Property development flourishes when there's a big gap between risk-free returns and property yields. Risk free returns are shooting up. How bad is this for developers?
The momentum factor is a cast-off from the rest of the financial economics literature. But it seems to explain the behaviour of crypto markets pretty well.
All assets, stocks included, are priced by reference to the interest rate. How rising rates feed through to prices depends on two things.
For any investor who is not a forced seller, falling stock prices should be welcomed rather than feared.
Some 2,500 investors in the bank's failed scheme were previously told to expect compensation assessments by now, but AIB has just asked them to wait another five months.
Past performance is a guide to future returns – but don't underestimate the impact of volatility. Here is what you can reasonably expect in the long run.
What do JP McManus, John Magnier, Bill Gates and the British Royal family all have in common? Apart from being billionaires, they are all large landowners, quietly going under the radar to acquire massive amounts of global farmland.
An inverted yield curve is a scarily accurate predictor of recessions – and we're very close to one. What is it, what causes it, what should we expect?
For forty years, a handful of elite west coast firms dominated the venture capital industry. Now, a New York upstart is changing the game.
Exchange-traded funds have caught on in the rest of the world because they’re a cheap, easy way for an ordinary person to build a diversified portfolio. Governments encourage their use. But Ireland's Revenue doesn't view them favourably.
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