by Warren Head | Jan 12, 2026 | Companies, Market Commentary
WARREN HEAD A potential takeover offer being considered by a Californian family office for NZX listed electronics group Rakon Ltd is not yet a formal bid but it certainly lit up the high tech company’s share price today. Shares in Rakon soared 51.15 or 46c to...
by Warren Head | Jan 11, 2026 | Featured, Market Commentary
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 the thunderheads. Spare a thought for Europe and the UK currently...
by Warren Head | Jan 3, 2026 | Economy, Featured, Market Commentary
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 tariffs, the NZX market managed to stay on course to record passive...
by Warren Head | Dec 29, 2025 | Commodities, Market Commentary
29.12.25 COMMENTARY The global price of gold settled back today, with the metal marked at US$4,537.70 a troy ounce, down $15.00. Rania Gule, senior market analyst at XS.com – MENA, commented in a note that the gold market is “currently going through a delicate phase...
by Warren Head | Dec 28, 2025 | Featured, Market Commentary
28.12.25 WARREN HEAD // 2025 is all but wrapped up – mostly in newspaper spreads recounting the ten worst events of the year or publishing forbodings of how 2026 will look more like a 2-day cricket test with wickets falling. Give us a...
by Warren Head | Dec 20, 2025 | Featured, Market Commentary
Colonial Motors shares accelerated this week. Picture - Ford Mustang 20.12.25 // WARREN HEAD // The much awaited national GDP data for the September quarter produced not just a recovery bounce but a ray of sunshine in a sluggish year but it is already months old. The...
