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NEW YEAR
“When
it is a question of money, everybody is of
the same religion.” Voltaire
In
this Newsletter update:
Kind Regards,
Sheryl Sutherland
JJP, B.A (Otago), Dip.F.A.C (Otago), DipPFinPlan
(Waikato)
Authorised Financial Adviser (AFA) &
Managing Director of The Financial Strategies
Group (FSP
28246)
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Bad
Year for Safe Havens
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Being safe left some
investors sorry in 2013. That’s because some
financial assets that are considered safe
and steady lost money. After three decades
of steady gains, bonds had a bad year. Prices
for Treasuries and other kinds of bonds slumped
as the United States economy improved, investors’
nerves steadied and the Federal Reserve prepared
to pull back on its huge bond-buying programme.
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From
our Crystal Ball Department - What's in store
for China in 2014?
China announced
its much anticipated 2013 GDP figure of 7.7
per cent, exceeding its official growth target
of 7.5 per cent despite difficult economic
conditions. China bears can retreat to their
caves for another year. Will China be able
to grow at 7 per cent for the foreseeable
future? It is an important question for the
Australian economy, which has become more
intertwined with the fortunes of the world’s
second largest economy than ever before. Read
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Why
optimism may be bad news
Almost every year since the end of the financial
crisis has started with rosy expectations
among American forecasters, and this one is
no different. Stockmarkets are buoyant, consumer
confidence is improving, and economic seers
are raising their growth forecasts for 2014.
America’s S&P 500 share index is at a
record high, after rising 30% in 2013—the
biggest annual gain in almost two decades.
Powered by America, global growth of close
to 4%, on a purchasing-power-parity basis,
seems possible. That would be nearly a full
percentage point faster than 2013, and the
best showing for several years.
Yet amid the new-year cheer, it is worth remembering
that almost every year since the financial
crisis upbeat expectations have been disappointed.
The biggest danger this time round is the
optimism itself.
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Forecasting
the Year Ahead
This
is the time of year when investment
analysts predict what they believe will
happen over the next 12 months. That
they are invariably wrong about something
is a given. Or, to be more charitable,
it is a given that events that no one
could have foreseen will have caused
their deeply researched predictions
to be incorrect.
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Reimagining
India- Creating Partnerships for the
future
From
the safety of our backwater we rarely
imagine or consider what drives companies
to develop new markets. This is however
important information for anyone who
has investments. Courtesy of McKinsey
and Company here are links to 2 CEO’s
explanations of their interest in the
Indian market development and their
experiences; Starbucks and Abbott Laboratories.
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And from
our unusual facts file:
It is 8am and Naume Awero is experiencing
her first traffic jam of the day in
Kampala, the Ugandan capital. She is
the only known female bodaboda taxi
rider in the city, home to thousands
of male colleagues.
Ms Awero has succeeded in a male-dominated
industry and defied the odds in her
personal life.
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