When markets are down, investors can become fearful and withdraw their cash. To compound the problem, when markets are up, they can become greedy and add more. This pattern of behaviour is so consistent that there's a name for it: the dumb money effect.
There are obvious reasons why you should not ask a founder for investment advice. There are, though, some more subtly terrible reasons why you should not ask me for investment advice and these are more interesting to discuss.
New research suggests that companies which do the right thing around ESG don’t always get the best returns. Companies that withdrew from Russia over the Ukraine invasion lost out. Those who stayed gained.
Tech billionaires spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on reversing their biological ages to live younger for longer. They are investing billions in longevity start-ups and influencers are getting in on the game.
Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford experienced no significant freeing up of rental stock at the height of lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. But the cities have seen a phenomenal resurgence in rental demand.
In pretending to discover the unintended consequences of the residential zoned land tax on farmers, the Government has found a reason to push back its collection. The same issues were raised – and resolved – over six years ago.
Nell McCafferty was an iconoclast who herself became something of an icon. She had flaws. She had contradictions. She was both profoundly witty and deeply sad. Through it all, Nell achieved the amazing feat of being all things to all women.
As Marty Morrissey told me in a New York hotel, Doonbeg is the major employer in the area so its owner retains serious loyalty among the locals. And given the money Doonbeg is earning him, it probably cuts both ways.
The short- to medium-term outlook for the oil market is beginning to change. To make a long story short, get set for large declines.
Ireland’s first All-Island Strategic Rail Review has been launched, promising to treble rail passenger numbers across the island at a cost of nearly €60 billion. However, is the plan workable and can it deliver?
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