Newsletter – May 2022

This issue covers the importance of being invested, through the highs and lows, over the longer term.

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.

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 what the results of the NZ general election and the conflict in the Middle East mean for investors.

Our theme this month is private income investments – an asset class that is quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing parts of the investment world.

This month we outline President Trump’s revised tariffs and trade deals and what this mean for NZ, and global financial markets.