Full coverage: stock investing

The UK government thinks directing more personal savings to British assets will lift the British stock market. This is the kind of idea you come up with when you don't realise investments are new things in the real world.

Shareholder value is a big, broad, society-altering idea. It changes how companies organise themselves, how they invest, how they buy and sell, how they employ people and whom they employ. In the West, it bled into politics too. Finally, it's coming to Japan.

UK stocks are seriously undervalued and set to benefit from upcoming decreases in interest rates and from more stable politics after this year’s election. The signs are there after Labour's double by-election victory.

I think that the Japanese equity market has decent upside risk over the coming years. This is a big shift in my thinking, but I think it is warranted.

Market research has helped stock market investors navigate small-cap companies and avoid unprofitable ones - so-called zombies. Two years on from its IPO, the Irish medtech HealthBeacon is not in that category yet but the signs are worrying.

Traders make money from market efficiencies, which financial economists say are vanishingly rare. Mamdouh Medhat explains why his firm is a fund manager academics can get on board with.

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.

At its peak in July 2021, Asimilar was worth £93.5m. Today it's worth £3.9m. How did the company, which is popular with Irish high-net-worth investors, rise so high? And why did it fall so fast?

The urge to sell stocks when things get scary is powerful – and toxic for returns. Over a lifetime, it might cost you more than a third of your pot.

From its offices in South Co Dublin, Blacksheep Fund Management manages hundreds of millions of dollars. An analysis of its filings in both Ireland and the US provides insights into its profitability, bonus structure and market strategy.