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Riding out market volatility: How ASB builds resilient portfolios 23 April 2025 / Published in Your Money

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.

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April Wrap Up - A new market paradigm?

13 May 2025 / Published in Your Money

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.

March Wrap Up - Reversals and the value of diversification

11 April 2025 / Published in Your Money

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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