Brett Bell-Booth

Investment market update (for the quarter ended 30 Nov, 2020) After three months or so of global equity markets generally bouncing sideways, they surged in...

Investment market update (for the quarter ended 31 Oct, 2020) October capped off a good quarter for the New Zealand equity market, with the earnings...

Investment market update (for the quarter ended 30 Sep, 2020) Stock markets have delivered a second successive quarter of strong gains. The performance of financial...

Investment market update (for the quarter ended 31 Aug, 2020) The global pandemic is not yet behind us. People in the northern hemisphere have been...

The US has struggled to contain a widespread outbreak across many states, with new outbreaks having also occurred in parts of Europe, the UK, Australia, and Japan.

Most countries are grappling with the tension between curbing the health effects of Covid-19 and minimising the economic damage of restrictions and lockdowns.

Covid-19 has undoubtedly been the most dramatic black swan or unexpected shock since the 9/11 terrorist attack.

COVID-19 has undoubtedly been the most dramatic “black swan” or unexpected shock since the 9/11 terrorist attack. The threat has rapidly shifted from an outbreak in China, where the principal economic concern was the impact of Chinese manufacturer shutdowns on the rest of the world, to a global pandemic.