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Full coverage: investing

John Looby: Stock investors should resist the siren call to sell

Like Odysseus plugging his crew's ears to avoid temptation, investors should stay the course and not allow fluctuation and uncertainty in the stock market to distract them from the likelihood of long-term investment gains.

John Looby
11th Jun, 2024 - 3 min read

Britain’s zero-tax savings and investment scheme has been wildly popular. Should Ireland follow suit with its own ISA?

Britain's individual savings accounts, now 25 years old, are nearly making millionaires of its power users. Experts outline the case for an Irish ISA.

Michael Cogley
5th Jun, 2024 - 6 min read

Short-term surge, long-term risks: What the gold price is telling us about the world

At first sight, gold may look overvalued after recent price hikes. When you consider the trajectory of interest rates and mounting geopolitical risks, however, it could just be the start.

Peter Kinsella
12th Apr, 2024 - 5 min read

John Looby: Investors mourn a behavioural giant who challenged economic thinking

The worlds of psychology, economics and investing lost a giant last week. At the grand old age of 90, Daniel Kahneman died peacefully at his home in Manhattan.

John Looby
3rd Apr, 2024 - 5 min read

ESG could be heading down the road from hype to oblivion as regulators worry about rampant abuses of public trust

ESG investing sets out to score, mandate, and direct funds to deliver on environmental, social and governance impact. However, as worldwide investors begin to show scepticism and Elon Musk brands it a "scam", is it time to switch on the red light?

Constantin Gurdgiev
6th Nov, 2023 - 7 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: Maybe private equity only works at first

There's a pattern with private equity: at first when it arrives in a country the returns are great, but they seem to fall over time. What does this say about capitalism?

Sean Keyes
5th Jul, 2023 - 4 min read

Can artificial intelligence help investors beat the markets?

Trying to beat the market is often a fool’s errand. AI can help sift through existing data like never before, but the real challenge remains to distinguish between signal and noise.

John Looby
19th Jun, 2023 - 5 min read

Devalued bonds and impaired Russian loans: Ukraine war’s billion-euro impact on Ikea’s Irish finance centre

Tit-for-tat economic sanctions and rising interest rates have taken their toll on the Dublin office managing the liquidity generated by Ikea retail stores around the world.

Thomas Hubert
2nd Jun, 2023 - 3 min read

Sean Keyes on investing: The Irish Stock Exchange has a London problem

CRH and Flutter are Ireland's two biggest companies, and they're both considering leaving the Dublin stock exchange this year. This is as much down to London as Dublin.

Sean Keyes
12th Apr, 2023 - 4 min read

Imagine if we treated savings and investments the way we treat property. It might help defuse the looming pension timebomb 

Beyond housing, our approach to saving and investment is primitive and punitive. Given that so many younger people are locked out of the housing market, we need to change our policies to encourage people to save, invest and build pensions.

Stephen Kinsella
2nd Feb, 2023 - 6 min read
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