Opinion
Opinion and analysis from Pattrick Smellie, Peter Griffin, David Chaplin and Cameron Bagrie and a top-level group of New Zealand experts, including the BusinessDesk editorial team.
Brian Gaynor: BRIAN GAYNOR: Gold stocks are hot, sizzling hot
Gold bugs - individuals who always believe that the precious metal is a great investment - are in big party mood.Gold prices have surged 22.6 percent, to US$1,867.60 an ounce since the end of 2019, compared with a 1.4 percent increase in Wall Street’s S&P 500 Index and a 9.1 per...
Primary Sector
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Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Agritech kickstart - about time
The government’s plan to kickstart growth in the agritech sector is long overdue recognition that we are missing a golden opportunity to apply our primary sector expertise to the digitisation of agriculture.Launched on Tuesday after more than a year of development and consultatio...
Election 2020
Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Can this election season get any more gob-smacking?
The short answer is: yes. Parliament and politics are and always have been hotbeds of stolen secrets, alcohol abuse, high stress, sexual indiscretion and gossip - endless, unverifiable, salacious gossip.
David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Half-time results: growth and value look to settle scores
Year-to-date, it’s been a half of two quarters.The latest investment survey from consultancy firm Melville Jessup Weaver (MJW) – a key point of reference for the New Zealand funds management industry – shows just how skew-whiff markets have been over the first six months of the a...
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