Newsletter – February 2022

This issue shows the methods used to support returns during periods of market volatility. Using the New Zealand dollar as a ‘shock absorber’.

This month our theme is Artificial Intelligence (AI) discussing where are we in the implementation of this new technology, and how is it impacting markets.

This month we take a look at what the NZ election campaign and eventual result could mean for different parts of the market, and why the impact may be more focused than the headlines suggest.

This issue covers our human nature of feeling twice as much pain from an investment loss as we do pleasure from a gain, and while it can be tempting to view our investments daily, the key to long-term investment success is being invested over the longer term.

This month we unpack what a tariff is, and some of the ways we manage portfolios during uncertain times like this.