The Irish Times

Stocktake: Terrified investors should sit tight

Follow the advice of index fund guru John Bogle: Don’t do something, just stand there

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 00:00

Stocktake: GameStop shows real-world David does not beat Goliath

Solution is not to ‘empower poor people to bankrupt themselves’ with margin accounts

Tue Feb 09 2021 - 05:10

Stocktake: Markets shrug off Capitol riot

The simple reality is markets tend to be nonchalant about socio-political upheaval

Tue Jan 19 2021 - 05:00

Stocktake: Contested US election the biggest worry for investors

Over 70% of fund managers believe contested election poses the biggest risk to equities

Tue Nov 03 2020 - 05:10

Stocktake: Tesla stock split investor reaction is ‘1999ish’

Shares jumped 13 per cent after this week’s announcement of a five-for-one stock split

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 05:40

Investing and the coronavirus: keep calm and carry on

‘These are the days when you don’t need financial advice, you need a psychologist’

Tue Mar 17 2020 - 05:15

Stocktake: Tesla’s crazy share-price swings

‘Even Elon would short the stock here if he was a fund manager’ – Citron Research

Tue Feb 11 2020 - 05:40

Is there a bubble in passive investing?

Opinion is divided over whether indexing poses a huge threat or adds to stability

Tue Sept 24 2019 - 05:00

When Trump tweets, the whole financial world catches a cold

Stock markets are increasingly concerned about the US president’s online outbursts

Tue Sept 17 2019 - 05:00

Should markets panic over the inverted yield curve?

Yield curve inversions’ reputation as a recession indicator is well deserved

Tue Sept 03 2019 - 05:00

Stocktake: No end in sight to US-China trade war

A Trump trade deal ahead of 2020 presidential election now unlikely, says Goldman Sachs

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 05:40

The bitcoin bust, one year on

Cryptocurrency price collapse a painful lesson for new generation of investors

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 05:00

Stocktake: Investors bid good riddance to October

The 6.9% fall of the S&P 500 was its biggest monthly decline in seven years, while things were worse in tech-land with the Nasdaq plunging 9.25%

Tue Nov 06 2018 - 05:00

Stocktake: US indices finally ‘sit up and pay attention’

This is the week when the S&P 500 suffered its biggest one-day fall in eight months

Tue Oct 16 2018 - 05:00