Q&As: Should KiwiSaver member move to a provider with better investment performance?; Reader “gets it” on why KiwiSaver is so good; Another reader is over-enthusiastic; Is it wise to put more money into KiwiSaver?; Index funds are well and good, but what if everyone invested in them?
Q&As: Why chimpanzee can outdo professional stock pickers; Reader might be able to beat the market in property investment, but he has little chance in shares; Which KiwiSaver providers offer index funds?; Do KiwiSaver changes favour those on high incomes? It depends how you look at it.
Students fail at stock picking, but learn the important lesson. The students in a university financial literacy course that I teach are lousy at picking stocks. But that doesn’t matter. Hopefully in the course of the “Stock Picking Game” they learn plenty.
Q&As: Should couple with iffy job prospects sell their shares to slash their mortgage?; Young KiwiSaver with an eye on first home help should move to a lower-risk fund; One KiwiSaver doesn’t appreciate how good his deal is…; And another is sick of whingers over the scheme; Did my comment about people’s inability to pick investments cover advisers?
Q&As: Changes to KiwiSaver and NZ Super inevitable — and justified; Negatives about KiwiSaver not so bad; Reader loves KiwiSaver; 3 Q&As on tax credit and timing of it; Immigrants from UK lucky with their timing; UK interest rates not so low.
Winning the KiwiSaver game under the new rules. As the dust settles on the government’s Budget announcements about KiwiSaver, how should the changes affect the way you play the KiwiSaver game?