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Question of the month: should I sell my shares in Guinness-owner Diageo?

I’ve owned shares in Diageo for many years. I inherited them from my father who used to work in Guinness. But with the stock down by more than a fifth this year, and the chief executive leaving, is it past

Midyear market review 2025

Moneycube’s midyear market review 2025

Investing your money in the first half of 2025 was a lesson in the basics. If you chose to spread your money among different geographies, asset classes and industries, and stuck to your plan, you’ll have done all right. If

Oil price and your investments

Where’s the oil price going – and how will it affect your investments and pensions?

Tensions in the middle east are high despite the announcement of a ceasefire this morning. With them, the price of oil has moved significantly in June. For investors, that raises a vital question: what next for oil prices, and how

Plan B jumping in puddle

What’s your financial Plan B?

In Ireland, we’re no strangers to economic ups and downs. From the property boom — and bust — and the recent inflation surge, we’ve seen how financial plans can go off track. Even the best-laid financial plans can hit a

Warren Buffett - Irish investors

What Warren Buffett got right – and what that means for Irish investors

Warren Buffett, often regarded as the greatest investor ever, announced his retirement earlier this month. His strategies at Berkshire Hathaway, the company he took control of in 1965, have consistently outperformed the market. According the company’s 2024 annual report [pdf],

interest rates in Ireland in 2025

What’s next for interest rates in Ireland in 2025?

Interest rates have been the big story for Irish savers, borrowers, and investors over the past two years. After a rapid series of hikes from the European Central Bank (ECB) to tackle inflation, we’re now seeing the dial turn in

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ECB raises interest rates

ECB raises interest rates: how are you affected?

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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Investing in money market funds

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

SpaceX IPO

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs: Should I invest?

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

Emerging markets: should you own more?

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

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What’s going on in the bond market?

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

Savings and investment account: will it happen, and what should you do meantime?

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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