WHS, FBU, SPK: Stocks to watch out for as business confidence dips

Summary Tourism New Zealand suggests that local tourists footfall peaked outside their home region at 550,000 on 11th July. 64% of Kiwis intend to take a domestic holiday within the next one year. Trans-Tasman bubble between New Zealand and Au...

Summary Retail NZ Sales Index marked a year-on-year rise of 34 per cent in June, while NZ retail card spending soared by ~16 per cent during the month. Improved trading conditions led to a significant uplift in retailer confidence in June, with...

Summary Share markets are very volatile, and one must consider the risk factors before investing their hard-earned money. To minimize the risk factor, one should opt for diversification. Solely looking at price movements is not advisable, one ...

Summary Air New Zealand has managed to play at the front foot with its innovative digital tools such as Airband, a monitoring wristband for unaccompanied minors and an AI-enabled chatbot answering commonly asked travel questions. AIR launched t...

Summary The dairy industry in New Zealand is the biggest export earner and exports nearly 95% of its total production. China is the biggest importer of dairy products from the country. Fonterra lifted farmgate milk price forecast range for the ...

Summary Centuria Capital’s second acquisition bid offers half the price to acquire shares in Augusta Capital.  Centuria expects to provide ''a much larger, high quality and highly complementary Trans-Tasman real estate platform...

Summary New Zealand resisted COVID-19 in commendable flair and subsequently, investor confidence remained quite steady amid the global market downturn. Currently, as its market continues to attract foreign investors too, New Zealanders are gear...

The great Charlie Munger believes that many with high IQs are dreadful investors as they demonstrate terrible temperaments. One needs to keep irrational, raw emotion well under control to thrive in a stock market. The dynamic stock market goes th...

Summary BGI continues to explore innovative new initiatives in order to secure more funding with the view to continue growing the finance company operation. VGL responded to the challenging circumstances presented by coronavirus pandemic by tak...

Summary While choosing a stock for investment, focus should be on key fundamental parameters and past performance. Fundamental valuation should be incorporated for detailed assessment. EBOS is in a robust financial position which could help th...