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Worst performing commodity is an obscure metal

An obscure metal used to make steel has become this year's worst-performing commodity.

Grant Straker: It's a chicken-and-egg situation for the new NXT market

There has been a lot of discussion around the NZX's new NXT market and if it will succeed and flourish, or languish as the NZAX market has.

Focus on NZ market after global sell-off

All eyes will be on the NZ stockmarket as it opens this morning after global equity markets fell amid slumping oil prices.

Investor confidence in A2 sends shares soaring

Shares of A2 Milk soared to a record after the milk marketer raised its annual earnings forecast.

Shane Solly: Holding tigers by the tail

Fast-growth companies are exciting investments. But they are not for the faint-hearted or the unprepared, writes Shane Solly.

Wall St down as oil slide hits stocks

Stock Takes: Few hold candle to Trilogy

With the year coming to a close, Stock Takes has a look at some of the sharemarket winners and losers of 2015.

Is this the end of the ultra low mortgage?

Kiwi mortgage holders may see an increase in longer fixed term rates over the coming weeks after the US Federal Reserve lift rates this morning.

Fed rates hike: Everything you need to know

Understanding what the Fed is, and why the Fed does what it does, can be pretty complex. Here's what you need to know.

NZ's chance to grasp lost opportunity

New Zealand's capital markets and those in them need a wake-up call.

High-yielding stocks' appeal pushes share index up following interest rate cut

New Zealand shares rose as high-yielding stocks became more attractive after Thursday's interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank, with Meridian Energy, Contact Energy and Steel & Tube Holdings all advancing.

Wall Street up as greenback bounces

Skip traffic, fly home by Jetpack

Picture this. It's 5.30pm in Beijing, or possibly Shanghai. Workers are preparing to head home from the office, but the traffic is apocalyptic.

Wall St stable as deal talk checks losses

World shares fall on China, oil uncertainty

Wall St drops as OPEC sinks oil

Federal Reserve takes big gamble by hiking rates

It only took seven years, but zero interest rates are about to be a thing of the past. The question, though, is for how long.

Brian Gaynor: NZX losing the race to deliver new listings

Why do we have so few IPOs in New Zealand? The NZX will have only three main board IPOs in the current year compared with 12 in 2014 and seven in 2013.