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  • Your pension options at retirement

    For most of us, the days of a guaranteed pension for life from our employer are gone. If you’re reading this, your pension options at retirement are probably more complicated. These days, you have several choices to make use of

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  • What is a company share?

    Companies issue shares – sometimes called stocks – to raise money. Buyers of shares (also known as shareholders) own a piece of the company. Shareholders bear the rewards and the risks of the ups and downs in the share price.

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  • What’s an ARF?

    An Approved Retirement Fund, or ARF, is a pot for your pension money after you retire. When you retire, the pension fund(s) you have paid into (perhaps an executive pension, a personal pension, or a PRSA), are available to you.

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  • Why watching the market is a waste of time

    At Moneycube we want to help people take control of their savings. But that doesn’t mean you should pay much attention to the ups and downs of the stock market, or bother checking your investments every day. Here’s why –

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  • Do women make better investors?

    Research by UK investment experts Hargreaves Lansdown earlier this year found that investments by their female customers had outperformed those by men by 0.81% over a three-year period. If that trend continued over thirty years, Hargreaves calculated, the women’s savings

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  • Why Irish investors need to think globally

    At around €27 billion, Ireland’s largest listed company, CRH, represents around 0.03% of the market value of global listed businesses. Clearly, if you limit yourself to investing in Irish market, you are accessing only a tiny proportion of what’s out

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  • What’s an AMRF?

    An Approved Minimum Retirement Fund, or AMRF, is a pot for your pension money after you retire. Update Jan 2022: ARMFs were effectively abolished by the government from 1 January 2022. In practice, it’s very similar to an Approved Retirement

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  • 60-second investments health check

    Are your money plans financially fit? Here’s Moneycube’s one-minute financial health check-up on your investments. Take the pulse of your investments This spring has seen a marked rise in volatility in the markets. That will create winners and losers. Do

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  • How to choose a financial adviser

    Choosing the right financial adviser can save you a lot of time, money and hassle. Here’s Moneycube’s 5 point guide to getting the help you need, the way you want it. 1. Who needs advice? Before you jump in, think

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