Full coverage: investing

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.

Why are private companies so much cheaper than public ones? Why can private equity firms outbid private industry buyers? And why do private equity firms never bid against public firms?

Múirne Laffan left RTÉ in 2017, looking for the next big thing. Then she came across Noa, which has partnered with The New York Times, The Economist, The Harvard Business Review, and more. Laffan discusses why she backed the audio article production start-up and the future of media.