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Margin Call

Data centres and the new capital cycle

ANALYSIS: Will the flood of money now pouring into the sector still earn adequate returns once competition intensifies and the economics of AI become clearer?

Tobias Newton Tue, 21 Apr 2026

Margin Call

Who will buy the NZ government’s debt?

Margin Call

The importance of beholding earnings (expectations)

Margin Call

Nvidia, inference design, and OpenClaw: black swan event

Margin Call

Software’s AI reckoning: The case for selectivity

Margin Call

SaaSacre – buying opportunity or great value destroyer?

Book Review

Dreams and reality: The Arab world of two great men

Sir Ranulph Fiennes on TE Lawrence.

Nevil Gibson Sun, 25 Feb 2024

Hunter’s Corner

The dark heart of a media bargain

ANALYSIS: The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill is cast as a blow for struggling media Davids against the giants of Google and Facebook. There’s another way to look at it.

Tim Hunter Fri, 23 Feb 2024

Beehive Banter

Tragedy, polls, retirement, forced apology and a grim scorecard

ANALYSIS: Chris Hipkins loses a political ally in Grant Robertson.

Brent Edwards Fri, 23 Feb 2024

Edwards on Politics

No surprises in state of the Government’s books

ANALYSIS: But little doubt fiscal consolidation is needed.

Brent Edwards Thu, 22 Feb 2024

Margin Call

Home bias plus passive investment equals distorted markets

ANALYSIS: Suggestion that markets inflated by home bias potentially have greater downside if markets do suffer a serious crash.

Nicholas Bagnall Tue, 20 Feb 2024

Shoeshine

Climate activism: rage against the carbon emitting machine

ANALYSIS: The Supreme Court waved through Mike Smith’s challenge to big emitters, a move likely to discomfort shareholders, directors, and business at large.