MARKETWEEK:Geopolitical events rear across markets

1.3.26  //      Warren Head    // Global markets closed off a volatile February’s trading with another drop in confidence by markets related to the tremendous diversion of capital into the expansion...

MARKETWEEK:  Market results lean into a turnaround

Auckland Airport Arrivals 21.2.26 //      Warren Head   At the end of a mixed week of corporate results, and an encouraging tone from the Reserve Bank, the NZX equity market brought improved...

MARKETWEEK: Poised for a torrent of market interims.

South Port result will register improved NZAS 14-15.2. 2026 The December interim report season holds the key to the direction of investor portfolios in the short-term. The report season for some 60...

MARKETWEEK: Late rally carries the Dow to 50,000

It has been a bumpy ride to peak cycle   7.2.26   //   WARREN HEAD //  Weeks of equity markets being subjected to the uncertainty of ongoing geopolitical riddles, minerals and metals price...

MARKETWEEK:  Global markets run low on propellant

  //       Warren Head   //   There was a risk-off tone across global equity markets led by US technology stocks over the week. Global equities dragged following weakness in Microsoft’s...

MARKETWEEK: Energy sector meeting higher demand

Meridian Energy's Lake Benmore dam in the Waitaki Valley   Warren Head This week’s share market performance provided a classic example of how high value markets tend to over-react to news...

Fletcher exiting construction sector

20.1.26 Fletcher Building made the stunning announcement today that it Is getting out of construction – after a few years of experiencing some extraordinary problems in its legacy contracts. It is a...

MARKETWEEK; NZX is picking up a tailwind

    //      WARREN HEAD   Investors in the New Zealand sharemarket have welcomed the signs of an economic tailwind returning in 2026. Particularly after an unsatisfying 2025 that...

MARKETWEEK: Gold driven by new era geo-politics

  WARREN HEAD Equity investors will have spent the weekend partly pondering about the national sharemarket before motoring to the beach for a few hours in the heatwave before retreating from...

MARKETWEEK: 2026 may produce more of a canter

3.1.126   // Warren Head   // __ During a demanding 2025 when the mediocre pace of economic recovery blended with geopolitical supply chain disruption triggered by the restoration of American...

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Genesis opens rights offer

4.3.26 Genesis Energy has opened its underwritten 1 for 7.9 pro rata renounceable rights offer to raise approximately $300 million. The rights offer is part of Genesis’ equity raise announced on 23.2.26 to accelerate its pipeline of growth opportunities. This offer...

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 Investment sentiment split

3.3.26 Investor confidence has lifted to 11% according to ASB’s latest Investor Confidence Survey for the fourth quarter to December 31 2025, a slight increase from 10% in Q3. The lower North Island reported the most significant rise, jumping from 3% in Q3 to 10% in...

Headliner NZX Market Report 2.3.26

  New Zealand shares quickly dropped in value on the NZX market when it opened this morning after a weekend of headlines related to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran – and its reciprocal response. The seriousness of the military move was intensified when it...

Michael Hill gains momentum in 1H26

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