Newsletter – April 2022

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is getting tough on inflation. The relationship between interest rates and inflation and what this means for your investments.

This issue explains recency bias, a phenomenon whereby investors let short-term performance influence their decisions, and ways to counter this, instead seeing the silver lining in market volatility.

It’s been an eventful start to the year. Tensions have been rising between Russia and Ukraine and central banks around the world are looking to increase interest rates.

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.

The issue digs into what the Russian invasion means for investors.

This month we explore how US businesses have coped following President Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs in April, and outline the state of the general US economy.