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| Investor Column Archive | | | | For the latest copy of the Investors Column click here... | | | | 10th July 2010 | | THE END OF PUMP PRIMING
By David McEwen
One of the reasons why the Great Depression of the 1930s was so severe was that governments everywhere, including New Zealand, believed in balanced budgets.
The logic was ...more | | | | 3rd July 2010 | | GENEROUS KIWISAVER FIRST HOME HELP APPLIES TO MANY
By Mary Holm
The first of the KiwiSaver first home withdrawals and subsidies will be paid out shortly. But many people still don't realise just how good – and how widely ...more | | | | 26th June 2010 | | TIME TO LEARN 'DEFENSIVE INVESTING'
If investors want to make money in today's investment markets, they need to learn the art of "defensive investing".
This is a concept being promoted by US author Keith Fitz-Gerald, who ...more | | | | 20th June 2010 | | TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE – BUT IT IS TRUE
By Mary Holm
It sounds like a too good to be true scheme that's bound to end in
tears: "Earn 36 to 56 per cent a year on a low-risk investment!" But there is such an investment, and it's ...more | | | | 12th June 2010 | | AUSTRALIA DIGS RESOURCE SECTOR INTO A HOLE?
One of the biggest mistakes in investing, and arguably life, is to assume current conditions will exist into the future.
Politicians are particularly vulnerable to this and I worry ...more | | | | 8th June 2010 | | PLANS OR NO PLANS? READERS DIFFER
By Mary Holm
If you¡¯ve wondered who that bloke is hanging around stores in the weekend watching people buy 3D television sets, it could be Blair Vernon.
He¡¯s the AMP executive I had a ...more | | | | 30th May 2010 | | BEWARE FAT FINGERS AND BLACK BOXES
Was a ¡®fat finger¡¯ to blame for Wall Street¡¯s recent implosion?
The US Securities & Exchange Commission has launched an investigation after the main measurement of the US market, the Dow ...more | | | | 23rd May 2010 | | CONFESSION TIME ABOUT RETIREMENT PLANS AND GOALS
By Mary Holm
I’m going to commit sacrilege here. But it’s not as if I haven’t thought long and hard about it. So okay, deep breath, here we go:
Contrary to what many will ...more | | | | 15th May 2010 | | WHY NEW ZEALAND CAN'T CATCH AUSTRALIA
I once worked for a brief period in Tanzania, East Africa.
At the time, the country was the fourth poorest in the world, despite having a wealth of base and precious metals and masses of ...more | | | | 8th May 2010 | | SET AND FORGET KIWISAVER FUNDS A GREAT CHOICE FOR MANY
By Mary Holm
I’m not really interested in what happens under the bonnet of my car, as long as it goes. In much the same way many people are not interested in what ...more | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | >> Next | |
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