Cooking the Books: how high interest rates change your investing plan

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Mon, 30 Oct 2023

Each week, BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s why interest rates have changed the favoured investment types. Hosted by Frances Cook.

Interest rates have rocketed up both in New Zealand and around the world, and it’s safe to say this has changed the maths for a lot of investors.

While savings accounts, term deposits and bonds were all a bit miserable for a while there, now they’re making more money.

You may well be watching this trend and thinking, hmm, I’d like to dabble.

But what’s the best option for you, and how should you weigh it up against other money priorities?

For the latest podcast, I talked to Stuart Williams, managing director of Nikko Asset Management NZ.

For the interview, listen to the podcast here.

If you have a question about this podcast or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here, Instagram here, and Twitter here.

Listen to the full interview on the Cooking the Books podcast. You can subscribe on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

About the author

Frances Cook

Investment Editor

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Frances has a master's degree in media studies from Victoria University of Wellington and a level 5 certificate in financial services specialising in investments. She has worked as a journalist for 12 years, first specialising in crime, before moving into politics, and finally business and finance. She is the author of two books on personal finance and is best known for the personal finance podcast, ‘Cooking the books’.
She is also a regular commentator on business and personal finance matters, including on the AM show, NewstalkZB, the Hits, and Flava. You can follow her on Twitter here or connect with her on LinkedIn here.

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