ISEQ oversold and undervalued

From: Decision : Ireland's Business Review | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Ghose, Pramit | Copyright information

Irish equites were dumped irrationally by institutions that have lost out on the markets's impressive gains in recent times. Does the ISEQ still offer value? PRAMIT GHOSE weighs up the pros and cons

What is more important to investors - reward or the risk profile? For long term investors like Irish Pension Funds one would think that reward is the more important factor given that one can afford to wait for the reward to play out. However, in recent years it would appear that the risk pr...

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