COMMENT: This year your boss might not laugh when you ask for a pay rise, writes Mark Lister.

COMMENT: Stay defensive and play most things with a straight bat, quietly accumulate returns, and pick off decent opportunities when you see them.

COMMENT: The potential for political change always brings uncertainty, Mark Lister writes.

COMMENT: Borrowing money to invest can supercharge your returns but only in a rising market which is difficult to time.

COMMENT: Having some of their money outside New Zealand is crucial for long-term investors, Mark Lister writes.

COMMENT: If new President starts spending then US interest rates will move higher and mortgage rates here will follow.

COMMENT: Two high-profile collapses from NZX-listed companies lately won't do wonders for the way bystanders perceive share investing.

COMMENT: Our sharemarket has been singled out as one of the best performer's in the world, which is why it's tipped to fall harder than the rest from here on.

COMMENT: It's been two months since the Brexit vote caught investors by surprise, sending financial markets into a tailspin.

COMMENT: Things have calmed down since that dramatic Friday when the Brexit votes were being counted, but don't get comfortable, there's more to come.

COMMENT: Politics is set to dominate headlines as the countdown begins to the big one, the US Presidential Election.

COMMENT: I knew it would be close, but I didn't see that coming. I wasn't nearly as wrong-footed as financial markets, though.

I knew it would be close, but I didn't see that coming. I wasn't nearly as wrong-footed as financial markets, though.

The long-term outlook for the dairy sector is strong, but the immediate future is highly concerning, says Mark Lister.

Following the Rugby World Cup win, business editor Liam Dann wrote a great piece discussing what the corporate world could learn from the All Blacks.

Migration can be a double-edged sword, says investment adviser Mark Lister.

The August corporate reporting season is now largely complete, aside from a few stragglers that have slightly different balance dates.

Many of us wouldn't be brave enough to invest any money when things look as precarious as they have lately, writes Mark Lister. We would sit on the sidelines and wait until things looked safe agai

Investment expert Mark Lister looks at whether our "rock star economy" is headed for recession.

The Greek Government is playing a dangerous game of chicken with the European creditors they owe a lot of money to.

Mark Lister on the Greece financial crisis and putting it all in perspective.

Craigs Investment Partners' Mark Lister has boiled down his top financial advice to three key tips he'll give his kids.

The only topic that seems to be competing with Auckland house prices at present seems to be the declining Fonterra payout, and what it means for the economy as a whole.

The 2015 UK general election is almost upon us and it's shaping up as one of the most interesting and unpredictable contests in decades.

If we look at the local market on a stock specific basis, we can spot a similar trend with some share prices are still well off their all-time highs, writes Mark Lister:

New Zealand's sharemarket hit an all-time high this afternoon, a market analyst says.

We're unlikely to get a repeat of the New Zealand sharemarket's exceptional year, predicts Mark Lister.