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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
 
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