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Dollar cost averaging through the roller coaster ride in the markets

Tue, 08 May 2012

Over the past year financial markets have been on one of their wildest roller coaster rides ever recorded. While the news media has portrayed this as a white knuckle ride, for the long term investor 2011 could well prove to have been one of the best years to have gone shopping in the markets, especially for shares.   Read more »

Changes to KiwiSaver

Tue, 08 May 2012
Some changes have already taken place, and others are planned, for KiwiSaver under certain law amendments and announcements made by the government in ...   Read more »

Portrait of a TOWER KiwiSaver Scheme Fund

Tue, 08 May 2012
The TOWER KiwiSaver Scheme Growth Fund is one of the more aggressive investment options within the TOWER KiwiSaver Scheme range. Holding a substantia...   Read more »

Pain in Spain rains on April

Thu, 03 May 2012
TOWER Investments has released its monthly analysis of investment market performances... “April saw a reversal of the mood of March as investors took ...   Read more »

Market Movements as at 31 March 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Market movements as at 31 March 2012.   Read more »

Mixed results for alternatives over March quarter

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Total Return Index fell -4.14% in March to end the quarter on a cooler note after its big rally over January and Feb...   Read more »

“Safety first” ethos threatens owners of older buildings

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Following the Canterbury earthquakes, the Department of Building and Housing endorsed a building safety evaluation process in the Guidance on Detailed...   Read more »

After a strong first quarter, where to next?

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Developed economy equity markets enjoyed a stellar start to 2012, recording some very strong results for the first quarter. For once, the Japanese ma...   Read more »

Government bonds rally on optimism

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Locally, economic news over the March quarter painted a picture of steady but unspectacular recovery. The unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in the las...   Read more »

Asset Allocation and Currency April 2012

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
Asset allocation was further tactically fine-tuned away from Strategic Asset Allocation benchmarks for the balanced fund portfolio as per the graphs b...   Read more »

Getting ready for when the party stops

Tue, 24 Apr 2012
The famous saying by William McChesney Martin, Jr., longest serving chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has been repeated in various formulations many...   Read more »

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