Dermot O'Leary

Our chief economist Dermot O’Leary presents the key takeaways from Budget 2024.

Sarah Quirke and Brian Flavin

We have developed a thoughtful approach to how we could implement sustainable preferences into our process of portfolio construction.

Dermot O'Leary

The consensus view has been that we would enter a recession in 2023, but it hasn’t materialised. At our Investment Outlook, Q4 2023 event last week, we sat down with Dermot O’Leary to find out why.

Goodbody is dedicated to designing financial plans to build and protect the wealth of its clients through every milestone in their financial journey.

Elizabeth Geoghegan, Head of Fixed Income Strategy, and Bernard Swords, Chief Investment Officer

From equities to fixed income, here we present our outlook through year-end.

Joe Prendergast

In this issue of Wealth Matters, Joe Prendergast, Global Strategic Advisor, asks how best we should invest for future generations?

Bernard Swords

During the summer, the idea of a ‘soft landing’ for the US economy gained traction to help equity markets but high interest rates were determined to stick around.

Elizabeth Geoghegan

Excess cash in a time of high inflation is both a blessing and a curse. While it’s essential to have money in the bank for ongoing spending and emergencies, cash that is sitting in your account might be quickly losing value.

Bernard Swords

Since the end of June, Markets have been relatively flat with equities are up 0.4% in euro terms and fixed income markets down 0.1%.

Bernard Swords

Although still positive, overseas demand in China is subdued. This could be the impact of continued stronger demand for services rather than goods but could also be an indication of a weakening global background.

Joe Prendergast

In this issue of Wealth Matters, Joe Prendergast, Global Strategic Advisor, asks has tech become the new defensive sector?

Sebastian Orsi, CFA

It’s only a few weeks since our last Top Down (26 April), so the broad themes running through markets are unchanged: the outlook for a ‘soft landing’ in the US, slowing but still high inflation, and earnings resilience.

In the first of our Business Owners Exit Planning webinar series, Goodbody discuss what extraction tools are available to owners and why changes in the Finance Act 2022 offer owners additional potential benefits.