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| Investor Column Archive | | | | For the latest copy of the Investors Column click here... | | | | 15th November 2009 | | IT PAYS TO KNOW HOW NUMBERS GROW
By Mary Holm
The recent fuss over food price rises shows how little feel many New Zealanders have for the power of compounding numbers. And that lack of knowledge could harm them when ...more | | | | 7th November 2009 | | Dangers still Lurk
I have taken to walking the three kilometres or so from my home to my office in central Auckland. It is good exercise and gives me valuable distraction- free thinking time.
On my walk recently, I noticed ...more | | | | 1st November 2009 | | FUND PERFORMANCE TABLES CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
By Mary Holm
Some figures I saw recently strengthened my resolve to steer people away from KiwiSaver performance comparisons.
Before anti-KiwiSavers leap in and say, ...more | | | | 27th October 2009 | | Commodities still a hot topic
Do you remember the commodities bubble of 2007, when oil went to US$147 a barrel (currently US$79), nickel was US$54,200 a tonne (now US$18,550) and even palm oil was US$1200 a tonne against US$600 ...more | | | | 18th October 2009 | |
LONG TIE-UP IN KIWISAVER NO BIG DEAL
By Mary Holm
A Canterbury reader is concerned about whether to recommend KiwiSaver to his daughters. “For someone in their early twenties, the monies invested in KiwiSaver - even if ...more | | | | 10th October 2009 | | ALL EYES ON AUSTRALIA
Australia has become the first country to try turning the liquidity taps off. After bringing the official interest rate down to the lowest in 49 years, the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked it last week by a ...more | | | | 4th October 2009 | | GOOD NEWS GOES UNHERALDED
By Mary Holm
One of the findings in a recent survey caught my eye. Only 12 per cent of New Zealanders surveyed said the value of their financial investments had grown in the previous six months, ...more | | | | 28th September 2009 | | Recovery, but is it real?
Although share markets have recovered strongly in the past six months, they mostly are still lower than they were a year ago and up to a third below their level of just two years ago.
The big question ...more | | | | 22nd September 2009 | | How Bubbles Form
Investments tend to go through three phases during a bull run. The first is when the smart money and the contrarian investments get into a particular sector or type of asset and prices start to creep upwards. ...more | | | | 20th September 2009 | | MORE THAN ONE WAY TO TAX INVESTMENT PROPERTY
By Mary Holm
There's more than one way to skin a cat – or to change the tax system to discourage New Zealanders from investing in rental property.
New Zealand rental ...more | | | | << Previous | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | >> Next | |
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