In the past week, Irish financial circles have been rocked by the Central Bank of Ireland fining Davy Stockbrokers €4.13 million for breaching market rules in 2014 through a transaction that involved its senior management, many of whom are still in leadership roles there. Within its current website, Davy states that it “is a trusted market leader in wealth management and capital markets, building rewarding relationships that last. At Davy, it’s not just business, it’s personal.”
Investing, when carried out haphazardly, often leads to luck or loss, but rarely stability. As a new year begins another ripe example from a long list of ‘sure things’ presents itself on the world stage. This month’s hopeful is GameStop, an American video game and electronics retailer, who had up …
As an investment adviser, the starting point for all investment advice is understanding each client’s tendency to take risk as well as their tolerance in accepting possible losses. From an adviser’s perspective the nightmare scenario is a client who tells you that he/she is prepared to take risk in order …
When the words “portfolio”, “client” and “risk” are used in the same sentence, the topic of discussion is more than likely investment advice and investment management. Around the world, advisers routinely categorise investment funds based on established regulatory and industry norms and impart this analysis to their clients. For them, …
I have been helping clients make investment decisions for over 25 years and it never ceases to amaze me how the adage of “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” still applies – the more things change, the more things stay the same. Avoiding investment mistakes if no different. …
One of the advantages of the Celtic Tiger, was that investors learned that greed does not pay. Sooner or later, there is a price to pay. For those that can restart their lives eventually there were a few lessons to be learnt. The least of which was realising that if something …
In writing this piece, I’m inclined to reflect on the saying that “there is no such thing as a free lunch”. The same applies to investing, investing is not risk-free and if done incorrectly it can be very costly. Everything in life has both negative and positive aspects to it. …
