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Tuesday, April 09th 2024
Octagon Asset Management (Octagon) as an active investment manager and we aim to deliver superior investment returns by being active (as opposed to passive).
Friday, April 05th 2024
Imagine a child growing up in communist Poland in the 80s. Picture the grand, yet ultimately hollow, promises of five-year government plans that fizzled out before they could light any real fire under the economy.
Monday, March 25th 2024
In this article we look forward to 2024.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024
Despite incessant commentary to the contrary, the US economy is the strongest it has been in over 30 years
Friday, March 08th 2024
Investors, Businesses and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) continue to urge the New Zealand government to create strong modern slavery laws in Aotearoa.
Thursday, February 22nd 2024
Globally, most stock markets have made a strong start to the year, Leading the way has been the US indices, with the S&P500 rallying 3.3% in January, making new record highs, as did the Dow Jones which went through 38,000 for the first time ever.
Saturday, February 17th 2024
In this article we look at the relentless rise of passive investing.
Monday, February 12th 2024
“The only thing worse than a very profitable banking system is a very unprofitable banking system.” Jonathan Mott, 2010, from his presentation to the Australian Senate Economic References Committee inquiry into Competition within the Australian banking sector
Friday, February 09th 2024
Technology investing has always been a rapidly evolving sector, and 2024 will be no different.
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Monday, February 05th 2024
It’s been a huge week for US stocks as four of the Magnificent 7 — which have been the driving force for the majority of gains in the S&P500 over the past year — delivered their earnings results last week.
Wednesday, January 31st 2024
Equity markets are through the first month of 2024 and have largely started off the year where they finished 2023 – on the front foot. How will the rest of the year play out? We outline our projections for the remaining 11 months ahead.
Friday, January 26th 2024
Covid-19 made gaming an even bigger industry, projected to again outpace the movie and digital music industries combined in terms of revenue in 2024, according to Insync Funds Management CIO, Monik Kotecha.
Saturday, January 20th 2024
August 2021 marked the start of an almost four-month lockdown for Auckland – none of us would wish to return to that challenging period. Except, that is, if you were a domestic investor. From the end of August 2021 to the lows in October 2023, the NZX50 Index fell almost 20%[1].
Sunday, December 31st 2023
For most of the past two years, investors in all asset classes, certainly not just equities, have been wondering what sort of landing we would experience. In my opinion, the jet plane analogy is a very apt way of thinking about the state of the global economy.
Friday, December 22nd 2023
Touch wood, but 2023 has probably turned out better than many expected. At the end of 2022, there was a strong consensus that a recession was on the cards in the world’s largest economy, the US, and that inflation will prove extremely hard to rein in.
Monday, December 11th 2023
The early promise of November (that was a feature of last month’s article) played out in earnest as stock markets had their best month in a long time, and in some cases years.
Friday, December 08th 2023
Every year has catch phrases that embed themselves in the market lexicon and feed into the narrative of the day. This year has been no exception.
Tuesday, November 14th 2023
Tuesday, November 07th 2023
Good things come to those that wait – after a challenging few months, stock markets have started November brightly. With inflation getting under control, many central banks cooling their jets, and bond yields easing, are equity markets in for a strong end to 2023?
Friday, November 03rd 2023
Volatility in markets has continued to make for challenging times for investors. As an active manager, this gives the investment team at Mint plenty of opportunity to search out some great ideas.
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