MARKETWEEK: Markets shrug off geopolitical fog

10.56.26   //                                             WARREN HEAD Wall Street markets went into record-busting overdrive last week on the smell of an oil rag – but by the weekend had run out of...

MARKETWEEK : No sign of torpor on NZ market

Dubai airport - at the core of a global aviation hub.   2.5.26                                                                            //    Warren Head    // The first few days of...

MARKETWEEK:    Markets seek a respite from the carnage

  Warren Head American stockmarkets have euphorically welcomed an apparent re-opening by Iran of the Strait of Hormuz through which 20% of the world’s oil supplies normally sail. The new state...

MARKETWEEK: Wave of exuberance hits high water

\\     Warren Head \\ Optimism over the midweek ceasefire in the Middle East war flowed into downright exuberance on Wall Street but was then overtaken by fresh uncertainty about the fragility of...

MARKETWEEK: NZX market holds a tight trajectory

Lift-off for Artemis II    --- //    Warren Head   // The New Zealand sharemarket is running at a nice relaxed pace, not super quick nor super slow, and clearly not panicked by what may be an...

MARKETWEEK: Looking beyond the current crisis

28.3.26 WARREN HEAD The frequent flurries of uncertainty that are sweeping commodity, currency and equity markets will have the phones ringing in the offices of equity advisors and fund managers. No...

MARKETWEEK: Kiwi investors adopting a unflustered attitude

21.3.26 Warren Head   The first time I was gripped by petrol prices was when I ran my older brother’s car dry as a teenager; again in 1979, and during the Iraq War … but not since until this...

MARKETWEEK: Dividend flow will cushion NZ investors

Briscoe Greoup's revenue score is remarkable WARREN HEAD New Zealand equity investors have for the most part held their breath and hope to be breathing out next week – should there be a halt in the...

Soaring jet fuel costs ground Air NZ guidance

10.3.26 Unprecedented volatility in global jet fuel markets following the recent escalation of conflict in the Middle East, has seen Air New Zealand suspend the earnings guidance it issued on just...

Equity markets twitchy on Middle East war

PICTURED; Jebel Ali container terminal in the UAE   //    WARREN HEAD Against a background of war breaking out between Israel and Iran, and supply chains tightened financial markets have been...

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Headliner NZX Market Report 14.5.26

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Headliner NZX Market Report 13.5.26

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Hdeadliner NZX Market Report 12.5.26

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Headliner NZX Market Report 11.5.26

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MARKETWEEK: Markets shrug off geopolitical fog

10.56.26   //                                             WARREN HEAD Wall Street markets went into record-busting overdrive last week on the smell of an oil rag – but by the weekend had run out of gas. American enthusiasm for bold and bullish comments from the White...

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