3 June 2022

Stewart Group

Crypto operates on the greater fool theory. Because it has little real world use currently, investors are buying it on the premise that they will be able to find someone down the line willing to buy it off them – the greater fool, or some optimist who believes they have found their own golden ticket.

Inflation

Stewart Group

10 March 2023

Economy, Interest rates, Inflation

Bills, Bills, Bills...

Stewart Group

10 March 2023

Economy, Interest rates, Inflation

This is the highest since February 2020, back in the initial uncertainty of covid times... Only the economic landscape is quite different.

Stewart Group

23 July 2021

Economy, Inflation, Wealth Management

Are Concerns About Inflation Inflated?

Stewart Group

23 July 2021

Economy, Inflation, Wealth Management

Okay, the annual inflation is now running at 3.3%. In the June 2021 quarter compared with the March 2021 quarter, the New Zealand Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 1.3%. A much stronger lift than the market expectations. So what does it mean to us?