by Warren Head | Mar 17, 2024 | Featured, Market Commentary
17.3.24 Warren Head The penny has dropped down under. There has been a lot of money sloshing in the wrong direction in both the NZ and Australian markets and economies. Inflation has leapt up and bitten us right across the rump of the economy from the price of coffee,...
by Warren Head | Mar 9, 2024 | Featured, Market Commentary
9.3.24 Warren Head A handful of small caps filled the ranks of the rising stocks in a more positive week for the national sharemarket but it was the heavyweight stocks that did the heavy lifting. The NZX50 climbed very close to the 12,000 milestone this week,...
by Warren Head | Feb 24, 2024 | Featured, Free, Market Commentary
The pace of economic momentum is descending into a hair-pin ahead 24.2.24 WARREN HEAD The tentative advance of share prices on the New Zealand market this week should be viewed as encouraging – considering that the economy has become a significant...
by Warren Head | Feb 17, 2024 | Featured, Market Commentary
17.2.24 WARREN HEAD The opening week of the half-year report season has underscored the tapering off of business demand as the NZ economy steps through a down-cycle. Last week’s sprinkle of December half year results was enough to show a real disparity. Amongst these...
by Warren Head | Feb 13, 2024 | Free, Market Commentary
Fletcher Building shares remained in a trading half today as the board and management pored over its impending half year results. FBU is considering a number of matters, relevant to information to be released tomorrow morning ahead of an investor call. The trading...
by Warren Head | Feb 10, 2024 | Featured, Market Commentary
Fletcher shares close to year low after further provisioning on the NICC (above) 10.2.24 Warren Head Investors who have been counting on interest rates starting to unwind in 2024 are having to rethink that assumption because it may turn out to be plain...
