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The Lure Of Gold

With the price of gold recently surging past $1,200 an ounce, John Cradden ponders if there's more to come or whether would-be investors have missed the boat

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Shares January 2010

Irish Life & Permanent; Independent News & Media; Greencore

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Funds January 2010

Bond Fund Has Good Long Term Return; KBC's Innovator On The Rebound; Latin America Funds Deliver Good Gains

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No End To Bank’s Rollercoaster Ride

Bank of Ireland investors were brought back to earth with a bang in October and the stock is surrounded by uncertainty

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Funds December 2009

Taking A Gamble On Bank Debt; Emerging Markets Funds Bounce Back; Quinn's Clean Energy Fund Disappoints

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Can Fancy Breads Defy Recession?

Investors who bought into multinational breads maker Aryzta last March have made a 65% profit. BP wonders for how long the good run can continue

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Tax Break Shock

SME owners will be furious with the Green Party after they insisted on a reduced tax break for pension contributions

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Funds November 2009

Investors Attracted By Absolute Returns; Sustainable Funds Don't Buck The Markets

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Pensions Shakeup

The Commission on Taxation's radical proposals for pensions could be bad news for high earners

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Funds October 2009

Japan The Land Of Rising Shares?; Investec Tracker With 40% Upside; Contrary Strategy Yet To Yield Results

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The Stocks That Have Doubled Up

Investors in C&C Group and Paddy Power have doubled their money since the start of the year. For how much longer can the surge continue, wonder Nick Mulcahy and Graeme McQueen

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Question Marks Over Blue Chips

The recession has caught up with Ryanair and CRH, two of the ISEQ's leading shares. Nick Mulcahy and Graeme McQueen report on their price prospects and how some smaller stocks are faring

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AIB's Impairment Woes

AIB's interim results for the half year to June reported a loss of €786m, primarily due to impairment woes

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Funds September 2009

Zurich's Asia Fund Powers Ahead; Equities Bounce Sees Managed Funds Recover; Reasons For Optimism In Emerging Markets; AIB Bonds A Better Bet Than Shares?

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Out Of Africa

Tullow Oil trades on a lofty price/earnings ratio in the hope that its massive oil finds in Africa can be translated into serious cashflow in the future, writes Nick Mulcahy

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Oil Spike Sparks Rebound For Kentz

Kentz Group has a proud Irish heritage but now the AIM-listed engineering group is a global player. Graeme McQueen explains why shareholders have done well since the company's IPO last year

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Bank Of Ireland's Dodgy Loans

Bank of Ireland's annual results for the year ending March 2009 showed that the bank recorded a pre-tax loss of €7m, laying bare the extent of the bank's dodgy loans

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Funds July-August 2009

Hibernian Aviva Links With BlackRock; Robeco's China Fund Bounces Back; Bank Funds Target Cautious Investors

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Big Gainers From ISEQ Rebound

It may be a bear market bounce but canny stock market investors have had the opportunity to double their money in the past few months. Nick Mulcahy singles out four shares which have benefited most

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Spread Betting

Spread Betting: You Too Can Be A Global Player - CMC Markets has a mission to democratize the world's financial markets. Even grannies are catching the bug

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DCC’s Energy Play

In recent years, conglomerate DCC has morphed into a major energy player in the UK, distributing oil and LPG

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Funds June 2009

More To Come From Irish Stocks?; Zurich Life Hopes For Asian Growth; Get Into Energy With Blackrock; Swiss Funds Raise Profile In Ireland

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Shares With The Bounce Factor

The Irish stock market has rallied strongly since the beginning of March, though the ISEQ index is still around where it started the year. Graeme McQueen identifies the stocks which have enjoyed the best bounce

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Funds May 2009

Currency Pairs Pay Off For Friends First; Find A Safe Haven With German Bonds; KBC Fund Offers Blue Chip Punt

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Funds April 2009

Invest And Hope With BoI Life; When Will China Bounce Back?

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Stock Market Guide 2009

Irish shares are on average 75% cheaper than two years ago. Nick Mulcahy and Graeme McQueen run the rule over some leading counters to see if any of them offer value

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Funds March 2009

Working Out What BCP Is On About; Fixed Deposits Offer Safety; KBC Bullish On Eco Funds Outlook; Get Into Middle East With Fidelity

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Investors Need To Adapt

The one lesson we all know from 2008 is that the things we took for granted in the past we cannot take for granted in the future. As a result of this, our approach to investing in the future must change from the pattern of the past, writes Tony Morley

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Funds February 2009

Equities Freefall Hammers Managed Pension Funds; RaboDirect Highlights Ten Picks For 2009

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Tullow Oil

Finance Crunch: Shares in Tullow Oil have fallen by almost 50% since the summer as the price of crude oil plummeted. Business Plus looks at the prospects for a recovery in 2009

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Funds January 2009

Bond Prices Rise As ECB Cuts Rates; Henderson Banking On US Revival; Forestry Fund Expands Into America

