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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.

Financial markets have staged a remarkable recovery since the depths of the sell-off a month ago.

Market Update (Please note this column was prepared on 17 March, 2020) In the last few weeks global sharemarkets have substantially retraced their early momentum...

Inflation remains subdued, central banks remain committed to low interest rates, and trade tensions between the US and China have de-escalated

Investment Market Update, quarter ended 31 December, 2019. The last quarter of 2019 heralded a stake shift in sentiment within financial markets. The mood...

The past quarter saw a substantial improvement in financial market sentiment. At the start of the period recessionary risks were being constantly highlighted.

Investors could understandably be nervous given geopolitical noise, and the resulting volatility they’ve seen in markets over the last quarter.

Investors should be very satisfied with returns over the last quarter. As central banks around the world continued to cut official cash rates and increase

The US economic expansion is now 121 months long, twice as long as any expansion post-World War II.

Global economic growth, and in particular growth in developed economies, has been pared back significantly since December 2018.