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5 ideas to make the most of your finances in 2024

Sorting your finances doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time to put a plan in place, implement it, and let the benefits flow through. Here are five ideas to make a fresh start with your finances in 2024 – one block at a time. Read on: If you’ve found these tips helpful, you might also like … Continued

How did we do in 2023?

Each year, we pick a handful of investment funds available to Irish investors and highlight them on our blog.  We’ve charted below how our 2023 selections performed. Interested in our 2024 picks?  Click here to read more. 2023 was a tricky year to have your money in investment funds.  Equity markets were up 18.1% in … Continued

What will drive markets in 2024?

2023 is ending with momentum. Markets have enjoyed a sustained rally over the last eight weeks, spurred by growing hopes that a ‘soft landing’ can be achieved for the economy while inflation is tamed and interest rates fall. But that disguises a year that was far from plain sailing for investors.  Even at the halfway … Continued

Signs of life in the IPO market

Recovery in the equity markets is spurring hopes that the market for IPOs will pick up in the year ahead.  Read on to discover what that could mean for investors. November was a strong month in investment markets, with Europe recording its best growth since January (the Eurostoxx 600 was up 6.4%), and US markets … Continued

Should you invest in bonds?

2022 was the worst year for bonds in decades, and the wait for a recovery has continued for most of 2023.  Now there are signs that’s changing. Stabilising inflation, more sensible pricing, and the prospect of interest rate cuts in 2024 makes the bond market look more interesting as the year draws to a close. … Continued

Four megatrends that will shape investing in the years to come

Powerful, long-term changes in the global economy and global politics are underway in the world right now. And these changes have implications for investments. Here are four megatrends that are shaping our future world. What’s a megatrend? BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, with some $9.5 trillion of assets under advice, describes megatrends as: powerful, … Continued

It’s Pensions Awareness Week 2023

Pensions Awareness Week 2023 is back and bigger than ever!  Join Moneycube, hosts Ryan Tubridy, Gráinne Seoige and Liz Dwyer, and many other contributors  from 26 – 29 September to create a roadmap for your financial future. PAW23 will offer: 1. Free financial information and five free online events covering the A to Z of pensions, 2. Free 1-2-1 … Continued

What does net zero mean for investors?

The long hot summer in much of Europe, the western US and China is a reminder that the climate has a major economic effect.  From the need to adapt infrastructure to changing consumer behaviour to population movement, climate change and the move to net zero is influencing investment decisions around the world. At the heart … Continued

3 reasons the stock market is not the economy

There’s a clear chance the world is heading into recession, as higher interest rates put pressure on mortgage holders and debt-laden companies. That’s bad news for the economy. But the stock market is not the economy. No-one wants a recession. But they want inflation even less. If a recession is the price of getting on … Continued

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