Perriams Pacesetter — 27 October 2026

Every Monday we post some thoughts in our Perriams Pacesetter, containing fresh thoughts for the week, the weekend just gone, and a bit of left field. Click below to read.

GEM

Has to go to legendary Kiwi athletics coach Arch Jelley, who coached John Walker to that famous 1976 1500m gold medal.

What’s more, he died at the ripe old age of 104.

RIP Arch.

SPOTLIGHT

How was your weekend?

Was it:

Gardening?

Getting away to the bach for a break for the long weekend?

Relaxing?

Some of you, will have had to work, but you will have banked a stat day pay, and good on you.

For most of us it’s a short week, so enjoy.

TOPICAL

Ranking NZ chief executives’ biggest concerns for their business operations in the current economy.

1. Impact of policy uncertainty – 39%

2. Adopting AI effectively – 34%

3. Revenue growth – 28%

4. Regulatory changes – 24%

5. Sourcing skilled staff – 22%

6. Cyber security – 22%

SPORTIFY

Has to go to what Christchurch City for what we had on sporting wise over the last week. 😊

OF INTEREST

Elon Musk has promised American children a slice of his space empire, pledging a stock giveaway potentially worth more than $15 billion Aussie dollars next year.

He is quoted as saying, “I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.”

AI

NVIDIA unveiled a design for AI data centres built inside containers and delivered ready to connect. The company says installation at a prepared site could take just 14 days, rather than six months, with deliveries planned for early 2027. Think prefab buildings but packed with the computers powering AI.

OPINION

Airbnb!

It was always a frustration that you were required to do the dishes and put out the rubbish, among other things requested of the host, when you were paying some good dollars for the accommodation.

But no longer, with the announcement of new global house rules effective 20/11/26, which looks to ban these heavy checkout chores.

That’s no excuse to leave the place in an absolute mess. Still need for a bit of cleanliness etiquette.

THE MARKETS

We are not telling you anything you probably don’t already know, but investors—and you will be one—are growing increasingly wary of tech giants’ lavish spending on scaling out their artificial intelligence businesses, which is depleting their cash and requiring loads of debt.

The Nasdaq slumped 2.6% last Thursday, its biggest one-day decline since June.

Is there more to come? You bet! When? Don’t Know!

It was in October when we had the 1987 stock market crash, and way back in 1929 there was an epic crash.

Still time for the October curse? Hope not.

OCR 2.5% ↑ July 2026 CPI 4.1% ↑ June 2026 Unemployment 5.3% ↓ March 2026 House Price Movement 2.3% ↑ July 2024 Rent Price Movement 4.3% ↑ July 2024

Only 59 days to go until Christmas!

PERRIAMS POWER RANKINGS – 27 October 2026

1. This has to go to Christchurch for the sporting bonanza it put on over this last week, and to top that off, the belter of weather that had to enjoy it all.

2. Our Netball Silver Ferns. Three from three against Australia with the one on Sunday in Australia, and NZ added the Constellation Cup to their Commonwealth Games title.

We might be losing all our players to the Aussie domestic competition, but great to come out on top when it counts at international level.

3. Canterbury. Take out the NPC title against Northland, and what a year Northland had.

Did you catch the size of the crowd that turned up, albeit Labour Day, in support! The NPC competition is not dead yet NZRFU.