PWA September Market Commentary NZ economy slowing We have had an incredibly positive decade of growth in New Zealand, on the back of strong demand from offshore for local assets, and globally falling interest rates. This has led to strong business growth/confidence and a reducing unemployment rate, as well as an ever more expensive New Zealand share market. Data released in the last week of August showed that business confidence in New Zealand has dropped from a high of over 60% positive in 2014 to 40% negative today. The last
Is this as good as it gets? The US share market had a challenging June with the S&P falling 3% from its mid-month high before starting a slow recovery. As at 9 July 2018 the S&P500 was still 4.10% below the high reached at the end of January 2018. The US economy has just completed an outstanding second quarter with annualised GDP growth now at 3.40%. The last quarter also saw record high increases in corporate earnings of c.25% y.o.y, but is this sustainable? This outstanding growth in earnings has
