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Joe Gill: An ‘Irish IPO Fund’ could boost our anaemic stock exchange

Last year, just two Irish companies tapped the stock exchange in this country for equity finance using an IPO. Why is there so little activity, and how can we change that?

Higher interest rates to act as a correction for stocks, Goodbody says

Tech stocks and cryptocurrencies first to lose value as ten-year bull run comes to an end

Why the ‘five-day’ rule augurs badly for markets in 2022

If major US stock-market indices rise during the first five trading days of the new calendar year, markets usually perform handsomely for the year overall

Apple taxes in escrow account losing tens of millions a year

NTMA chief tells Oireachtas PAC that the €14.3 billion held in escrow had been designed by the company and the NTMA to potentially lose €70 million a year, given current negative interest rates

Eugene Kiernan: Evergrande’s money woes have been hiding in plain sight for years

The troubled Chinese property company has had negative cashflow in eight of the past ten years and its total debt now stands at more than $320 billion. Despite an initial wobble, global markets seem relatively unconcerned, but should they be worried?

Buoyant market: Why private equity deals are surging after lockdown

After a brief lull when Covid-19 first hit, the deals pipeline is ‘on fire’ again thanks to a flurry of activity and a raft of investments into sectors considered to be Covid-proof

Brexit will cause Europe to lose share of financial market, Deutsche Bank head says

European capital markets will have to reinvent themselves without the City of London, according to David Feldmann

Bitcoin and Ethereum should weather crypto turbulence, Irish expert says

James Nagle, co-founder of Irish bitcoin exchange platform, says crypto crash should come as ‘wake-up call’ to those investing in less established currencies

Arm of BlackRock builds up €20m short bet that Glanbia shares will continue to fall

Food company’s stock price has swung up and down since start of pandemic with performance nutrition products hit hard

Irish funds industry hits record high of $4.2 trillion, new data shows

Figures compiled by Monterey Insight, an independent fund research company, show the value of Irish-domiciled funds grew by 10.4 per cent to a market size of just over $3.3 trillion.

Analysis: Central banking’s brave new world

The ambition of central bankers once was to ‘be boring’ but they now take on responsibility for policy objectives such as tackling inequality and climate change. Not all onlookers are pleased at this ‘self-defined mission creep’

Comment: Putting brakes on stock trading would make GameStop-type events worse

Slowing or staunching trades through a transaction tax as is proposed in the US would prolong the time it takes for a meteoric price rise to correct itself

Trading places: the rise of the citizen investor

In the gamification of the stock market, increasing numbers of Irish people are playing the markets alone on free apps or in large groups inside private chat rooms such as Discord

Brexit will not bring a ‘bonfire of regulations’ says City of London policy head

Catherine McGuinness calls for more progress on issues of regulatory equivalence between British and European financial services sectors

Aidan Regan: Wall Street’s aristocrats prepare to head off barbarians at the gate

Last week proved that Reddit’s 'degenerates’ can beat professional investors at their own game. But for how long?

The year of the black swan: how some sectors have spun darkness into gold

The pandemic has meant catastrophe for many sectors and companies, but others have profited – some record-breakingly so

Trillion dollar Los Angeles mutual fund buys nearly €30 million worth of Ryanair shares

Capital Group increases its share in the airline to over 9%

Comment: US election could lead to best of all worlds for markets

With the Republicans on course to retain control of the Senate there will be no mandate for a bold Democratic agenda

Analysis: How the outcome of the US election will affect stock markets

Wall Street could become edgy in the event of a contested result, but whatever happens the 2020 vote is one that counts for investors

O’Leary spent €16 million on Ryanair shares in recent sale

The airline raised €400 million last week by issuing 35 million new shares