Latest fromBest of Business Analysis

Mark Fowler: Political backdrop driving financial narrative
COMMENT: How the dollar might react as New Zealand forms a new Government.

Pay later options can stretch you too thin
COMMENT: Pay later options can smooth out your options, but still leave you stretched.

Australians worried about the robot apocalypse
COMMENT: Aussies are afraid of losing their jobs to robots as AI replaces entry-level jobs

How 1987 crash changed my life
COMMENT: I didn't know it at the time but the crash of 1987 changed my life, too.

How to keep your debts down
OPINION: Borrowing money is simple. Unless you're up to your eyeballs in debt.

Fran O'Sullivan: Lest haste towards a deal with NZ First
Winston Peters knows 7.2% of the vote limits his ability to demand major change

Mary Holm: Heart set on leaving the big city
COMMENT: Keen on a move to Whanganui? Now might be the right time.

The 10-10 foxtrot marketing challenge
COMMENT: Successful marketing has a principle of "Slow, Slow, Quick, Quick".

Fran O'Sullivan: Peters' wishlist has sensitive topics
COMMENT: Both he and the other party will want to avoid any suggestion of Fortress NZ.

Paul Glass: Executive remuneration - a runaway train?
COMMENT: Executive remuneration arouses passion, but is often hard to evaluate.

Economy untroubled by lack of Govt - for now
COMMENT: Coalition talks look like being all too brief, writes Liam Dann.

Diana Clement: How to safeguard your savings
COMMENT: Does the bank have to reimburse you? The answer could well be "no".

Miner's end leaves taxpayers in a hole
COMMENT: Solid Energy could probably have survived, but for its growth strategy.

O'Sullivan: Winston's wants not so way out
OPINION: Many of the changes that Peters has proposed could be workable.

36% gain? Get your money out now
COMMENT: No 'secure' investment also delivers such high returns.

Brian Fallow: Reviving the TPP
Will 11 nations push on with a deal next month, now that the US has pulled out?

John Drinnan: Funding freeze kills TV shows
Pressure on NZ On Air means no money for long-running public service programmes.

How a man lost $329k in an investment scam
COMMENT: It's World Investor Week, and we're focusing on the world of investment scams.

How to get best car insurance deals
COMMENT: Are you getting the best value for money on your car insurance?

Liam Dann: Rise of robots? Our economy needs it
COMMENT: Bring on the robot revolutionary, our economy needs the productivity boost.

iPhone 8: AR and what's inside the case
OPINION: If you have the money for one, the iPhone 8 Plus won't disappoint.

Why is Bill English waiting for Winston?
Comment: Much of this post-election angst is over-blown.

Shares v houses: The winner is clear
COMMENT: Dividends make huge difference when measuring past returns.

Looking for common ground with Winston
COMMENT: Big parties might accept some NZ First policies - but not a new Reserve Bank Act

How much of MS Office are you wasting?
COMMENT: The three useful programs most businesses are not using.

Behind the big bucks: Theo Spierings' $8m salary explained
COMMENT: If you have a sense of déjà vu about Theo Spierings' pay - you'd be right.

Juha Saarinen: Is tech getting out of control?
COMMENT: A new government ministry could steer the inevitable and rapid change.

Fran O'Sullivan: 'Fat cats' in Peters' sights
COMMENT: So what else is on NZ First's corporate reform agenda?

Dann: Ten things for govt to worry about
COMMENT: New Govt takes over in a period of relative economic calm - but it can't last.