The Irish Times

Stocktake: More meme stock madness grips markets

Action in US cinema chain AMC absolutely bananas

Tue Jun 08 2021 - 00:00

Stocktake: Bad forecasts don’t deter faith in future forecasts

Given forecasters got it wrong in 2020, why believe their predictions about 2021?

Tue Jan 05 2021 - 05:50

Stocktake: Buffett’s simplest lesson: the power of compounding interest

Legendary Berkshire Hathaway chief began investing 80 years ago at the age of 10

Tue Sept 08 2020 - 05:50

Stocktake: Strategists stay cautious as stocks go ‘from 1929 to 1999’

Rebound means stocks are now back to where they were just 10 months ago

Tue Apr 14 2020 - 04:50

Coronavirus crash doesn’t mean that the market bears were right

Permabears haven’t been slow to say ‘I told you so’ after fastest bear market in history

Tue Apr 07 2020 - 05:15

Emotional time travel: Will you handle the next bear market?

We should be more understanding of bad decisions made in hot emotional states

Tue Feb 18 2020 - 05:15

Beware of IPOs and it can pay to be greedy: Investor lessons from 2019

This year was an excellent one for stock markets despite much fretting last Christmas

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 05:00

A fund manager’s childhood can tell a lot about their attitude to risk

Our present investing behaviour is very much shaped by our past

Tue Jul 23 2019 - 05:00

Increased market volatility suggests risks are rising

‘Keep calm and carry on’ remains sound advice for long-term investors

Tue Nov 13 2018 - 05:00

Are you a good investor – or a lucky one?

The luckiest investors end up with five times as much money as the unluckiest ones

Tue Aug 14 2018 - 05:00

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

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

Tue Apr 17 2018 - 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

Even ‘God’ couldn’t bypass bear markets

Everyone – even a clairvoyant God who continually picks the top-performing stocks – suffers during bear markets

Tue Mar 01 2016 - 08:13

Living with a bear market

Declining stocks are part and parcel of market reality. What lessons can we learn?

Tue Feb 02 2016 - 05:00

Wall Street’s cautious bulls are likely to be wrong – again

There’s little reason to have faith in market strategists’ 2016 predictions

Tue Jan 05 2016 - 08:30

Stocktake: European selloff, sleepy states, IPO perils, Apple’s cash pile

Tue May 05 2015 - 01:25

Stocktake: Investors shrug off QE concerns

Tue Nov 04 2014 - 01:30

Avoiding the decisions that often lead to financial self-sabotage

Financier believes investors must focus only on specified criteria

Tue Oct 14 2014 - 01:45