Pavan Sharma

Global markets were mixed overnight as a boost from the energy sector helped offset losses in chipmakers and rate-sensitive shares ahead of an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

Stock in consolidation period, areas of support and resistance key for traders

One of our key medium-term investment themes is that a tourism boom across Australia and NZ will be a multi-year tailwind for tourism facing businesses, and solid NZ tourism data released last week reinforces our view.

Interesting chart for HVN

We believe China has the most to lose from an all-out trade war, and to date the Chinese market has been hit hard. Many markets are at all-time highs such as the US and NZ markets, with the Australian market at a decade high, while the Chinese market is