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Stocktake: Political chaos, financial calm: are stock markets Trump-proof?

Stocktake: Political chaos, financial calm: are stock markets Trump-proof?

Global economic volatility is at its lowest level in over 40 years, says JPMorgan

Tue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: ‘Tech wreck’ driven by algorithm traders

Stocktake: ‘Tech wreck’ driven by algorithm traders

Apple, Amazon and Facebook had gained 30 per cent this year and needed to cool

Tue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
Are FAANG stocks taking a big bite of the bull market?

Are FAANG stocks taking a big bite of the bull market?

Stock Take: Broad rally suggests market is not too reliant on high-flying tech stocks

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 06:30
Socially responsible investing: who’s getting the benefit?

Socially responsible investing: who’s getting the benefit?

Ethical investment is now big business, but are investors doing well out of doing good?

Tue Jun 13 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Investors await AIB’s market return

Stocktake: Investors await AIB’s market return

AIB more of a pure play on Ireland than Bank of Ireland as 40% of latter’s loans are in UK

Tue Jun 06 2017 - 06:30
Amazon’s wild ride offers lessons for investors

Amazon’s wild ride offers lessons for investors

An outlay of $1,000 on the company’s shares in 1997 would net you about $1m today

Tue Jun 06 2017 - 06:00
The Trump trade is dead

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
Should investors be worried about a lack of trading fear?

Should investors be worried about a lack of trading fear?

Stocktake: If calm indicates complacency, prices may be more vulnerable than presumed

Tue May 30 2017 - 06:00
Fund managers pile into Europe, but is it all an illusion?

Fund managers pile into Europe, but is it all an illusion?

StockTake: Europe is good value in contrast to US, but don’t rule out a reversal of fortune

Tue May 23 2017 - 06:30
Investors betting that it’s Europe’s turn to shine

Investors betting that it’s Europe’s turn to shine

American equity funds experienced $22.2bn in outflows recently

Tue May 23 2017 - 06:00
Markets shrug as   Trump sacks FBI director Comey

Markets shrug as Trump sacks FBI director Comey

Stocktake: markets snooze; Gundlach trolls the media; Snap shareholders feel the pinch

Tue May 16 2017 - 06:30
Psychology of investors who tend to trade too much

Psychology of investors who tend to trade too much

Research suggests thrill-seeking and youth are closely linked to excessive stock trading

Tue May 16 2017 - 06:00
Hype generator: Will Tesla become the next Apple?

Hype generator: Will Tesla become the next Apple?

Stocktake: car maker is sounding more like a cult, with Elon Musk as its hubristic leader

Tue May 09 2017 - 06:30
Investing secrets of the dumb money

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
Navigating earnings season: six tips for investors

Navigating earnings season: six tips for investors

Stocktake: Learn why it’s profitable to buy shares in female- or foreign-led firms

Tue May 02 2017 - 07:00
Markets sceptical over Trump’s detail-free tax plans

Markets sceptical over Trump’s detail-free tax plans

Stocktake: Don’t sell in May and go away – study says investors should sit tight

Tue May 02 2017 - 06:30
Stocktake: UK election may not be ‘soft Brexit’ game-changer

Stocktake: UK election may not be ‘soft Brexit’ game-changer

Assuming stronger May means ‘soft Brexit’ is unwise given her prior support for ‘hard Brexit’

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 06:30
Global impact of US’s incredible shrinking stock market

Global impact of US’s incredible shrinking stock market

More and more companies are opting to fund their growth via private markets

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 06:00
United Airlines should learn the value of a sincere apology

United Airlines should learn the value of a sincere apology

Stocktake: Share prices would have suffered less if Oscar Munoz had read the ‘Saving Face’ report

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
Stock pickers face scrapheap as investors turn to algorithms

Stock pickers face scrapheap as investors turn to algorithms

Actively managed funds are losing out to computerised investment strategies

Tue Apr 18 2017 - 06:00
Trading truisms and time-tested investment adages

Trading truisms and time-tested investment adages

Many memorable one-liners have emerged from Wall Street, offering intriguing insights into the approaches of both long-term investors and short-term traders

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 07:18
Why do beautiful Chinese market analysts do better?

Why do beautiful Chinese market analysts do better?

Stocktake: Best-looking analysts get more sensitive information from management – study

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 06:30
Milestones galore for soaring Amazon

Milestones galore for soaring Amazon

Stocktake: Merrill Lynch research shows it’s time for investors to hold tough

Tue Apr 04 2017 - 06:30
Computer says . . . invest: the robo-advisers are coming

Computer says . . . invest: the robo-advisers are coming

Fees are cheap but will Irish investors be tempted by computer-based advice?

Tue Apr 04 2017 - 06:00
Buy high, say fund managers in new survey

Buy high, say fund managers in new survey

Stocktake: Belated sell-off for stocks, worries about ‘President’ Le Pen and men v women

Tue Mar 28 2017 - 06:30
Looking for value in global stock markets

Looking for value in global stock markets

Europe and emerging markets look like better bets over the next decade

Tue Mar 28 2017 - 05:52
Should investors ignore the bubble-watchers?

Should investors ignore the bubble-watchers?

A Harvard study reveals clues to help investors avoid stock-market crashes

Tue Mar 21 2017 - 06:38
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman learns a $4bn lesson

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman learns a $4bn lesson

Stocktake: betting the farm is always dumb – whether you make a bundle or lose the lot

Tue Mar 21 2017 - 06:30
President Le Pen: should investors be worried?

President Le Pen: should investors be worried?

An advancing equity market does not necessarily mean investors are not nervous

Tue Mar 14 2017 - 06:33
What investors can learn from Snap’s flotation

What investors can learn from Snap’s flotation

Stocktake: Being patient can pay off even when looking at the hottest new stocks

Tue Mar 14 2017 - 06:30
StockTake: Bull market refuses to dip

StockTake: Bull market refuses to dip

This rally is refusing to retreat, which must be torture for those on the sidelines

Tue Mar 07 2017 - 06:30
US bull market celebrates its eighth birthday

US bull market celebrates its eighth birthday

Second-longest advance in market history shows no signs of ending any time soon

Mon Mar 06 2017 - 07:00
Are investors hurt by corporate focus on short-term returns?

Are investors hurt by corporate focus on short-term returns?

McKinsey report finds short-termism in US costs millions of jobs and hampers growth

Tue Feb 28 2017 - 07:00
Stocktake: Investors should not fear another Black Monday

Stocktake: Investors should not fear another Black Monday

Stocktake: A cool look at overbought markets and cracks in the global rally

Tue Feb 28 2017 - 06:30
Snapchat parent’s IPO valuation not a pretty picture

Snapchat parent’s IPO valuation not a pretty picture

No major flotation in recent decades has looked remotely as expensive as Snap’s

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 06:30
It’s all coming out now about closet trackers

It’s all coming out now about closet trackers

Stocktake: Funds sold as actively managed may actually closely follow benchmarks

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 06:30
Bullish investors ignoring dark ‘shadows’

Bullish investors ignoring dark ‘shadows’

Stocktake: Worrying about Trump, don’t believe the hype and snapping up the wrong ‘Snapchat’

Tue Feb 14 2017 - 06:30
Most stocks make for lousy bets, new research shows

Most stocks make for lousy bets, new research shows

Study over last 90 years finds the majority of stocks underperform risk-free bonds

Tue Feb 14 2017 - 05:35
Trump card: are stock markets having second thoughts?

Trump card: are stock markets having second thoughts?

Is Wall Street’s three-month honeymoon with Donald Trump coming to an end?

Tue Feb 07 2017 - 07:00
Stocks’ new streetlight: 'Trump on, Trump off'

Stocks’ new streetlight: 'Trump on, Trump off'

StockTake: Trumponomics sparked a big bounce, but concerns have curtailed rally

Tue Feb 07 2017 - 06:30

Volatility in the markets not the monster many make it out to be

Sense of perspective required to put ‘big, scary numbers into context’

Tue Jan 31 2017 - 06:00
Don’t read too much into the political meaning of rising stock prices

Don’t read too much into the political meaning of rising stock prices

Stocktake: Even if Trump’s presidency proves unexpectedly successful, investors are likely to witness a bear market during his tenure

Tue Jan 31 2017 - 06:00
Pricy stock market can get pricier

Pricy stock market can get pricier

Stocktake: The Trump factor, presidential tweets and Madoff’s hot chocolate monopoly

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 06:30
Does Trump pose a threat to complacent markets?

Does Trump pose a threat to complacent markets?

Investors respond rapidly to incoming US president’s unpredictable rhetoric and policy

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 06:30

Stocktake: FTSE rally no cause for patriotic fervour

British investors would have made more money if they had invested almost anywhere else

Tue Jan 17 2017 - 07:56
Is it time to bet on an earnings upturn in Europe?

Is it time to bet on an earnings upturn in Europe?

Both Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch are making optimistic noises for 2017

Tue Jan 17 2017 - 07:19
A friendship of opposites that changed our view of human thinking

A friendship of opposites that changed our view of human thinking

Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky paved the way for behavioural finance

Tue Jan 10 2017 - 08:04
Ignore warnings about Trump inauguration effect on market

Ignore warnings about Trump inauguration effect on market

StockTake: ‘Bull market checklist’ suggests any decline unlikely to be decisive

Tue Jan 10 2017 - 05:00
What’s in store for investors in 2017?

What’s in store for investors in 2017?

Strategists are quite bullish, favouring US over Europe, but should investors care?

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 07:00
S&P 500 eyes ninth year of gains

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
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