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Heading South

Cash deposits have yielded great returns in 2008 thanks to the credit crunch. Now that the ECB has slashed its rate by 100 basis points, Business Plus reports on the merits of locking in fixed-term rates now

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Kerry Group

Port In A Storm - ‘Blue chip' Irish plc shares were down 60% year to date at the end of October. Business Plus explains why Kerry Group bucked the trend

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Funds December 2008

Bank Widens Choice For PRSA Savers; Citi Offers Measure Of Protection; BVP Has Green Eyes With BES Fund

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Gambling On Spreads

Spread betting is a form of financial gambling, and attracts people who believe they can second-guess markets. Business Plus reports on the growth of the business in Ireland

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C&C

Despite falling sales, cider maker C&C's net profit margin is just on 20%. The best option for the board now is to find a buyer

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Aryzta

The merger of Ireland's IAWS and Switzerland's Hiestand has created a value added baked goods giant called Aryzta. Business Plus examines the rationale behind the deal and growth prospects going forward

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Managing Your Pension

Managed funds don't deliver the diversification necessary to maximise pension fund returns

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How Low For House Prices?

The government's attempt to bail out distressed builders in the Budget is unlikely to stop house prices tumbling through 2009

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Building Shares

Kingspan, Grafton Group and CRH share prices are all down 50% or more over the past year. Business Plus reports on what the brokers think of recovery prospects

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Locking In With CFDs

Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are a useful mechanism to lock in the present value of a share holding

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Greencore

Greencore's market cap plummeted from €920m at the start of the year to just €300m in mid-July. Can new chief executive Patrick Coveney restore investor confidence?

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Funds August 2008

Pension Fund Values Decimated By Crash; Gold: Golden Light Amid Equity Gloom?

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DCC

Before he suddenly quit DCC, founder Jim Flavin signalled that he wanted to reshape the conglomerate. So what happens now?

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CRH

CRH Tumbles On American Blues: Blue chip building materials group CRH has suffered a savage de-rating despite delivering the goods in 2007

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Smurfit Kappa

Investors who bought into the Smurfit Kappa flotation a year ago are down 50%. Business Plus reports on what's gone wrong

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Funds April 2008

Irish Life Targets Large Companies; Quintas Looks To Spain For Solar Energy Fund; Equity Market Falls Hammer Pension Funds; AIB Launches Asian Property Fund

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Emerging Opportunities

Why invest in Irish equities or ISEQ-weighted managed funds when the world is your oyster? Business Plus highlights some of the mega-gains that are being made in emerging markets funds. Also, Investment Strategies Exposed By Downturn

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BES Tax Planning

BES investment facilitates income tax savings and pension planning. Business Plus explains how the combination of these two strands results in a very powerful tax planning mechanism

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Cabin In The Woods

Buying a leaseback holiday property in France is a fairly secure long-term property investment

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Pensions - Control Your Wealth

Self-invested retirement structures are the tax-efficient way of transforming surplus business cash into personal and family wealth

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Investment Funds October 2007

Bloxham Gears Up For Megacaps Revival; Get Into Germany With JP Morgan

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Who Is A First Time Buyer?

Relief from stamp duty for first time buyers is a great benefit. But explains who qualifies for the tax break?

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Aggregates Underpin CRH

Investors in CRH have enjoyed a stunning gain over the past year. Can the share price keep going up

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Water Dip Could Pay Off

Water is a scarce resource so investing in funds that track water-related companies could prove worthwhile

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Green Fund In The Black

An ethical investment fund can deliver good returns for investors who aren't willing to compromise for profit. Business Plus looks at Dolmen Securities Green Effects fund

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Buying To Lease In La Belle France

France's tax rebate scheme kicks you back 20% of the purchase price - so long as you agree to rent

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Understanding CFDs

Buying shares using Contracts For Difference (CFDs) is similar to using a mortgage to buy property

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Finance Bill Whacks Pensions

New rules mean top earners will be no longer be able to fund for a pension based on two-thirds of the final remuneration

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Cowen Caps Pension Honeypot

Charlie McCreevy opened up a beautiful vista for retiring company owners. Brian Cowen isn't so generous

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Retirement Relief: €1m Tax Free

That's what a husband and wife team who own a company can extract from their firm's kitty when they retire, thanks to CGT Retirement Relief

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Proprietary Perk

Proprietary directors are in a league of their own when it comes to providing a nest egg for future years

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Compound Returns

The sooner you start investing, the greater the rewards, while compounding can increase the overall returns

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Geared Pension Funds

Geared pension funds, made possible by Finance Act 2004, are proving very popular with proprietary directors, sole traders and partners. Here's how they work

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Controlling Your Pension Plan

If you have an eye for picking shares and would like to take control of your pension plan, a self-directed pension fund could be for you

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Circle Oil

Looking for a speculative resources punt in 2005? Then AIM-listed Circle Oil could be worth a punt

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Cork's Warren Buffett

Fund manager Kevin Lucey claims to have delivered returns of 30% to 60% per annum to his followers over the past five years. For E1,500 a year, you can buy into his stock selections





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