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.

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

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.

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.

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.