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What do Trump and trade wars mean for investors?

14/03/2025

The answer is simple: how can anyone possibly predict the future of something as complex as financial markets? Politics sway them - and that is a gamble of predictions at best.

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Recent updates

Low-interest rate environment good news for bond yields

Published 11/09/2019

Bond heavy portfolios were the main winners last month as the RBNZ cut the official cash rate by 0.5%

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Simplicity makes $25,000 donation in support of tree planting efforts on...

Published 29/08/2019

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

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Lower for longer interest rates and trade wars continue to leave...

Published 15/08/2019

Australasian share markets were standouts in July with the NZX50 Gross index up 3. 9% from the June and the Australian market up 2. 9%.

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Simplicity hits $1 billion and tops the performance charts

Published 01/08/2019

Today Simplicity hit a combined $1 billion in funds under management via our KiwiSaver and Investment funds. It's a major milestone, achieved in under 3 years and well ahead of forecast.

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How much debt is too much?

Published 26/07/2019

New Zealanders love borrowing. We love borrowing so much that we're now topping the charts with a household debt to income ratio of 164%.

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What a difference a month can make! June markets rally on...

Published 23/07/2019

Investors may have suffered from a bit of whiplash last month as US equity markets drove a sharp U-turn recovery from May.

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Simplicity's approach to ethical investing and making a difference

Published 01/07/2019

With the recent launch of new comparison sites rating KiwiSaver providers on environmental, social and governance issues, we thought it timely to clarify our approach and policy.

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Simplicity makes $55k donation to help boost Kiwi bird population

Published 25/06/2019

At Simplicity, we're all about helping Kiwis. It's what we do and what we stand for. And with our latest donation, we're doing just that.

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Sex and Power Report Card shows NZ Inc still has far...

Published 21/06/2019

Research on diversity among NZ's top 100 companies shows slow improvement with the private sector lagging markedly behind public service in representation.

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