August has begun with a strong selloff in global stock markets. What’s going on, and what should you do? Before we start: financial markets change all the time, reacting to events as they unfold. This short briefing note represents Moneycube’s
Investors in risk assets will be pretty satisfied with the first half of 2024. Most funds delivered sustained positive results. Investors were rewarded in almost all asset classes, with equities up over 15% in Euro terms, bonds delivering continued yield,
My wife passed away recently and asked me to set up a form of trust fund for our four grandchildren, aged 18 months to eight years old. She didn’t want them to get access to this until they reach 28
Silicon Valley is a storied part of the US economy, and even the American dream. It has been the birthplace of numerous world-beating businesses for decades, from Hewlett-Packard and Intel in the twentieth century to Nvidia and Apple today. What’s
If you work for yourself, funding a self-employed pension is something that can get left behind. There are plenty of competing demands on your cash, especially in the early years of trading. Here’s how you can make a start on
My husband died recently, and for the first time in many years I am looking after my finances directly. I am not under immediate pressure and have day-to-day income. But our investment assets are now in my sole name, and
If you work for a multinational in Ireland, there’s a good chance part of your pay doesn’t just arrive in cash. Instead, it arrives in company shares, often termed RSUs. Twenty years ago, this was relatively uncommon outside senior management.
Feeling guilty about your pension in your 40s? Don’t. Fact is, many people in Ireland reach their fifth decade before they really start to think about how they’ll afford life when they stop working. The good news is that if
My partner and I are in our mid thirties and expecting our first baby. So we’re thinking about life assurance for the first time. My partner has some cover through work. I’m self-employed through a personal service company as a
At the start of the year, we suggested that AI excitement would spread to new markets, that interest rates could rise, and that alternative assets would offer portfolio resilience in a volatile environment. Well, that all proved correct – and
Post-pandemic, Diageo looked like the perfect consumer goods company. The Guinness owner, whose stable of brands also includes Baileys, Smirnoff and Johnnie Walker, benefited from a powerful combination of premiumisation, strong global brands and resilient consumer demand. At its peak
The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised interest rates by 0.25%, increasing its key deposit rate to 2.25%. The move was widely expected by financial markets, but it still represents a turning point after nearly three years of steady or
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