Stocktake: Markets grapple with Covid riskDelta variant fears cause heavy stock and commodity prices to fallTue Jul 27 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors expect bumper earnings seasonYes, the news looks good, but there are two caveats worth keeping in mindTue Jul 20 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Robinhood traders are the market patsiesA strong link has been found between retail investor interest and ‘opportunistic’ insider tradingTue Jul 20 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Foundation of the market is ‘fragile’Breadth was also weak in 2018, resulting in a 20 per cent correction later that yearTue Jul 20 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Tech stocks are back in fashionSector’s price-sales ratio has been driven to levels not seen since the 2000 dotcom bubbleTue Jul 20 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bubble trouble in the US?Risk lies in ‘momentum strategies focused on market’s bubble leadership’Tue Jul 13 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Long-Term Stock Exchange seeks ‘patient capital’Too early to say if stock exchange will take off but potential for growth is thereTue Jul 13 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Will US outperformance ever end?Unprecedented run for US stocks likely to followed by shorter periods of dominanceTue Jul 13 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Reflation trade may be dormant, not deadPatience may be virtue after growth stocks outperform value by most in 20 years in JuneTue Jul 13 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Survey finds ‘absurd’ investor expectationsStudy across 24 countries shows huge gap between client and adviser expectationsTue Jul 06 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Analysts divided on Delta threatCovid concerns have retreated but slower reopenings mean investors may be watchfulTue Jul 06 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Stock market rally has narrowedInvestors will hope the rally broadens out again, as a narrow market is not healthyTue Jul 06 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Is good news bad news for stocks?The ECB and Bank of Japan, unlike the Fed, are not under pressure to communicate tighter policyTue Jun 29 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Buying and holding super-stocks not as easy as it soundsIt’s very difficult to find the handful of super-stocks that drive overall returnsTue Jun 29 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Free stock trading is coming to IrelandGotrade promises investment ‘without borders, barriers or minimums’Tue Jun 29 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Some market bubbles may be burstingAre we really in the ‘greatest speculative bubble of all time in all things’?Tue Jun 22 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bullish fund managers see more gains for EuropeInvestors see advances ahead but they haven’t lost the run of themselves yetTue Jun 22 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Has 2021 been ‘too easy’ for stocks?Stocks have gained 13%, and the worst peak-to-trough drawdown has been just 4.2%Tue Jun 22 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: European Championships may affect stock pricesRonaldo’s snub sees Coca-Cola’s market value fall by $4 billionTue Jun 22 2021 - 00:00
Irish traders target short sellers as meme stocks move upStocktake: Redditors piled into AMC and GameStop stocks in 2021, says DegiroTue Jun 15 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: No hedge funds, no cryOnly wealthy investors should give in to the allure of hedge fundsTue Jun 15 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Are investors underestimating inflation threat?Inflationary pressures may prove more ‘sticky’ than investors believe, warns market strategistTue Jun 15 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Sleepy stock markets may lull the unwaryThe S&P 500 has eking out only a 1 per cent gain since AprilTue Jun 15 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Catching market tops is ‘painfully tough’Valuations can be a powerful long-term investment tool, but they’re not good for timingTue Jun 08 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Cyber-attacks an increasing concern for investorsCybersecurity will be one of the major geopolitical themes of the 2020sTue Jun 08 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: CEO optimism hits new heightsCEO confidence has historically worked as a contrarian indicatorTue Jun 08 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: More meme stock madness grips marketsAction in US cinema chain AMC absolutely bananasTue Jun 08 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Buy and hold usually pays off but the wait can be longThough stocks usually beat cash, they have underperformed in the past 20 yearsTue Jun 01 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bubbly stocks may continue ‘bubbling up further’‘Many similarities’ between today’s US market and the late 1990s tech bubbleTue Jun 01 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: History suggests investors will buy the dipsHistorically, when S&P 500 is up 10% around May, rest of year ‘does really well’Tue Jun 01 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: The Dow is past its sell-by dateThe 30-stock index is no longer representative of present-day corporate AmericaTue Jun 01 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Ires Reit share price under the spotlightInvestors should resist idea that stocks rise on good news and fall on bad newsTue May 25 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bitcoin bubble may be bursting ... or notSince 2010, it has survived four separate declines of at least 80%Tue May 25 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Elon Musk’s tweets are no laughing matterDogecoin started as a joke, but fortunes are being made and lost in cryptocurrencyTue May 25 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investor sentiment seems to be coolingWeekly survey suggests equity exposure has fallen significantly of lateTue May 25 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: AstraZeneca errs in hiking chief executive’s payThe drugs company has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasonsTue May 18 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Dalio shrugs off human rights concerns in ChinaSurprising that billionaire investor is indulging in absurd moral equivalenceTue May 18 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Tech stock woes continueThe most profitable company, Apple, has been underperforming for some timeTue May 18 2021 - 05:00
Stocktake: Markets’ valuation gap points to where long -term returns will beThe fact other developed markets trade at such a discount to US is worth notingTue May 11 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Buffett is right about populist RobinhoodThere really isn’t anything heroic about the zero-commission broker’s business modelTue May 11 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Investors shrug even as earnings soarCompanies usually beat expectations, but not to this degreeTue May 11 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Frenzied investors chase further gainsBullishness is at extreme levels, according to Investors’ Intelligence pollsTue May 11 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Don’t get spooked by ‘sell in May’ adageHistorical data doesn’t support getting out of the market from May to OctoberTue May 04 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Josh Hawley’s investments are much ado about nothingInvesting in diversified index funds is different to owning individual stocksTue May 04 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bitcoin is not behaving like a safe haven assetDigital gold or ‘big, techie, super-volatile stock’ – which is it?Tue May 04 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Bill Miller – from hero to zero and back againBillionaire fund manager invested in Amazon and bitcoinTue May 04 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Value stocks still look like a better betSharp rebound noted and values above pre-Covid levels but good news likely priced inTue Apr 27 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: High stakes don’t make people smarterAn experimental study involving economics students kills that old chestnutTue Apr 27 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: In this ‘annoying’ bull market, the dafter the idea, the greater the gainsNo one is attempting to justify some bubble valuationsTue Apr 27 2021 - 00:00
Stocktake: Equity fund inflows in five months top past 12 yearsAlmost 97% of S&P 500 stocks were trading above their 200-day average last weekTue Apr 27 2021 - 00:00
