Leaving money in the bank is sometimes said to be the risk-free choice. But in fact, keeping your savings in cash does carry risk. Here are some questions to think about if all your wealth is in cash. How safe
With the average pension pot in Ireland somewhere in the region of €90,000, a pension pot of half a million is something many people can only dream of. But how far would it get you? We’ve carved up a notional
We’ve been living in a low-interest and low-inflation world for a decade or more now. But markets have started to consider that things might change. What does that mean for investors and savers in Ireland? First, let’s be positive. Inflation
Whether it’s cryptocurrency or rare metals, social housing funds or peer-to-peer lending, many new types of asset have become investible as part of your portfolio in recent years. One new entry is funds which buy up royalty rights for music.
We spend so much time talking about ways to invest your money… it’s time to look at some investments that are best avoided. Whether it’s the risk of scams, returns that are too good to be true, excessive costs or
It’s official – Ulster Bank is leaving Ireland. One positive effect of the news is that it’s prompting customers to think about what to do with lump sums sitting in cash in the bank. Since you’ll have to move your
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
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
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