What’s in an index?

In this mid-week podcast episode, Mark Lister, Investment Director, discusses how you’ll often hear us talking about “the market”, and whether it has moved up, down or sideways. What we’re really referring to are sharemarket indices like the NZX 50 in New Zealand, the S&P 500 in the US or the FTSE 100 in the UK. In this podcast episode we’ll explain what an index is, why some have performed better than others recently, and what investors need to be aware of when using ETFs or other similar securities.