Emotions Cloud Market As Global Equities Hit Investment Performance

For the second consecutive quarter property and bonds turned in strong returns while offshore equity markets continued to fall.

Thursday, July 25th 2002, 8:40AM

by The Landlord

The latest data from New Zealand's largest fund manager, AMP Henderson Global Investors, showed property and bonds delivering strong annual returns of 9.8 % and 7.2% respectively.
By contrast global equities had a tough quarter with active and passive funds returning -12.5% and -18.3% respectively. Chief investment officer Chris Wozniak suggested that emotions were clouding analysis as he noted the increasing contradiction between the global economy and equity markets.
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