Global Opportunities Beyond the Radar

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Is New Zealand Next on China’s Warpath?

We’re very possibly entering a new era of militarisation. There’s a storm brewing at our doorstep…and it threatens the safety of our nation.

Severe KiwiSaver Error Strikes 446,534 Victims

A group of nine financial advisors recently unearthed a startling discovery for KiwiSaver members.

Football Folly: Why You Can’t Always Trust the Numbers

The statisticians have done poorly this year. Despite some of the best forecasting software in the world, financial giants like UBS and Goldman Sachs can’t seem to get it right.

Silicon Valley of the South Seas

The Hawaiki cable is an exhilarating new development. It’s set to turbocharge New Zealand’s tech industry and give them more access to global markets.

5 Key Habits of Successful New Zealand Investors

If you want to succeed at investing, you have to go beyond guesswork. You have to develop a smart approach like Peter Thiel and Warren Buffett.

The 2018 Dogs of the NZX

There’s an old time-tested financial idea that things move in cycles. Boom and bust. Up and down. Surplus and deficit. The theory was popularised by economists like Joseph Schumpeter and Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi during the early 19th century.

Take Advantage of Opportunities Here and Overseas

Should you invest in India? This is was the topic at my desk last week. A colleague of mine thought it was a capital idea. And I thought, why not? Successful investing usually works everywhere. So why wouldn’t it work in India? This

Landslide for Legal Marijuana

Countries are opening their doors to legal marijuana. Many are starting with legal medicinal marijuana. Some are going with legal recreational marijuana.

When Big Tech Joins Forces with Big Crypto

There’s been a massive new announcement with one of the world’s biggest tech companies. This one has a market cap of more than US$200 billion.

This is How to Get Cheaper Healthcare Costs

  Healthcare is expensive, especially in the US. As you can see in the chart below, the US spends, on average, about double per person compared to other developed countries.   Source: Health System Tracker [Click to enlarge]   Healthcare

Will Lightning Strike Twice on the ASX 200?

The financial year drew to a close at the end of June. The ASX 200 increased 8.6% over the year. Add on around 4% in dividends, and you get a very decent return of 12.6%. Want to beat the market

Add These Four ‘Block-Genomic’ Trailblazers to Your Watchlist

Ryan Dinse here. We’re getting closer to the big reveal of a new ‘step-change’ in genomics. It’s a moon-shot project powered by blockchain that could send a clutch of unknown small and micro-sized biotechs hurtling into the stratosphere between now

This High-Tech Infrastructure Boom Means Big Money

It took us 14 long, creaky hours by train. But that was OK. After all, we were on holiday. It was 2012, and my wife and I were on a six-month around-the-world trip. As such, we travelled at the pace

Why Are Foreign Investors Buying Everything?

Awash with cheap funding, investors worldwide are running the ruler over Australian companies. A falling currency is only adding to the mix. The further the Aussie dollar falls, the cheaper any target company becomes. Australia has always relied on foreign

The Best Companies Aren’t Always Western

Uber is surely one of the most successful start-ups of their era. Launching as ‘Uber’ in 2010, they’ve quickly spread to every corner of the earth. Take a look at this 2016 graph of ride hailing companies around the world.