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| Investor Column Archive | | | | For the latest copy of the Investors Column click here... | | | | 4th December 2010 | | DO WE REALLY NEED MORE STUFF THAN AMERICANS?
By Mary Holm
Something to ponder as Christmas gift giving approaches: New Zealanders apparently think they need more stuff than the people we often regard as most materialistic ¨C ...more | | | | 29th November 2010 | | CONFIDENCE CAN BE A KILLER
Who has ever invested money with a finance company, or knows someone who has? This is a silly question, since the finance company disaster of recent years probably has touched almost everyone in ...more | | | | 13th November 2010 | | ARE SOME COMPANIES TOO BIG TO SUCCEED?
During the global financial crisis, many banks were bailed out because they were ‘too big to fail’.
Now research has found that some companies listed on a share market are not good ...more | | | | 6th November 2010 | |
NON-KIWISAVERS’ REASONS DON’T STAND UP TO SCRUTINY
By Mary Holm
Many New Zealanders who haven’t joined KiwiSavers are missing out on their fair share of the government booty because they misunderstand how it all works. Meanwhile, others in ...more | | | | 23rd October 2010 | | WHERE DID THE FINANCE COMPANY MONEY GO?
By Mary Holm
A reader is trying to get his head around his finance company loss.
“I'm wondering if you would please consider writing an article on how investment companies lose their ...more | | | | 16th October 2010 | | IS THERE A CURRENCY WAR COMING?
Billed as a “race to the bottom”, there is increasing evidence that many countries are manipulating their currencies to make them cheaper than others, in order to stimulate exports.
Japan and ...more | | | | 11th October 2010 | | PROSPERING FROM BOOZE, BETS, BOMBS AND BUTTS
By Mary Holm
It won’t be everyone’s cup of tea – or perhaps I should say glass of scotch – but the performance of a US share fund called the Vice Fund suggests that investing in ...more | | | | 25th September 2010 | | ARE WE BAD SAVERS, OR WAS IT A BAD SURVEY?
By Mary Holm
A recent report on New Zealanders’ savings habits annoyed me – and not because it starts by saying that the Savings Working Group, of which I’m a member, “is likely to ...more | | | | 18th September 2010 | |
The next likely investment bull run may well be in ‘soft’ commodities such as food, taking over from the ‘hard’ resources and minerals boom as the hot assets sector.
Certainly, recent events suggest this trend is picking up.
Fonterra has ...more | | | | 13th September 2010 | | GRAB YOUR BIG CHANCE TO PAINLESSLY BOOST YOUR WEALTH
By Mary Holm
In the next few weeks, every New Zealand wage or salary earner will get a chance to considerably increase their wealth – painlessly.
From October 1, pay ...more | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | >> Next | |
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