AI can now help build a presentation in minutes. But as technology takes on more of the work behind presenting, executive public speaking coach Miriam Chancellor believes the human skills at the front of the room are becoming more important, not less.
Strong earnings, resilient economic activity and broader participation across sectors helped support global markets in August. Lewis Fowler, Portfolio Manager at Harbour Asset Management, explains the key themes that influenced markets during the month and considers what investors should be paying attention to now.
Global equities produced strong gains during the June quarter, even as investors grappled with Middle East tensions, volatile oil prices and uncertainty around inflation and interest rates.
Pie Funds’ founder and chief investment officer Mike Taylor explains why February’s market rotation is a reminder that sentiment can shift quickly – but fundamentals rarely move as fast as prices.
Greg Smith, investment specialist at Generate, asks whether KiwiSaver needs to change with the times.
September was a mixed month for global markets, as Tom Deacon, assistant portfolio manager at Mint, explains.
Greg Smith, investment specialist at Generate, is this month’s guest author of the Market Wrap Up, brought to you by Invest Now. Global equities rose strongly in August, led by the US markets. The...
Predictions of the demise of the US dollar have proven far-fetched, writes Chris Smith, general manager of CMC Markets New Zealand.
Greg Fleming, head of global diversified funds at SALT Funds Management, is this month’s guest author of Market Wrap-Up, courtesy of InvestNow.
Support of free trade has been called ‘the economists’ creed’. As Trump champions tariffs, Andrew Kenningham explains why economists tend to universally reject them.
Tim Chesterfield, director and portfolio manager (Castle Point) and CIO (PG Group), with his analysis of this the month that was. Powered by InvestNow.
Small New Zealand businesses often punch above their weight when it comes to international success. Joanna Mathers meets the owners of two businesses who’ve smashed boundaries and grown their ventures from the ground up.
We are in a ‘hinge’ moment, living through a major regime shift, says economist Shamubeel Eaqub. Old ways of investing, especially using the rules of thumb learned over recent decades, may no longer work.
The month of May 2025 was an eventful month for Indian equity markets, marked by increasing foreign investor interest and specific sectoral trends playing out in the face of geopolitical events and policy changes.
We tend to think of learning as a formal, often exhausting exercise – something that happens in structured environments, at set times, with a PowerPoint and a facilitator standing up front.
While broad global market indices fell only mildly in February, significant shifts took place beneath the surface.
The fast and the furious! 2025 has kicked off at a whirlwind pace, with an influx of news and developments keeping investors on their toes.
This challenge extends to communication with banks.
S&P 500Adobe’s stock rallied with double digit growth in revenue and earnings At 24.
Larry Fink, who is the head of the world’s largest asset manager (Blackrock) said recently he gets frightened when he looks at United States public debt.
Artificial intelligence has a public relations problem; there’s is no shortage of mainstream media shock-horror headlines about the looming AI apocalypse.