacco-style warnings had no lasting effects on platforms’ sharesSat Jun 29 2024 - 06:00
Nvidia soars but animal spirits are confinedInvestors have decided a few mega-cap tech stocks like Nvidia are the only ones with the scale to benefit from AI, says Bespoke InvestmentTue Jun 25 2024 - 06:00
Vanguard’s John Bogle would have been aghast at Elon Musk’s pay deal with TeslaIt’s not in keeping with Vanguard’s brand to approve the biggest compensation deal in corporate historyMon Jun 24 2024 - 06:00
Nvidia is the new king of the stock marketFive years ago it wasn’t even in the top 60 stocks in the S&P 500 but the launch of ChatGPT has changed everythingSun Jun 23 2024 - 06:15
Tesla shareholders should brace for more demands from Elon Musk down the roadShareholders voted in favour of huge pay deal over concerns Musk ‘would become less engaged’ if it were rejectedSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:15
Stock market concentration: Should a handful of Big Tech firms hold all the cards? The combined value of the world’s three biggest stocks - Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia - is almost $10tn. But is this bad?Mon Jun 17 2024 - 06:00
Baillie Gifford fund being held to an impossible standard on Israel and oil The active fund giant has only 2% per cent of client money invested in companies with business related to fossil fuels, well below market averageSun Jun 16 2024 - 06:15
Threat of far-right election success in France spooks investors Sell-off in French stocks as snap election raises prospect of a far-right government in the EU’s second-biggest economySat Jun 15 2024 - 06:15
ChatGPT helps investors see through ‘bloated’ corporate fluffStudy says conference call ‘noise’ can make it tougher to identify companies with good or bad newsTue Jun 11 2024 - 05:00
Cult leader or canny investor? Doubts cloud Roaring Kitty’s GameStop bet Online broker E*Trade is considering telling Keith Gill he can no longer use its platform over concerns about potential stock manipulationMon Jun 10 2024 - 05:00
Nvidia’s surge masks narrow US bull market Chip maker accounts for more than a third of the S&P 500′s year-to-date gainsSun Jun 09 2024 - 06:00
Dell’s rollercoaster ride highlights AI forecasting dangersAnalyst reckons AI is in the early stages of an investment bubble and says internet bubble of the 1990s is a cautionary taleSat Jun 08 2024 - 05:00
Nvidia rewrites the laws of growth Tech company gained almost half a trillion dollars in market capitalisation in just three daysMon Jun 03 2024 - 07:00
Memes clouding Reddit investors’ judgment on stocks New study discovers strong link between online gags and trading patternsMon Jun 03 2024 - 06:09
Judgment day for Musk as shareholders vote on $56bn paydayShareholders backed deal in 2018 when company was worth $50bn but judge struck it down in JanuarySun Jun 02 2024 - 07:10
Hubristic Neil Woodford was the orchestrator of his own downfall The fallen fund manager seemingly thought he was right about Brexit and almost every mainstream economist was wrongSun Jun 02 2024 - 06:00
Hubristic Woodford was the orchestrator of his own downfall Fund manager still refuses to accept any responsibility for collapse of his flagship fundSat Jun 01 2024 - 07:13
Judgment day nears for Musk as shareholders vote on $56bn pay day Shareholders approving Musk’s pay deal seem like turkeys voting for ChristmasSat Jun 01 2024 - 06:00
Ryanair analysts cut price targets but keep the faithValuation remains unchallenging while buyback and dividend convert to 6% yield for shareholdersTue May 28 2024 - 06:00
Robert Kennedy, GameStop and the myth of rigged marketsAvoiding long-term investments due to misperceptions of rigged markets will make you poorerMon May 27 2024 - 06:00
Nvidia delivers again for excited investorsResults push market cap to $2.5tn which is equal to the entire German stock marketSun May 26 2024 - 07:00
Poll woes may prompt Biden to borrow Trump’s stock market tactics Stock markets predict elections but maybe not this time as Americans are misinformed on realitySat May 25 2024 - 06:00
Will AI replace stock market analysts? An AI model can process huge amounts of data in a fraction of the time and cost it would take a human analystTue May 21 2024 - 05:00
McGrath may be missing the point on ETF tax changesMinister sees deposits as potential source of business funding while investors just want reform of punitive tax systemMon May 20 2024 - 10:48
Did Roaring Kitty manipulate the stock market? Disgruntled investors who rode the meme stock wave reading a lot into every perceived signalSun May 19 2024 - 06:00
Meme stock mania is unlikely to last Shares in GameStop and cinema chain AMC almost quadruple after Roaring Kitty tweetsSat May 18 2024 - 06:00
What will Berkshire Hathaway do with its cash pile?The fact it is not spending big is being seen as a bearish signTue May 14 2024 - 06:00
Apple’s AI talk cheers investorsThe iPad maker has been under pressure to respond to the threat from the likes of ChatGPTMon May 13 2024 - 06:00
Trinity, Israel and the problem with divestment of stocksDoes divesting of perceived troublesome stocks actually make a difference?Sun May 12 2024 - 06:00
Buffett won’t heed Musk’s suggestion to buy Tesla sharesOracle of Omaha says he doesn’t know where the major car companies will be in five or 10 yearsSat May 11 2024 - 06:00
Google: An AI also-ran or a $2 trillion titan? Don’t get suckered into joining the guessing game of who will emerge on top in AI raceTue May 07 2024 - 05:45
Big pay rise for Smith & Nephew chief shows US-style packages have arrived in Europe Company says corporate talent is increasingly mobile in a globalised world and investors must pay up if they want to retain top executivesMon May 06 2024 - 06:00
Why is Amazon still not paying a dividend? Retail giant reaffirms its focus on reinvestment and on using capital to generate ‘meaningful returns’Sun May 05 2024 - 06:00
Tesla’s share price is ‘assuming incredible things’ Company’s $565bn valuation implies investors are already paying for the robotics and AI business ‘Musk wants everyone to start believing Tesla will become’Sat May 04 2024 - 06:00
Expectations matter for tech investorsTesla shares rose despite an earnings miss, while Meta’s stock plunged after a beatTue Apr 30 2024 - 06:00
Trump Media’s convenient complaint about short sellersCompany CEO has asked Nasdaq and US Congress to investigate possible manipulation by shortsMon Apr 29 2024 - 06:00