A message from Mike: Putting it into perspective
Thursday 10 January, 2019
For investors, 2018 will go down as a year to forget. It ended with the worst-performing December since 1931. The US S&P 500 capped a tough fourth quarter which saw the index fall 20.2% from its September peak to the Boxing Day low.
Mike Taylor Podcast: Thoughts on weathering storms
Thursday 10 January, 2019
Mike Taylor from Pie Funds and JUNO KiwiSaver joins us in the studio to discuss these questions and more – he’s weathered some storms himself, and instead of shrinking back, he took ground.
Fund Reviews: Australasian Funds
Thursday 10 January, 2019
The Growth Fund returned -1.9%, and Emerging -2.1% in December. Growth 2 and Dividend had a tougher month, falling -6.9% and -4.5% respectively.
Fund Reviews: International Team
Thursday 10 January, 2019
In many ways, December was a snippet of the year as a whole—complete with conflicting economic signals, political disruption, and, of course, hair-raising volatility.
A year in review: How did our predictions hold up?
Thursday 10 January, 2019
Mark and Liam take a look at the year in review; how did their predictions hold up? The pair look at volatility catalysts such as the change in oil prices, interest rates and wage inflation.