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| | | Latest Updates | | | | WEEKLY COMMENTARY | | New Zealand share prices were at their lowest point in three months as world markets continued to take fright over events in Europe. Markets in general, the local bourse included, had grown more nervous after Germany stepped up efforts to ban ...more | | | | DAVID MCEWEN'S COLUMN | BEWARE THE BOND BUBBLE
Until recently, interest rates in this country were doing what was expected of them - rising.
This was a normal reaction to two rises in May and June in the overnight cash rate (OCR), ...more | | | | MARY HOLM'S COLUMN | MORE LOSERS THAN REALISED FROM INCOME SHARING
By Mary Holm
When I die, I hope that over my lifetime I’ve paid more in taxes than I’ve got back from the government. That’s because people who do it the other way ...more | | | | | | McEwen Investment Report #590 | Most people had never heard of a Vuvuzela before the soccer World Cup began in South Africa last month. The cheap plastic trumpet emits a monotone sound that sounds like the cross between a group of angry hornets and a wounded elephant.
Apparently they were inspired by a horn traditionally made from the horn of an antelope, which was used to summon villagers to attend community gatherings.
While I don¡¯t enjoy the noise or the deadening effect it has on the atmosphere for matches, I was encouraged to see that in a globalised world there is still room for local variety and industry.
Then I found out that 80% or more of these instruments are made in China. Surely this is an indication that there is not a single product in the world today that is not influenced by China, whether made legitimately under license, copied illegally or even counterfeited by criminal gangs.
One company that has felt the impact of the Chinese industrial complex in recent times has been Nufarm (Au:NUF). ...more | | | | McEwen Yield Report #61 | Understanding how risk can work for you
All of us think of ourselves as rational beings even in times of crisis, applying the laws of probability in a cool and calculated fashion to the choices that confront us.
We like to believe we are above average in skills, intelligence and experience.
Who admits to being an incompetent driver or a stupid investor?
The classical models of rationality specifies how people should make decisions in the face of risk and what the world would be like if people did in fact behave as specified. ...more | | |
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