Newsletter – June 2023

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.

Our theme this month is interest rates. After the highest interest rates since 2008, the Official Cash Rate (OCR) was cut in August, marking the first cut since 2020. In this newsletter we outline what lower interest rates mean for your portfolio.

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

This month our theme is the OCR and how and why this is an important benchmark of an economy’s health.

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

This month we discuss currency – the opportunities a weaker New Zealand dollar creates for your investments and how we cushion against currency volatility.