![Growth funds are spending stockpiles of cash](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_393,w_700,q_100/investor-nz-dollar-getty-f.webp)
Growth funds are spending stockpiles of cash
NZ fund managers ended 2022 with unusually high levels of cash.
![Inflation haunts reporting season](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/reporting-ebitda-getty.webp)
Economy
Inflation haunts reporting season
More companies gave guidance this year than in the previous two, suggesting increased confidence despite the risk of recession.
![Bear tracking: every NZX50 company's 2022 performance](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/shares-stocks-stock-exchange-markets-investment-investors-deposit-photos-q.webp)
Markets
the chart
Bear tracking: every NZX50 company's 2022 performance
The NZX-50 index is set to finish the first month of 2022 down by almost 10%.
![Interactive: NZX winners and losers in 2021](https://media.businessdesk.co.nz/file/c_fill,h_400,w_600,q_100/Rakon-min-N.webp)
Markets
the chart
Interactive: NZX winners and losers in 2021
It might have been the worst year for the NZX50 in a decade, but there were still plenty of big winners and a few (big) losers.