Newsletter – January 2025

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

This month we showcase three companies within the Booster Innovation Fund – Mars Bioimaging, Hot Lime Labs and MACSO Technologies. These companies are prime examples of high-potential, early-stage investment built on NZ innovation.

Broadening Booster’s direct investments in attractive, unlisted NZ assets – Aotea Asset Management.

The benefits of adding unlisted investments (investments that aren’t listed on publicly traded exchanges) to your portfolio. When selected appropriately, these investments tend to offer attractive returns relative to the risks involved and help support the growth of NZ businesses.

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.