Big news on Wall St

Share markets go up ‘n’ down like the twentieth century’s history of hemlines. 👗 And just like your favourite NFT, the only way to view the full picture of market movements is to stand back and take it all in. 🖼️ Learn the lessons of 100 years of the share markets.

You may wanna pack yer marmalade sandwich cos the bear market has landed! 🐻 But what does it even mean? We Kiwis craft beers not bears! But there’s no need to feel sad panda. 🐼 When share prices drop, they’re effectively cheaper. Kinda like a Briscoes sale…

Has Netflix made a deal with the Devil or God? Being ghosted by subscribers has seen the once streaming darling channel their millions into a Stranger Things’ upside-down world. 👻 Stranger things are happening much closer to home too, with ‘conservative’ KiwiSaver funds levitating… backwards?

We Kiwis love a 4-day week to hit the surf or snow, tinker in the garage, or Netflix ‘n’ chill. 🏂 So it makes sense that an Aotearoa New Zealand non-profit is leading the world’s biggest 4-day week experiment in old Blighty. Yep, that’s 32 hours on full pay. Wonder what old mate Elon thinks…? 🤔

It’s way harsh being a teenager today without adding totally buggin’ about money into the mix. 🙄 A new study found teens feel like boneheads when it comes to money, and it’s a big problem in New Zealand too, where our schooling system’s marks out of 10 add up to ‘not achieved’. Ugh!

Global air travellers have hit a conveyor belt of woes. ✈️ What does it mean for people who’ve caught the pent-up pandemic travel-bug? And can those clever travel apps that predict the best time to buy flights continue to fly? Turns out, predicting flight patterns right now comes with baggage. 🧳

Are the mavericks of fund management surpassing passive funds? While the scales may have tipped in managed funds’ favour, there’s been a mighty mauling of some and not everyone thinks it’s pawsome. 🐾

She may have tamed Facebook’s frat house but has Sheryl Sandberg left Meta facing a world of fresh doxxing woes? Sandberg was poached from Google to become Zuckerberg’s right hand woman and now she’s joined The Great Resignation. Delve into the legacy of Silicon Valley’s corporate feminist.

Feeling soaked in the cybercrime tsunami? 🌊 From teen masterminds on virtual ram raids, to spending on cyber insurance smashing new records, internet crime’s business is booming. 👩‍💻 But not everyone’s been reaching for multi-factor authentication…

While the world’s battered by inflation, a couple of monster chip manufacturers are oiling up the industry with a fresh batch of gaming chips. But it’s not just chips stacking up, looks like Nvidia’s revenue has levelled up too.

Brands are after Gen Z’s dollar dollar bills, y’all, and it seems like TikTok is making it rain, taking the lion’s share of ad revenue from Twitter and Snapchat. Oh, Snap! 🤏 Meanwhile, in the other generation’s corner, Meta’s tryin’ to make a mountain outta the metaverse but may be fighting an uphill battle. 🏔️

Is Walmart the litmus test to US share market volatility? Or is it simply that people aren’t buying couches and BBQs? Home Depot’s earnings tell a different story. So what’s the dealio? And are the Fed’s interest rate hikes too much, or too little too late?