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
Stocktake: CRH’s executive pay under scrutinyBull market may continue; gains for emerging markets; beware round figuresTue May 03 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Don’t be shocked by new market highsWrong-footed investors carp as S&P 500 hit fresh all-time highsTue Apr 26 2016 - 07:15
Perils of paying CEOs too much: When shareholders say noShareholders are rejecting proposals to ramp up CEOs’ rewardsTue Apr 26 2016 - 06:00
Investors assume crash positions too quicklyA new Yale study shows that both institutions and individuals regularly overestimate the likelihood of market meltdownsTue Apr 19 2016 - 08:00
Stock market is no place for cheap thrillsTrading for the sake of trading tends not to be a profitable endeavourTue Apr 12 2016 - 08:00
Stocktake: Investors nonchalant about Brexit threat?Impact on share prices of uncertainty over UK’s EU future difficult to calculateTue Apr 12 2016 - 07:15
StockTake: S&P 500 eyes all-time highsCrucial earnings season ahead and European stocks finally outperform the USTue Apr 05 2016 - 08:15
Breaking the ‘curse of benchmarks’Is short-termism and a slavish preoccupation with benchmarks by institutional investors hurting markets?Tue Apr 05 2016 - 06:00
Stocktake: Little evidence of anxiety over Fed’s plansA look around the world’s stock marketsTue Mar 29 2016 - 09:00
Investing beauty contest leads to ugly returnsReplacing best-performing managers with the poorest performers might just deliver the goods for investorsTue Mar 29 2016 - 08:02
Your money: Agnostic approach helps ‘small’ Merrion fund to achieve successThe relative minnow has more than tripled in value since 2007Tue Mar 22 2016 - 06:10
Stocktake: Tired bull market turns sevenIreland is worst for closet trackers and poorer fund managers do betterTue Mar 15 2016 - 09:00
Do long-term equities guarantee financial reward?Barclays Equity Gilt Study makes clear that stocks are the best long-term betTue Mar 15 2016 - 07:46
Hunting value: the world’s cheapest and priciest stock marketsResearch indicates there is value to be had in many international markets, but the same cannot be said of IrelandTue Mar 08 2016 - 09:15
Stocktake: Are emerging markets the trade of the decade?Short selling on the rise, volatility and low returns and running out of ‘ammunition’Tue Mar 01 2016 - 08:45
Even ‘God’ couldn’t bypass bear marketsEveryone – even a clairvoyant God who continually picks the top-performing stocks – suffers during bear marketsTue Mar 01 2016 - 08:13
Stocktake: market bottom or a bear market rally?Analysing 2016’s rough start, learning to love lower prices and distorting earningsTue Feb 23 2016 - 08:45
