While it’s been a bumpy start to 2025, global markets experienced a heady ride in 2024, shaped by a mix of cautious economic recovery, geopolitical tensions, technological progress.
Market volatility has dominated the news cycle in early 2025, and although market fluctuations are a normal part of long-term investing.
An asset class is a group of investments that share common features, including their potential for returns and their associated level of risk. All asset classes carry some risk.
Market volatility is a term used to describe the ups and downs in the value of investment assets.
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Looking across 2021 and the decade ended 31 December 2021, a number of observations can be made from the Periodic Table:
This recent market volatility is simply a reflection of the markets returning to a more normal monetary policy setting environment.
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See how your funds have performed. The investment returns shown are after fees and tax. This provides you with a figure that more closely reflects the actual returns you receive as an investor.
Interest rates in NZ and around the world are exceptionally low, and have just recently gone lower.
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When financial markets experience an upward or downward spike it can be difficult not to get caught up in the emotion of the moment.