Tech stocks: bubble, bubble, toil and trouble?

History suggests no market fashion or trend persists indefinitely

The advantages of being an ordinary investor

Ordinary investors are free to avoid the short-termism that plagues professionals

Peak profit margins may mean lower returns for investors

Recent indications show profitability is coming under pressure

How worried should investors be by climate change?

Leading oil and gas companies have a lot to fear from eventual introduction of a carbon tax

Value investing: is the age-old strategy dead?

Practice has yielded handsome returns in the past but failed to bear fruit in recent years

From bear to boom: 10 years on from the market crash

When stocks bottomed out in 2009 there was fear of meltdown of the financial system

Should you buy when there’s blood in the streets?

Whatever about the short term, emerging markets can be a very good option

Lehman Brothers, 10 years on: seven lessons for investors

Interestingly, long-term investors in Ireland have not fared badly over the last decade

Market analysts do not always see through the bull

Many experts were given Nostradamus status in the aftermath of the financial crisis

Stocktake: Emerging markets fall into a bear market

Merrill Lynch monthly fund manager survey suggests indices haven’t yet bottomed

Sustainable investing: can you do well by doing good?

Ethical investors can outperform if they engage with corporate sinners

Computer-driven investing: who needs people?

Computers increasingly dominate today’s investment world, but they can only go so far

Are record corporate profit margins sustainable?

Bears see this as temporary but bulls think profit margins have risen to a permanently higher plateau

Value investing made Buffett rich, but will it work for you?

Stocktake: with value stocks in a slump, the tortoise and hare approach may lose its appeal

Everybody hates Russia – is it time to buy their stocks?

Stocktake: Bitcoin ‘virus’ peaks; Barclays’ equity study; Buffet the billionaire boy

The investor’s dilemma – luck or skill?

Performance does not persist, as shown by the latest scorecard from S&P Dow Jones Indices

Stock markets, career risk and the safety of the herd

Why is herding such a problem in financial markets?

IMF head says financial reforms are necessary to avoid the next big crisis

Global stock markets have fluctuated wildly this month, with the Dublin market losing 6.2 per cent in the year to date

Will animal spirits drive a stock market melt-up?

Stocktake: Investors are still jumping in as FOMO trumps worry of losing money

Stock market tranquillity is breaking all records

Stocktake: US stocks set for bumper earnings season as S&P 500 surge continues

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