Stock TakeShort sellers: The percentage of shares being sold short (when traders bet on a price decline) has barely budged in the US since…Fri Aug 19 2011 - 01:00
Only confidence evident in markets is that things will definitely get worseANALYSIS: Uncertainty appears to have gripped all debt players. Triple-A rating for G7 may be historyFri Aug 12 2011 - 01:00
Fact and fiction blur together in market mayhemCOMMENT: INTERNATIONAL STOCK markets have been brutalised this week, suffering their fastest declines since the 2008/2009 global…Sat Aug 06 2011 - 01:00
Stock takeDON’T PANIC: Stocks have been pounded of late, with Tuesday’s selling particularly unrelenting.Fri Aug 05 2011 - 01:00
Stock takeTHE BEAT GOES ON : The US earnings season is well under way and while earnings and revenue beat rates are relatively strong …Fri Jul 29 2011 - 01:00
Stock takeMURDOCH DISCOUNT: News International’s share price has fallen by almost 20 per cent after recent phone hacking revelations…Fri Jul 22 2011 - 01:00
Stock TakeITALIAN WOES : Italy’s troubles were centre stage this week, with markets tumbling in the wake of Italian bond yields (briefly…Fri Jul 15 2011 - 01:00
Stock TakeUNDER STRESS: Stress test results for Europe’s banks are expected next weekFri Jul 08 2011 - 01:00
Stock TakeINSIDER INFO: A new report from research firm TrimTabs has found that US firms spent $124 billion (€86 billion) in stock buybacks…Fri Jul 01 2011 - 01:00
Business InvestmentsSTOCK TAKE: GREEK EXPOSURE: An eventual Greek default may have terrible consequences, but it will not be because of credit default…Fri Jun 24 2011 - 01:00
Business InvestmentsSTOCK TAKE: SILVER LINING? Apple, in the news this week after unveiling its iCloud, has built up an enormous $66 billion cash…Fri Jun 10 2011 - 01:00
Business InvestmentsSTOCK TAKE: WILD OFFERING : Trading in social networking site LinkedIn has been wild since its initial public offering a fortnight…Fri Jun 03 2011 - 01:00
Stock TakeTRUE EARNINGS : Earnings season in the US has ended, with many commentators almost breathless in their enthusiasm over the ongoing…Fri May 27 2011 - 01:00
Stock TakeRISK MANAGEMENT: “Lighten up on risk-taking now,” warned legendary value investor Jeremy Grantham recentlyFri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Secretive commodity trader strikes goldANALYSIS: Glencore is one of the world’s top commodity traders – but rarely far from controversyFri May 20 2011 - 01:00
Stock TakeOIL FALL DOWN: The recent rout in commodities was the worst since the height of the global financial crisis in 2008 and left …Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
Stock TakeBIN LADEN EFFECT: Stocks rose on Monday morning following news of Osama Bin Laden’s death, but quickly gave up their gains to…Fri May 06 2011 - 01:00
Stock takeSOVEREIGN RISK: Morgan Stanley this week advised investors to “buy Irish sovereign risk” following “credible” stress tests results…Fri Apr 08 2011 - 01:00
Stock takePRICE PLUNGE: Having almost halved in price on Tuesday, Irish Life & Permanent is valued at just €110 millionFri Apr 01 2011 - 01:00
Business InvestmentsSTOCK TAKE: TURNING JAPANESE: Buy when there’s blood in the streets? Japan bulls certainly seem to think so.Fri Mar 25 2011 - 00:00
Economies in fear of oil price rise fuelled by turmoilANALYSIS: Threatened by Middle East unrest, reduced fuel supply could have very serious implicationsFri Mar 25 2011 - 00:00
Business InvestmentsSTOCK TAKE: BONUS ROUND : Banker bonuses are back in the headlinesFri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Social networking giants in no hurry to go publicFirms such as Facebook are staying private for longer, prompting regulators to examine secondary-market tradesMon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Cost-cutting alone cannot sustain growth in earningsAs US earnings season begins, analysts are reining in estimates amid revenue concernsMon Oct 11 2010 - 01:00
Big business knows the value of good political tiesGoldman Sachs was considered so influential that it was referred to as Government Sachs by many observersMon Aug 16 2010 - 01:00
Opinion split on whether we should go for goldWhat do analysts see in store for last year’s winners and losers?Fri Jan 15 2010 - 00:00
Opinion split on whether we should go for goldWhat do analysts see in store for last year’s winners and losers?Fri Jan 15 2010 - 00:00
Positive earnings news boosts Dow despite calls for cautionANALYSIS: Intel’s results catalysed gains, but not everyone agrees this translates into economic recoveryFri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
A stark analysis of the international fiscal meltdown and its consequencesBOOK OF THE DAY: Engineering a Financial Bloodbath: How Sub-Prime Securitization Destroyed the Legitimacy of Financial Capitalism…Fri Sept 18 2009 - 01:00
Regulation key to preventing another financial catastropheON SEPTEMBER 15th, 2008, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The global financial system almost imploded in its aftermathFri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Market technicians stunned by strength of advancesMarket technicians with a monthly horizon are likely to cite that oldest of adages – the trend is your friendMon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Financial pugilism and offbeat analysis vie for space in blogosphereBlogs have gone from being eccentric postings to become essential financial readingFri Apr 17 2009 - 01:00
Pouring cold water on the notion that rally in US stocks is sign of recoveryANALYSIS: Analysts are cautioning that the recent US upturn is yet another sucker’s rallySat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
It is still best to be cautious despite bullish talk from banksTHE US financial sector advanced by over 30 per cent this week, with Citigroup’s announcement that it is enjoying its best quarter…Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
'Stress tests' for US banks fail to calm nerves of economistsUS REGULATORS are coming under fire after unveiling details of the stress tests facing banks in the coming weeks, with critics…Fri Feb 27 2009 - 00:00
Contrite bankers starting to pay for past excessesANALYSIS: ANOTHER DAY, another contrite bankerThu Feb 12 2009 - 00:00
Short-selling debate restarts as British regulator lifts banMONDAY’S SURPRISE decision by Britain’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) to lift the ban on the short-selling of financial …Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Warnings on Madoff's methods were being flagged as far back as 1999The sceptics regarding Bernie Madoff's 'profits' have been proven rightSat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Slate is wiped clean as old adversaries hook up online“WELCOME ABOARD, Eliot!” One-time dotcom securities analyst Henry Blodget has written a well-wisher note to his “destroyer”, …Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
$700bn injection to US banking not likely to sufficeTHE UNDER-CAPITALISED US financial system needs "at least" $1 -$1Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Experts underwhelmed by G20 planANALYSTS AND economists were largely unimpressed by the fare served up – or the lack of it – by the G20 leaders over the weekend…Tue Nov 18 2008 - 00:00
Free-market maestro's reputation in tattersANALYSIS: SPARE A thought for Alan GreenspanTue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
US banks get go-ahead to acquire rivals with government moneyUS BANKS have been given the green light to use some of the $250 billion being injected by the US government to acquire rival…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Fears of financial crisis spillover into real economy mountingUS STOCKS tumbled yesterday as weak earnings from technology and commodity companies reignited fears that the spillover effects…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
