I keep reading that a system for automatically enrolling workers in a State pension system is imminent, but it never seems to arrive. As a result I’ve held off starting a pension until auto-enrolment is available – is that wise?
Receiving an inheritance can be life-changing. It can be unexpected, of uncertain timing – and can come with a lot of emotion attached. A lot of people feel an obligation to ‘do the right thing’ when considering how to invest
For much of the 2010s, investors stuck loyally to TINA. The mantra was that in an era of rock-bottom interest rates, There Is No Alternative to investing in equities. But with central bank interest rate hikes over the last three
China’s stock market hit a five-year low in February. As China celebrates new year, what’s gone wrong? It’s not long since investing in China was the big new opportunity in investment markets. Alongside the west coast of the US, it
I have 2 pension funds with my former employer. One is a guaranteed with-profits fund that is paid up since the early 90s. The other is a defined contribution pension that is paid up since I left the job in
Welcome to Moneycube’s annual roundup of the best investments available in Ireland. Jan 2025 update: Our more recent post highlights the best investment opportunities for your money in 2025. We’ve chosen five funds we think have strong potential for the
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
Investor interest in money market funds has become huge in recent years, with the value of the Euro money market reaching €2.1 trillion in March, up 42% in just three years. And with interest rates on the move again, the
Three of the most talked-about companies on the planet – SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic – are preparing to list on public stock markets (known as an initial public offering, or) within the space of a few months. For the first
The last decade has largely belonged to US equities, particularly the technology giants that have come to dominate global markets. Buy a global equity fund and a large chunk of your money ends up in the United States, particularly the
Over the past few weeks, bond market yields on long-dated government debt have risen to levels not seen since the eve of the 2008 financial crisis. The US 30-year Treasury yield briefly touched 5.2% — the highest since 2007. UK
The Irish Government’s mooted saving incentive scheme has already generated a fair amount of chatter. What are we actually looking at here, and how seriously should you take it? What is the Savings and Investment Account? The proposed Savings and
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