Will the success of corporate employees working from home during lockdown lead to a permanent shift to workers being home-based? 

Castle Point takes a critical look at some of the ASX and NZX capital raisings we have seen so far as a result of Covid-19's economic impact. Do they represent good value for investors?

Castlepoint Funds Management director Richard Stubbs puts some investment perspective around Covid 19.

Jamie Young looks at the above normal returns achieved in 2019, how the market has been tracking since 2005 and what that could mean for 2020 and beyond.

There are more complexities to investing in the primary sector than you might imagine. 

Castle Point Funds Management partner Stephen Bennie says that early in his career, an important mentor had a favourite saying, “I’d rather be lucky than smart”.

Does contrarian investing really work? CastlePoint Funds Management explains the process and what is required to succeed.

If you are worried that you are feeling a little too positive about the world, Nassim Taleb's book, The Black Swan, is a good way to bring you back down to earth.

We discuss the possible role for a once obscure economic theory that is gathering supporters around the world - Modern Monetary Theory.

Fletcher Building made the news again last week in a Radio New Zealand Checkpoint piece focusing on the One Central development in Christchurch, formerly known as the East Frame.

The holy grail of investing

On a recent visit to one of the external managers of our 5 Oceans Fund we asked them for their biggest market worry. The rise of risk parity strategies was the answer.

The Ranger Fund was recently announced winner of the 2018 FundSource Awards – Alternative Sector. This category included Australian and New Zealand long-short funds. We set the Ranger Fund up as a place for our personal savings. We see it as our core savings fund. However, we acknowledge that the award speaks to the defensive characteristics of the fund, and our different approach to investing.

The markets have been highly volatile in recent months, but it's not all bad news, Castle Point Funds Management explains why.

Castle Point Funds Management portfolio manager Richard Stubbs gives investors eight reasons to be optimistic about this year.

Warren Buffett makes a good case regarding gold.