NZIJ 132 - June 2008
Articles
- Online Version of NZ Investment Journal
- Climate change and tourism - compiled from information from Deutsche Bank
For the global tourism industry, climate change brings more risks than opportunities.
- Coal: the next energy investment? - Fritz J de Boer, CFP, NZIJ Financial Services Limited
With coal viewed as synonymous with pollution it has a real image problem. Yet few people appreciate that coal fuels 40% of the worldâs electricity, and about 24% of total energy worldwide.
- Unscrambling the jargon - Editor
Sustainable investment, ethical investment, green investment, clean technology investment, socially responsible investment (SRI) are all terms that describe an attitude to, and a process of, investing, whereby environmental, social, ethical or governance considerations are taken into account in making the investment decision.
- Food and politics - Platinum Asset Management
In the last quarter of 2007 there was a rapid increase of inflation in China, particularly in food. Subsequently the situation has deteriorated further with food inflation in China now running at over 23% pa. Indeed as can be seen from the table, rapid escalation in food prices has become an issue for many of the economies across the region.
- US consumers dictate economic scenario - Editor
The worst may be over for the financial sector. Attention is now shifting to US consumers and it is they who will dictate the economic scenario over the next few months.
- Worthy of consideration - Fritz J de Boer, CFP, NZIJ Financial Services Limited
- Diversified Wealth Management Balanced Fund
With the inception of âPortfolio Investment Entitiesâ (PIE), and also the introduction of the âFair Dividend Rateâ (FDR) tax on international investments we have seen the creation of some new investment products which seek to take advantage of these tax changes.
- Positive ideas for negative times - David Pine, NZIJ Risk Management Ltd
Lately we have all been bombarded with bad news. Here are some ideas to help you keep a balanced perspective. These ideas are designed to be of particular help to business owners, but there is something here for everyone.
- Equities markets review - Editor
The New Zealand sharemarket rebounded strongly in April following the heavy falls of the first quarter.
- Telephone share scams - reprinted from The Bulletin, NZ Securities Commission
A new wave of telephone share scams appears to be underway.
- Amazing opportunities - Caglan Bagci, NZIJ Mortgages
Gary Larson is my favourite cartoonist. The âFar Sideâ just seems to âworkâ so consistently. I have a number of Far Side books at home and have often given Far Side gifts to friends. One of my favourite cartoons is a scene in hell. Two devils are watching a man happily whistling while pushing a wheel barrow in a fiery furnace. The caption reads âyou know, weâre just not reaching that guy.â
- Financial upheavals - Platinum Asset Management
The financial contagion added new victims to its already long list during the quarter. While there were various emotive articles about the speed and aggression of the Federal Reserve Board response to the ârunâ on Bear Stearns, which included the back-up provision of $30 billion of special financing to JP Morgan Chase to fund Bearâs liquid assets, as well as the provision of a facility allowing the Fed to lend directly to broker dealers, one might have argued that this was inevitable.
- Finance company investigations - enforcement priorities - Reprinted from The Bulletin, newsletter of NZ Securities Commission
Investigations into collapsed finance companies by the Commission and other agencies are progressing well. It is likely that proceedings will be laid relating to several finance companies.
- Forty years of economic change - Australian Economic Trends | Lumley Group
The past 15 years in Australia have seen strong and consistent economic growth with relatively low CPI inflation, strong increases in the number of jobs, falling unemployment, non-excessive increases in Average Weekly Earnings (AWE), substantial rises in the ASX All Ordinaries Index. Over more than forty years, however, the picture has been much more varied.
- Book Review
How to Survive and Prosper in a Falling Property Market - A New Zealand lnvestorsâ Guide
- Flirting for College Credit
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