![Looking back - euphoria in ‘86, KZ7 and NZX](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_393,w_700,q_100/Chris-Dickson-Dennis-Connor-KZ7-America-s-Cup-1987-Kiwi.webp)
Brian Gaynor: Looking back - euphoria in ‘86, KZ7 and NZX
New Zealanders' obsession with the NZX mirrored the success of Michael Fay's KZ7 and the challenge for the America's Cup.
![Looking back – The NZX in the early 1980s](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/Ron-Brierley-1979-Industrial-Equity.webp)
Brian Gaynor: Looking back – The NZX in the early 1980s
The ten years ended December 1979 had been a dreadful decade for the NZX.
![Abano – a sad adieu to one-time Watson plaything](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/GettyImages-eric-watson-1999.webp)
Brian Gaynor: Abano – a sad adieu to one-time Watson plaything
Abano's delisting next Tuesday ends the NZX history of a company that grew out of some classic 1980s-style manoeuvring by Eric Watson.
![Radius – should you invest?](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/radius-waipuna.webp)
Brian Gaynor: Radius – should you invest?
With a portfolio heavy on leased property and ambitions to buy more real estate, why didn't Radius raise capital in last week's compliance listing?