ANALYSIS: Many actively managed global equity funds have produced appalling returns, but passive funds have hardly been a ‘get out of jail free’ card.
ANALYSIS: Ray Dalio describes how countries go broke.
The Government is also getting tough on coward punch offences and attacks on first responders.
ANALYSIS: It’s difficult to see how Foodstuffs North Island’s treatment of a supplier was only worth a warning.
ANALYSIS: With US debt already near WWII levels as a percentage of GDP, one Government office says the Bill will worsen deficits by trillions. Another says the opposite. It may be wise to prepare for the downside.
ANALYSIS: Officials say other approaches have not been explored in detail.
ANALYSIS: It was a volatile year on the ASX but, in the end, it was a triumph for the bulls. Can the rally continue or is the market cruising for a major correction?
ANALYSIS: The strength in our export sector comes at a useful time, as the domestic New Zealand economy seems to have hit an air pocket in Q2.
ANALYSIS: Education seems to be the only protection against MLM infection.
ANALYSIS: The English literary giant viewed gardening as the essence of the good life.