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Tracking the best currency rates

08 Feb 12, 4:16pm, David Chaston
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Record annual departures to Australia

03 Feb 12, 11:37am, David Chaston
2011 the first year in more than a decade that New Zealand suffered a net migration outflow

Kevin Mitchelson 1960-2011

02 Feb 12, 10:06am, David Chaston
RIP Kevin

Department store raises card rate

30 Jan 12, 9:48am, David Chaston
Ballantynes ups its store card interest rate to 15% from 12%

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

30 Jan 12, 8:52am, David Chaston
Greece at the precipice; NZ$ strong; US employment rising; 'sale-of-the-century''

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

27 Jan 12, 8:55am, David Chaston
QEIII coming; risk on; strong US manufacturing; Russia likes Australia

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

26 Jan 12, 8:11am, David Chaston
Aussie inflation lower than expected; Fed holds rates as expected; gold and oil jump unexpectedly

Gold and the fear factor (part three)

24 Jan 12, 4:18pm, David Chaston
David Chaston explains why gold prices are out of step with the fundamentals and why contrary to popular belief supply exceeds demand.

S&P cuts ratings for nine euro countries

14 Jan 12, 12:15pm, David Chaston
S&P strips France of AAA rating, lowers ratings for eight other EU nations; Italy down by two notches, Portugal to 'junk'

Daily briefing for Friday, January 13, 2012

13 Jan 12, 11:57am, David Chaston
Spiritual snobbery, misleading ads; EU Tobin Tax; advisers squirm

Daily briefing for Thursday, January 12, 2012

12 Jan 12, 11:50am, David Chaston
Crime pays; 'unhealthy correlation'; pension bomb; Volker rule; Chinese gold demand

Daily briefing for Wednesday, January 11, 2012

11 Jan 12, 9:40am, David Chaston
Big profits; best protection; unintended outcomes

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

11 Jan 12, 8:33am, David Chaston
Kiwi dollar strengthens against most currencies; no growth in Europe; oil scramble raises pump prices 

Is the gold price vulnerable from rising supply?

10 Jan 12, 4:00pm, David Chaston
Total gold supply has been rising recently after a long stable period

Daily briefing for Tuesday, January 10, 2012

10 Jan 12, 12:16pm, David Chaston
A real housing bust; a housing debt relief idea; the mighty Quinn

Daily briefing for Monday, January 9, 2012

09 Jan 12, 9:53am, David Chaston
Unemployment degrees; paying off debt; demographic tsunami; competitive carbon taxes

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ

09 Jan 12, 8:24am, David Chaston
Strong US employment data; China readies more stimulus; now Hungary threatens the euro

We are hiring

Updated 06 Jan 12, 10:10am, David Chaston
interest.co.nz needs a senior analyst, based in Auckland

Daily briefing for Friday, January 6, 2012

06 Jan 12, 8:24am, David Chaston
Swiss mis-step; sub-prime auto loans; The end is nigh

Daily briefing for Thursday, January 5, 2012

05 Jan 12, 8:40am, David Chaston
Chinese get ready to pump; Fed opens up; Pimco loses