Newsletter – February 2022

Our theme this month is Trump vs Harris – what the different parties are offering and how the US Presidential election may affect the markets.

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.

Widening Booster’s direct investments in attractive, unlisted NZ assets – helping local Iwi fund the purchase of 40 Wellington school properties.

This issue covers broadening Booster’s direct investments in attractive, unlisted NZ assets – FleetPartners.

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.

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