Stocktake: Rising prices boosting stock market sentimentBitcoin surpassed $6,000 last week so it’s a good time to ask, is it overpriced?Tue Oct 31 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Is today’s stock market ‘eerily similar’ to Black Monday’s?Barrons warn markets ‘could be at risk of another computer-driven meltdown’Tue Oct 24 2017 - 06:55
Predictably irrational: investor lessons from Nobel winner Richard ThalerWe can all learn from the man who so closely observes the quirks that govern our financial decision-makingTue Oct 24 2017 - 06:00
Black Friday anniversary: ‘People thought the world was going end’30 years on from the infamous stock market fall, its memory still fascinatesTue Oct 17 2017 - 06:00
Trump’s market ignorance nears record highsUS president claims stock market gains cut national debt – but they have no bearing on itTue Oct 17 2017 - 06:00
Should investors – and Trump – fear next Fed chief?Stocktake: Proinsias O’MahonyTue Oct 10 2017 - 06:00
Friday the 13th and lunar lunacy: superstition and the stock marketSuperstitious beliefs have been found to have a real impact on global stock marketsTue Oct 10 2017 - 06:00
Is Ryanair a biblically responsible company?Stocktake: sky gambling is a ‘blessing’, gains ahead, September boredom and Apple profitTue Oct 03 2017 - 06:00
The best investment strategy? Doing nothing‘Don’t just do something, stand there’ might be best, like Buffett’s ‘benign neglect, bordering on sloth’Tue Oct 03 2017 - 06:00
Should reputational damage at Ryanair scare off investors?Not necessarily. Reviled companies do not always make for bad stocksTue Sept 26 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: If bitcoin isn’t a bubble, nothing isInvestors yawn at Trump’s ‘barking’ as US bull market shows no sign of stoppingTue Sept 26 2017 - 06:00
Are active funds a better bet in bad markets?Stock-pickers promise gains in next slump despite years of underperformance by fundsTue Sept 19 2017 - 06:00
Snapchat, six months on: five lessons for investorsBeware ‘sexy’, expensive, glamorous tech stocks – they rarely deliver the goodsTue Sept 12 2017 - 06:00
Is it time to ‘just say no’ to the US stock market?The last time fund managers were nearly as concerned as now was in the late 1990sTue Sept 05 2017 - 06:00
Dollar decline hits European stocksStocktake: Idea of Trump as a ‘stock market whisperer’ doesn’t bear scrutinyTue Sept 05 2017 - 06:00
Investing a lump sum: wait, drip feed or take the plunge?New research shows waiting for a correction is often profitable but can prove costlyTue Aug 29 2017 - 06:35
Global profits near record highsStocktake: Donald Trump, investors think you’re useless at best, dangerous at worstTue Aug 29 2017 - 06:00
Growing number of stocks fall into correctionsStocktake: market breadth is a crucial indicator of underlying market healthTue Aug 22 2017 - 06:35
Proinsias O’Mahony: History says the top dogs do not reign foreverMany investors see FAANG stocks as bulletproof, but sceptics are wary of the high valuesTue Aug 22 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: even talk of of nuclear apocalypse fails to stir move marketsResponse to rise in tensions between US and North Korea decidedly mutedTue Aug 15 2017 - 06:00
Stocks markets: is this 2007 redux?Howard Marks predicted the dotcom and housing crashes, and now he’s worried trouble is brewing againTue Aug 15 2017 - 06:00
Is 2017 too good to be true for investors?It’s misguided to worry a correction is looming just because stocks are registering new highsTue Aug 08 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Deluded Trump takes credit for stock gainsPresident bragging of Dow Jones milestone despite US underperforming most countriesTue Aug 08 2017 - 06:00
Optimism pays better than pessimismLong-term performance of stock markets shows perma-bears have negativity biasTue Aug 01 2017 - 06:00
Is a big earnings season priced into stocks?Stocktake: Howard Marks warns market is getting bubbly with ‘elevated complacency’Tue Aug 01 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Will stocks ever dip again?Things are usually hairier outside the US, but not this year. In Europe, the biggest pullback has totalled just 4%Tue Jul 25 2017 - 06:00
Investors beware - we are hard-wired to be wary of redPeople became 25% more risk-averse when the colour red is usedTue Jul 25 2017 - 06:00
Free-falling Snap remains a risky tradeStocktake: Tesla takes a tumble, exaggerated volatility and how bad investments can scarTue Jul 18 2017 - 06:00
The endowment effect: Falling in love with stocks and coffee cupsDo investors get too attached to the stocks they own and overvalue their worth?Tue Jul 18 2017 - 06:00
Global bull market is alive and wellStocktake: Bull market started long before Donald Trump started claiming praise for itTue Jul 11 2017 - 06:00
Charting the stock markets: does technical analysis work?Maybe it’s best to ignore the analysts and instead stick to a buy-and-hold approachTue Jul 11 2017 - 06:00
Yield-hungry investors fall for the ‘free dividends fallacy’Many investors wrongly think of dividends as offering a bond-like income streamTue Jul 04 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Taper talk hits stock marketsDespite an ECB denial, speculation the global liquidity punch bowl is about to be removed is growingTue Jul 04 2017 - 06:00
Oil falls into a bear market – is this the apoc-oil-ypse?StockTake: the most stress-free job, FOMO for AIB, and beware your psycho CEOTue Jun 27 2017 - 06:30
Yield-hungry investors fall for ‘free dividends fallacy’Part of the attraction of dividend payments is more psychological than realTue Jun 27 2017 - 06:00
AIB is not the first instance of ‘eejit trade’Recent trading in AIB just the latest example of how clueless traders can inflate stocksTue Jun 27 2017 - 05:45
Stocktake: ‘Tech wreck’ driven by algorithm tradersApple, Amazon and Facebook had gained 30 per cent this year and needed to coolTue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
Stocktake: Political chaos, financial calm: are stock markets Trump-proof?Global economic volatility is at its lowest level in over 40 years, says JPMorganTue Jun 20 2017 - 06:00
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 stocksTue Jun 13 2017 - 06:30
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 returnAIB more of a pure play on Ireland than Bank of Ireland as 40% of latter’s loans are in UKTue Jun 06 2017 - 06:30
Amazon’s wild ride offers lessons for investorsAn outlay of $1,000 on the company’s shares in 1997 would net you about $1m todayTue Jun 06 2017 - 06:00
The Trump trade is deadStocktake: US stocks remain high in spite of Trump, and riding the bitcoin bubbleTue May 30 2017 - 06:30
Should investors be worried about a lack of trading fear?Stocktake: If calm indicates complacency, prices may be more vulnerable than presumedTue May 30 2017 - 06:00
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 fortuneTue May 23 2017 - 06:30
Investors betting that it’s Europe’s turn to shineAmerican equity funds experienced $22.2bn in outflows recentlyTue May 23 2017 - 06:00
Markets shrug as Trump sacks FBI director ComeyStocktake: markets snooze; Gundlach trolls the media; Snap shareholders feel the pinchTue May 16 2017 - 06:30
Psychology of investors who tend to trade too muchResearch suggests thrill-seeking and youth are closely linked to excessive stock tradingTue May 16 2017 - 06:00
Hype generator: Will Tesla become the next Apple?Stocktake: car maker is sounding more like a cult, with Elon Musk as its hubristic leaderTue May 09 2017 - 06:30
Investing secrets of the dumb moneyProinsias O’Mahony on the pitfalls to which the ordinary investor are all too proneTue May 09 2017 - 06:00
