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Jargon Buster – Gearing

For example, if an Investment Trust holds $100m in assets, and borrows a further $10m, it will have $110m in assets invested and hopefully generating a return. This is referred to as 10% gearing. The Manager can use this borrowed cash to take larger positions in conviction stocks, or take

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Income Opportunity – New Zealand Property Stocks

Income Opportunity – New Zealand Property Stocks As interest rates continue their rise and noble fight against inflation, property stocks have fallen on average 21% from their highs in September of last year. As share prices fall, their dividend yield has increased and on many fundamental factors are appearing to

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Why Timing the Market Rarely Works

We’ve all heard the sayings, wise words like “buy low, sell high” and “be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful”. The problem is that investors aren’t (usually) machines and investor psychology means the chances are much higher that the opposite will happen. This is because

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Bonds in a Diversified Portfolio

At the end of 2020, the sum of the market capitalisation of all global stock markets was $US106 trillion, and the size of the global bond market was $US124 trillion. Bonds play a critical role in global capital markets, and they are also an important part of building diversified portfolios

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Share Market Summary

Unfortunately what started as a bad year for global markets has only gotten worse. Since January 1, the NZX50 is down -11.08%, the S&P500 is down -12.9%, NASDAQ100 down -21.27% and the ASX200 down a comparatively tidy -2.97%. These numbers reflect which companies have been most affected, with the technology/growth

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International Stock Opportunity

Adobe: inspiring digital creativity and sustainability Underneath that impressive effort was a rapidly shifting stock market that has come to resemble those of Western countries. Just 10 years ago, oil drillers and major banks dominated China’s market. Today, companies operating in the technology, consumer discretionary, and communications sectors rank among

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Females and Finance

Firstly, let me introduce myself. My name is Donna Moore. I am the Compliance Manager for Hamilton Hindin Greene (HHG). I have recently listened to an online webinar run by the Financial Services Council for International Women’s Day, and it inspired me for the first time to write a piece

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Jargon Buster – EBIT/EBITDA

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is an indicator of a company’s profitability. EBIT can be calculated as revenue minus expenses excluding tax and interest. EBIT is also referred to as operating earnings, operating profit, and profit before interest and taxes. EBIT is a useful tool for analysing a company’s

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International Fund Update – Scottish Mortgage Trust

Update from the Fund Manager The Scottish Mortgage Trust is predominantly an investment in equities. The number of equity holdings will typically range between 50 and 100 and the portfolio can be relatively concentrated. An unconstrained approach is adopted and there are no fixed limits set as to geographical, industry

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