When markets shift, it's tempting to react - but doing so can lock in losses and put your long-term goals at risk. Learn how ASB portfolios are structured to navigate volatility and deliver strong investment outcomes through a disciplined, long-term approach.
On 'Liberation Day', the U.S. announced sweeping tariffs on nearly all major trading partners, triggering a global market selloff, a falling US dollar, and surging US treasury yields. Though implementation was paused by month’s end prompting a market rebound, the move marked a potential shift in the global economic order with serious implications for investors.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept, it’s a powerful force shaping industries, investments, and economies worldwide. For New Zealand, AI presents both opportunities and challenges, from enhancing financial decision-making to transforming the workforce to deliver the productivity gains the country needs.
Tariffs, rapidly changing geopolitics, and weak consumer sentiment made it harder to forecast the pace of company earnings growth and the right level of interest rates in March. Uncertain markets demonstrate the importance of having a well-diversified portfolio, which is central to how we manage your money at ASB - this has at least cushioned the blow from the tough start to the year.
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