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Have your investments dropped in value?

Share markets rise and fall, which is a normal part of investing. Many new investors have never experienced a market event where share prices drop significantly and then stay lower for a while.  

Understanding market volatility

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News & resources

Articles
18 Aug 2022
FMA Investor Profile - Carla Fasher
Investor Profile featuring Carla Fasher, a 29-year-old optometrist who got into investing as a student while working at a bank.
Articles
11 Jul 2022
Spotlight on: Compound interest
When an investment earns interest, this may be added to the overall sum, resulting in compound interest – essentially earning interest on interest.
Myth
01 Jul 2022
Investing Myth #1: ‘I am not an investor’
Myth #1: ‘I am not an investor’ If you’ve ever earned interest in a bank account, you are an investor. I define 'investing' as setting aside mon
Articles
22 Jun 2022
FMA investor profile - Te Kahukura Boynton
This month's FMA Investor Profile features Te Kahukura Boynton, (Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tūhoe) an 18-year- old Waikato law student o

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Featured investor reading

Mary Holm: Investing is for the long term

We saw an example of a share market downturn in February 2020, near the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mary Holm talks about how you can cope with volatile investments.

The complete guide to finding and using a financial adviser

What do they do? Do I really need one? And how much do they cost? Gillian Boyes from the Financial Markets Authority breaks down the basics.

Ethical investing

Before you jump in to an investment that claims to be 'ethical', take a deeper look at what you're investing in and other factors you may need to consider.