US presidential election: how will stocks react?Will a Donald Trump victory really have the disastrous effects predicted by some?Tue Nov 01 2016 - 07:00
Goldman Sachs: Sterling isn’t even cheap yetNo one really knows for sure where sterling ought to be or where it’s going to goFri Oct 28 2016 - 15:22
Increasingly wary investors are stockpiling cashStocktake: El-Erian’s timing out; financial illiteracy; investors lose faith in TrumpTue Oct 25 2016 - 07:20
Is gut feeling really the secret key to trading success?Recent study suggests that traders attuned to physiological signals make more moneyTue Oct 25 2016 - 06:00
Sterling sell-off gathers momentumStocktake: Mixed signs on earnings, betting against fear and greed, and the value of a good nameTue Oct 18 2016 - 06:42
Investors may need to get used to flash crashesThose who nip in and out of markets would be wise to not view the recent sterling chaos as an isolated incidentTue Oct 18 2016 - 06:00
Proinsias O’Mahony: Bubble phobia will cost investorsMost booms don’t result in busts: a recent Yale study found only one in 10 goes badTue Sept 27 2016 - 05:19
Shameless Donald Trump takes on the FedStocktake: Rodrigo Duterte not helping markets while active fund managers have bad yearMon Sept 26 2016 - 06:10
Index changes may drive interest in ReitsWith real estate added as a new global index sector, Reits will see more growthSat Sept 24 2016 - 05:00
Market metaphors can lead investors astrayExcitable coverage of financial market movements not a recent developmentTue Sept 20 2016 - 06:30
Stocktake: Cautious US Fed to hold off on interest rate hikeRate increase would shock markets despite high-profile calls for riseMon Sept 19 2016 - 07:10
Stock markets shrug off 9/11 anniversary terrorism threatMarkets show resilience as terrorist attacks are increasingly priced into stocksTue Sept 13 2016 - 07:00
Markets resist temptation of Apple iPhone 7 hypeStocktake: Apple shares look fragile, stuck in a downtrend since April 2015Tue Sept 13 2016 - 07:00
Passive investing: worse than Marxism?Investors are debating the Sanford Bernstein report which warns that the growth of index funds may distort markets, but such concerns are not newTue Sept 06 2016 - 05:02
StockTake: Apple shareholders shouldn’t shrug off Irish tax messAlso: Europe’s indices hit bottom; is September the cruellest month? dullish marketsMon Sept 05 2016 - 14:54
Stocktake: Sleepy markets vulnerable to volatility spikeOverconfidence in CEOs not always bad and it’s too early to know if pound has bottomedTue Aug 30 2016 - 06:35
Should active funds embrace high-conviction investing?Research suggests investors can profit by buying funds that go against the grainTue Aug 30 2016 - 06:00
Soaring stocks: is this 1999 redux?The S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq recently hit all-time highs on the same day, but can the rally last?Tue Aug 23 2016 - 06:42
Stocktake: CRH investors gain at expense of index fundsFund managers still cautious, changes at Apple, and was Bill Miller just lucky?Tue Aug 23 2016 - 06:00
StockTake: Sterling’s slide looks set to continueAlso Marc ‘Dr Doom’ Faber predicts doom again this year; the Zika virus and investorsTue Aug 16 2016 - 06:15
Picking and sticking with superstar investorsIt’s very difficult to beat the stock market as even top fund managers have shownTue Aug 16 2016 - 05:02
Stocktake: Trump cites Syrian immigrants as market threatUS presidential candidate warns investors ‘very scary scenarios’ lie aheadTue Aug 09 2016 - 07:15
Market numerology feeds investor illusionsMany investors are influenced by the psychology of stock price levelsTue Aug 09 2016 - 07:00
Stocktake: Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo pay deal is senselessChief executive’s package has been met with incredulity, given her failure to turn around the companyTue Aug 02 2016 - 07:15
Stocks that go up need not come downLessons of history undermine bearish arguments about high-flying stocksTue Aug 02 2016 - 05:30
Proinsias O’Mahony: Brexit – six lessons for investorsThe stock market moves in strange and counterintuitive ways. Predicting these to turn a profit is far from easyTue Jul 26 2016 - 06:38
An end to the US earnings recession?As US indices hit their first all-time high in more than a year, investors hope a rebound in corporate profits is, finally, in sightTue Jul 19 2016 - 07:05
Financial predictions lose their edge after Brexit and TrumpHowever, market prices still ‘trounce’ polls and pundits in forecasting eventsTue Jul 12 2016 - 07:30
Stocktake: Just how low can sterling go?Andrea Leadsom downplays Brexit fallout, correlations spike, insiders buy sharesTue Jul 12 2016 - 07:00
Brexit: how nervous should investors be?Selling up after a major market shock is seldom a good ideaTue Jul 05 2016 - 07:30
Your Money: Don’t mix politics and investingPeople’s political views shape their investment outlook, but personal bias can prove costlyTue Jun 28 2016 - 07:30
Stocktake: Complacent markets bruised by BrexitA look around the world’s marketsTue Jun 28 2016 - 07:15
Soros, Gross, Druckenmiller, Singer, Icahn: Big-name investors turning bearishInfluential investors are warning of trouble, but following them may unwiseTue Jun 21 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Fasten your seat belts for Brexit resultsWhether the Leave or Remain sides win, it’s going to be a bumpy journeyTue Jun 21 2016 - 07:15
Why do investors choose cash over stocks?Retail investors have kept cash allocations high even though shares tend to trounce cash long termTue Jun 14 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Return of George Soros not necessarily an omenHistory indicates even the fabled investor is not omniscientTue Jun 14 2016 - 01:00
Is the US bull market ending ... or just beginning?Stocks had ‘only’ fallen by 15% at February’s market bottom, but this has felt like a bear market for many investorsTue Jun 07 2016 - 07:00
Stocktake: Tired bull may get second windThe chances of Brexit as short sellers spook executivesTue May 31 2016 - 11:44
How secure is gold as a store of wealth for investors?Gold is one of the best-performing assets of 2016, but its reputation may be overstatedTue May 31 2016 - 06:30
Stocktake: The problem with those closet tracker fundsMarkets may be about to get nervier, Goldman Sachs has warnedTue May 24 2016 - 07:15
Gender and business: Women better bosses for investorsFirms led by women appear to a sounder investmentTue May 24 2016 - 05:00
Are hedge funds a ‘giant ripoff’?The funds are coming under scrutiny and even Warren Buffett has scoffed at their ‘unbelievable’ fee structureTue May 17 2016 - 07:30
What would a Trump win mean for stocks?Jeremy Grantham’s mea culpa, low volatility, crude predictions, in the redTue May 17 2016 - 07:15
Investor ‘golden age’ may be endingNext 20 years expected to be much tougher after three fortuitous decadesTue May 10 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Hedge funds and highly paid executives under fireInvestment decisions questioned, from predictions to deposit-free mortgagesTue May 10 2016 - 07:15
‘Depression babies’ still suspicious of stocksInvestors are living through the second-longest bull market in US history but the scars left by the global financial crisis are unlikely to heal any time soonTue May 03 2016 - 08:45
