Newsletter – September 2021

This issue covers built-in ‘shock absorbers’ within your portfolio to cushion the effect of market volatility.

Our theme this month is the inflation taming efforts of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the link between inflation and interest rates.

This issue covers what the results of the NZ general election and the conflict in the Middle East mean for investors.

This month we unpack diversification. Diversification is a strategy to lower investment risk by spreading money across and within different asset classes, such as shares, bonds and cash. It’s one of the best ways to weather market ups and downs and maintain the potential for growth.

Our theme this month is shareholder voting and highlighting a few recent votes on resolutions that Booster, as the manager of your investments, has made on your behalf.

Our theme this month is diversification. Diversifying investments can mitigate risk by balancing the ups and downs of individual shares, and individual countries to reduce their impact on your entire portfolio. A diversified portfolio is more resilient because it’s designed to capture growth while providing relative security during market downturns.