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2024 was a year of ups and downs. But we’ve taken a look at the stats (and the stars!) for your year of investing, and it appears plenty of you may have ended the year (so far) with your portfolio in the green. Plus, we welcomed many new investors to Hatch, and all of that’s something we can cheers to.

Some early Nvidia investors may be ready to retire, but with global AI demand appearing to increase, the semiconductor manufacturer may not be the only chip stock on the block. And while Nvidia’s third quarter earnings beat expectations, and lifted major indexes in 2024, does their heavy weighting make indexes more volatile?

The US has chosen their 47th president. Now, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to move back into The White House, how could his policies affect Americans, New Zealanders and the world? Was this the ‘inflation election? And what could it mean for the future of crypto?

The world is short 4 million cyber professionals, your strongest password should take 11 billion years to hack, 3,600 emojis could make passwords stronger, and one cyber stock is up more than 500% in 5 years despite grounding flights. Find out how you can fight crime one password at a time in 2024.

The space race is a big money game. But it seems there are really only two big contenders vying for NASA contracts. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been leading in what seems like a monopoly. But Kiwi challenger Rocket Lab is nipping at their heels with their largest rocket yet, Neutron, due to hit the skies in 2025.

Formerly a Silicon Valley staple, has Allbirds strayed too far from its lane in chasing zero carbon? It’s undergoing a stock split and on the brink of delisting, while competition Swiss shoe company On is sprinting ahead with impressive growth and podium finishes.

July US job market data was just one catalyst for August’s US share markets’ ‘Manic Monday’. The fear index had been climbing since mid-July, Bank of Japan hiked interest rates, and the Nikkei plummeted 10% in two days. So how are global share markets connected, and could a Texas Stock Exchange boost the American economy?

The Olympics and CrowdStrike have opened Q3 with a bang that’s seen some single stocks triumphant while others go back to the drawing board. With the US elections taking place in November, how can we expect the overall markets to respond?

Kiwi athletes are not the only ones aiming for Olympic gold in Paris this July. Nike is pinning hopes on the ‘pinnacle’ event to gain exposure, with the Olympic Committee for the first time allowing non-sponsor brands to post Olympic content in social media. Could the Games help Nike reach for gold, up from their expected 10% sales dip?

It’s been called ‘killer AI’ and ‘groundbreaking’, but is Apple’s play for AI supremacy a simple game of catch up? Or has Apple changed the AI game forever? The difference between Apple Intelligence and other Big Tech AI is their custom silicon chip built into Apple devices. The result is seamless, high speed, accurate AI integration. So what does it mean for investors?

Following Ticketmaster’s Taylor Swift ticketing blunder, Tay-Tay's fans united fans to sue music event behemoth Live Nation. Now, after two years of investigation, the US Department of Justice has banded together with nearly 30 US states and have sued parent, Live Nation Entertainment. So what do they allege, and can they win?

McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski says they’re feeling the loss of low earning customers during the high cost of living, promising to bring back value dining, as well as creating their biggest burger ever. But one financial analyst has dug into the data, and he tells a different story.