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Better times a challenge for investors
COMMENT: The narrative regarding central banks and interest rates around the world has changed markedly in a few short months.
COMMENT: The narrative regarding central banks and interest rates around the world has changed markedly in a few short months.
For the first time in two-and-a-half years, New Zealand farmers expect their on-farm spending to increase and farm debt to reduce.
NZ shares were mixed, with Heartland Bank hitting a record and Sky Network Television gaining.
The NZ dollar was little changed in a week that's expected to include an interest rate hike.
COMMENT: A good piece of investment advice is listen to your partner and kids.
Reselling houses for a quick profit means somebody has been ill-informed.
Opec and its partners have seen the rally in oil prices evaporate as the US inventory glut becomes impossible to ignore.
Online retail is having an "absolutely huge" influence and firms need to adapt
Even Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve seem to have climbed aboard.
The New Zealand dollar fell, rounding out a four-week decline of about 5 percent.
The New Zealand dollar fell below 70 US cents, reaching an eight-week low.
New Zealand shares rose, with A2 Milk and Sky TV recovering from sell-offs, while Ryman Healthcare and Chorus declined.
Both cash trading volumes and the value of trading fell on year on the NZX in February, when the bulk of the country's biggest listed companies announced earnings.
The New Zealand dollar fell to its lowest level this year.
New Zealand shares dipped, with Sky Network TV weaker after its merger with was denied, while A2 Milk Co and Synlait gained on a closer supply deal.
The interim profit announcements for the six months to December 31 met market expectations but little more, says Brian Gaynor.
The New Zealand dollar is headed into the end of the week down 2.1 per cent against the greenback.
Commodity prices saw broad-based gains in February, with meat and steel increasing while wool fell.
WATCH: New Zealand's biggest companies may start to feel the downside of strong economic growth.
Trump's confrontational rhetoric about Chinese trade policies hasn't won much support among Chinese consumers.
Wall Street fell from record highs, while the US dollar gained.
Intueri Education Group's $70.7 million of debt with ANZ Bank New Zealand is almost 60 times greater than its market value,
WATCH: Never mind the lack of economic detail, it mattered that he didn't say anything too weird.
Equities rallied on both sides of the Atlantic amid increased bets on a US Federal Reserve rate hike.
Business owners looking to cash up could be in luck this year but don't expect to see a return to the "irrational exuberance" experienced before the global financial crisis.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index dropped 18.68 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 7148.78.
Harbour Asset Management has been named the top fund manager in Morningstar's annual awards. It is the second year in a row the fund
Donald Trump's first speech to Congress has left markets guessing after it revealed little detail about his economic plans.
Investors are focused on US President Donald Trump's address to Congress later in the day.