Value investing: is the age-old strategy dead?Practice has yielded handsome returns in the past but failed to bear fruit in recent yearsTue Apr 02 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Keep an open mind on Fed’s plansFed’s rate hike U-turn surprises investors; Woodford claims ‘spectacular’ returns on wayTue Mar 26 2019 - 05:45
Nervy fund managers don’t heed Kipling’s adviceFund managers become risk-seekers following losing streaks, study findsTue Mar 26 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Outlook for sterling remains murkyShort bets against sterling now at highest level since DecemberTue Mar 19 2019 - 05:45
Timing continues to elude investors in search of returnsIt’s hard to disagree with old cliché that time in the market is more important than timing the marketTue Mar 19 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Trump shouldn’t take stock market strength for grantedPresident has linked recent gains to progress on trade talks with ChinaTue Mar 12 2019 - 05:45
Stock market analysts are as biased as the rest of usStudies show analysts can be influenced by number of factors including political views and genderTue Mar 12 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Buffett’s best days are goneBerkshire Hathaway CEO has struggled to beat the markets for some time nowTue Mar 05 2019 - 05:45
From bear to boom: 10 years on from the market crashWhen stocks bottomed out in 2009 there was fear of meltdown of the financial systemTue Mar 05 2019 - 05:00
Will Elon Musk ever learn?Stocktake: Tesla chief’s ongoing carelessness a cause of concern for investorsTue Feb 26 2019 - 05:45
Proinsias O'Mahony: Investors must learn the lessons of historyStudy looking back to 1800 confirms following the trend, seasonality and value investing beat the marketTue Feb 26 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: stocks enjoy double-digit gains but fund managers are cautiousThere has been an about-turn in sentiment towards emerging marketsTue Feb 19 2019 - 05:45
Past performance no guide to future for chief executivesCompany boards attribute too much importance to the role of chief executiveTue Feb 19 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Billionaire doesn’t like ‘highfalutin’ tax hikesReports of Apple’s demise are overstated while worrying about timing is as futile as everTue Feb 12 2019 - 05:45
Trust your fund manager to buy stocks but not to sellRandom sales strategy is better than a bad sales strategy, research showsTue Feb 12 2019 - 05:40
Stocktake: Markets may have driven Powell’s policy U-turnTrump cheers Dow 25,000 – again, and the ‘Venezuelan’ wealth taxTue Feb 05 2019 - 05:45
Investors benefit from less stress and better informationA fact-based world view is more useful to investors than the siren song of newsTue Feb 05 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Elevated uncertainty is holding back stocksStocks have room to keep rising if outlook begins to look less uncertainTue Jan 29 2019 - 05:00
Stock market turbulence: is US recession risk rising?Stocktake: Investors shouldn’t confuse a slowdown with a recession, ‘that’s just wrong’Tue Jan 29 2019 - 05:00
Diversification is no panacea for investor riskResearch shows in short-term market panics few stocks are sparedTue Jan 22 2019 - 05:00
John Bogle, ‘undercover philanthropist’ who championed ordinary investorsStocktake: Brexit market complacency; cutting earnings estimates; S&P 500 ralliesTue Jan 22 2019 - 05:00
Apple’s crumble? It’s too early to write off the tech giantStocktake: Market volatility taking its toll on Trump; fear and greed grips Mr MarketTue Jan 15 2019 - 05:00
Why do we bother with stock market forecasts?Research shows people see value in humility after recognising limited understandingTue Jan 15 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Are we in a real bear market?Investors should not assume the worst is over if indices enjoy a strong reboundTue Jan 08 2019 - 05:00
What’s in store for stock markets in 2019?Forecasts from strategists show bullish expectations have been reined inTue Jan 08 2019 - 05:00
The bitcoin bust, one year onCryptocurrency price collapse a painful lesson for new generation of investorsTue Dec 18 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Are we any closer to a market bottom?The mindset of traders has changed – instead of buying the dip they are selling the ralliesTue Dec 18 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Market fear refuses to fadeWild price swings show role animal spirits currently play in financial marketsTue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00
Forget logic. Investment is driven mostly by emotionA behavioural finance expert says investors are not as dispassionate as you’d thinkTue Dec 11 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Markets may play a big role in Brexit voteMicrosoft’s obituaries were premature as it reclaimed its status as the world’s most valuable company for the first time since 2003Tue Dec 04 2018 - 05:00
Family values: why investors love family-owned companiesFamily companies have handsomely outperformed the broader equity markets in all regions of the worldTue Dec 04 2018 - 05:00
FAANGs lose their bite as tech wreck worsensStocktake: Tech giants in bear market as $1tn wiped off value since peakTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
How to spot corporate spin in earnings announcementsBeware blame on external factors, bad news buried on Fridays and deceptive graph useTue Nov 27 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Bear market time for AppleBitcoin likely to see further falls; oil is on the verge of hitting a 52-week lowTue Nov 20 2018 - 05:00
A correction or a bear market? Making sense of the recent turbulenceIt may be that this is a late-cycle bull market that isn’t quite finished yetTue Nov 20 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Investors hoping for more post-election gainsS&P 500 enjoyed its biggest one-day post-midterm bounce since 1982Tue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Increased market volatility suggests risks are rising‘Keep calm and carry on’ remains sound advice for long-term investorsTue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Investors bid good riddance to OctoberThe 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 plunging 9.25%Tue Nov 06 2018 - 05:00
Should you buy when there’s blood in the streets?Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good optionTue Nov 06 2018 - 05:00
Short sellers: ‘unreasonably maligned’ or ‘jerks’?Tesla chief Elon Musk is latest in long line of figures suspicious of short sellingTue Oct 30 2018 - 05:00
Markets fearful as tech stocks take a hammeringThe US has been playing catch-up with what has become a truly global sell-offTue Oct 30 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Stock investors fret over rising rates and bond yieldsIn a US bull market and with 10-year bonds soaring, should equity investors be worried?Tue Oct 23 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Sell the rallies, Merrill Lynch saysGlobal economy is in late cycle, record 85 per cent of fund managers surveyed sayTue Oct 23 2018 - 05:00
Stock markets will be ‘closely watching’ US midterm electionsMerrill Lynch says elections could have implications for fiscal policy and foreign tiesTue Oct 16 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: US indices finally ‘sit up and pay attention’This is the week when the S&P 500 suffered its biggest one-day fall in eight monthsTue Oct 16 2018 - 05:00
For corporations, sorry now seems to be the easiest wordFacebook, Apple and Uber have done the mea culpa – but an apology can go awryTue Oct 09 2018 - 05:00
The Nike game: marrying politics with profitGrowing number of firms finding principle doesn’t have to be at expense of businessTue Oct 02 2018 - 05:10
Stocktake: Traders get high on pot stockMeanwhile, Merrill Lynch survey showing pessimism may be good news for contrariansTue Sept 25 2018 - 05:45
Short-termist stock markets: is it time to scrap quarterly reporting?Focusing on quarterly earnings estimates, critics say, promotes corporate short-termismTue Sept 25 2018 - 05:00
Stocktake: Emerging markets looking ‘increasingly buyable’Why ‘dumb neighbours getting richer than you’ provides an invaluable lesson for us allTue Sept 18 2018 - 05:45
