Big tech gains aren’t ‘extraordinary’ after allStocktake: One-year returns have been much higher in past, particularly during the 1990sTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Would markets punish a Sinn Féin-led government?Constraints relating to coalition politics could be expected to calm market fearsTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:40
Bursting of Tesla bubble a case of ‘not if, but when’Stocktake: Tesla took fewer days to return 2,000% than technology bubble in the 1990sTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:30
Emotional time travel: Will you handle the next bear market?We should be more understanding of bad decisions made in hot emotional statesTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:15
US recession risk hasn’t gone awayStocktake: New MIT study suggests prospect of downturn remains all too realTue Feb 18 2020 - 05:00
Beware of powerful CEOsThere is no evidence these CEOs have higher stock price jumps than others, says reportTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Tesla’s crazy share-price swings‘Even Elon would short the stock here if he was a fund manager’ – Citron ResearchTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:40
Bullish investors shrug off coronavirus fearsConcerns the market decline might be start of a bear market were always unrealisticTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:30
Just because doomsayers warn of Armageddon doesn’t mean they’re rightFollowing dire market forecasts can cost investors bucketloads of money, but the appetite for pessimism porn is largeTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: More stock market porkies from TrumpFact checking the State of the Union address adds to Trump’s 16,000 lies as presidentTue Feb 11 2020 - 05:00
Coronavirus is not a black swan event for marketsStocktake: Infectious disease outbreaks are a certainty, not a rare and major surpriseTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Markets should be worried by Bernie SandersBond manager warns presidential candidate represents biggest risk to stocks in 2020Tue Feb 04 2020 - 05:40
Coronavirus: a reason or an excuse for a market sell-off?Stocktake: Virus may cause economic upheaval, but also outbreaks of financialmediaitisTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:30
The next decade may be a tough one for investorsAfter a soaring decade for US stock market, returns could fall sharply in the new decadeTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:15
Tesla’s love of the number 500,000 should offer a warning for investorsStocktake: Elon Musk’s firm is defying doubters but its plans should be taken with a grain of saltTue Feb 04 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Will China’s coronavirus infect stocks?Much depends on the trajectory of the deadly virusTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Investors should stay ‘irrationally bullish’ on stocksInvestors increasingly bullish but not yet euphoric, Bank of America survey findsTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:40
Not all European indices are at record highsLong-suffering European investors can only hope values can recover their momentumTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:30
Will the next decade be a better one for value investors?One common explanation is investors’ continued preference for fast-growing tech stocksTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:15
Markets show ‘once in 48 years’ show of strengthTime for a pullback? In the bullish 1990s stocks enjoyed five further years of gainsTue Jan 28 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Skyrocketing Tesla may drive ‘mother of all short squeezes’Rapid price rises prompts Morgan Stanley to issue first sell rating on stock in seven yearsTue Jan 21 2020 - 05:40
Big stocks are dominating like never beforeGoogle’s parent company Alphabet is the latest tech trillionaireTue Jan 21 2020 - 05:40
Bullish sentiment hits extreme levels among investorsInvestors not ‘overzealous’, says BlackRock chief Larry FinkTue Jan 21 2020 - 05:30
Proinsias O’Mahony: Should investors ‘drop their shorts’?Robeco research finds shorting may be too tricky even for many professionalsTue Jan 21 2020 - 05:15
Stocktake: Investor positioning is getting lopsidedThe last time investors were so exposed to equities was in January 2018Tue Jan 21 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: Beating the market was ‘nigh-on impossible’ in 2019If you didn’t overweight technology, you had little chance of beating the marketTue Jan 14 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: The dangers of stock tipsGiving investment tips to investors without knowing their circumstances is ‘reckless’Tue Jan 14 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Beware the YUCs – young unprofitable companiesIt is concerning that over 50% of private equity funding is going to unprofitable firmsTue Jan 14 2020 - 05:30
Ethical investors: Do they want to do good or just feel good?Studies find most of us want to think well of ourselves while simultaneously doing well for ourselvesTue Jan 14 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: No hangover for US stocksFurther US and tech sector outperformance can continue ‘well into 2020’Tue Jan 14 2020 - 05:00
Five new year resolutions for investorsReviewing predictions in a year’s time will help investors learn from mistakesTue Jan 07 2020 - 05:40
Stocktake: Investors should not be spooked by 2019’s big gainsA year of big gains feels out of the ordinary but is actually quite commonTue Jan 07 2020 - 05:40
Forecasting tomorrow’s big winners in the stock marketSome of the best performing stock of the last decade was unknown entitiesTue Jan 07 2020 - 05:30
Tech stocks driving the markets higher in 2019Apple, Google and other tech companies had spectacular returns in the past yearTue Jan 07 2020 - 05:00
Can stock markets keep rising in 2020?The best forecasts are characterised by humility rather than certaintyTue Jan 07 2020 - 05:00
Stocktake: ‘Too much, too soon’ for $2tn Saudi AramcoSaudi restrictions on short selling may help keep prices afloat for nowTue Dec 17 2019 - 05:40
Paul Volcker will be missedThe former Federal Reserve chairman who died last week was a true public servantTue Dec 17 2019 - 05:30
Japan pension fund wrong to target short sellersSuspending these loans will cost the GPIF about $125 million a yearTue Dec 17 2019 - 05:00
Beware of IPOs and it can pay to be greedy: Investor lessons from 2019This year was an excellent one for stock markets despite much fretting last ChristmasTue Dec 17 2019 - 05:00
Time for a Santa Claus rally?This historical anomaly has persisted over the last five decadesMon Dec 16 2019 - 15:00
Why are drivers like investors? They overreact to bad newsIf you want to swerve in and nab investment opportunities, watch how car drivers behaveTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:40
Stocktake – FT poll: will the bull market boost Trump?US president playing risky game by using bull market as presidential rating toolTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:40
Have we just witnessed a ‘blow-off top’ for stock markets?Stocktake: Fall in early December may have signified end of unsustainable euphoriaTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:30
Most Democrats don’t know stocks are soaringStocktake: Investors’ political leanings are distorting people’s view of the US marketTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:00
Are you sure you’re investing ethically?Lack of common approach makes it difficult for investors looking for ESG fundsTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Nothing bullish about Elon Musk’s tweetsIs buying at all-time highs a good idea, and has the Santa Claus rally come early?Tue Dec 03 2019 - 05:40
Aramco – IPO of the century or a risk too far?Saudi royal family’s ownership of oil firm could become problematic for investorsTue Dec 03 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Stocks pause for breath after big rallyEpic fall for world’s best-performing stock, and why humble CEOs are a smart betTue Nov 26 2019 - 05:40
‘If you do a big acquisition, the odds are loaded up against you’The high failure rate in mergers and acquisitions has been known for 40 yearsTue Nov 26 2019 - 05:00
Stocktake: Fear of missing out grips bullish fund managers‘Easy part’ of rally is over, but stocks still retain potential to maintain rising profileTue Nov 19 2019 - 05:40
