NZ Herald 12 February 2005
Q&As: Should young person saving for a house buy now?; Where to invest while saving to buy a house.
The Investor 8 February 2005
Higher returns don’t matter for the short term: They need time to work their magic. There’s more than one reason behind the old investment message that goes like this: If you need your money in just a few years invest your savings conservatively, but if you have a longer horizon take more risk.
NZ Herald 5 February 2005
Q&As: Where to from here for 56-year-old rental property owner?; Should rich people be writing this column?
NZ Herald 29 January 2005
Q&As: Couple “retiring” in their 30s wonder how to invest their savings; 94-year-old share trader doing just fine; How to run a caravan rental business.
The Investor 25 January 2005
How to cope with the topsy turvy share market. The value of worldwide shares in a certain industry grew more than 52 per cent in the year ending last October. Why didn’t we hear more about it? A clue might lie in the fact that the industry was information technology — infamous for its volatility.
NZ Herald 22 January 2005
Q&As: Man with many rental properties does it the right way; Why do economists bother to make foreign exchange forecasts that are often wrong?
NZ Herald 15 January 2005
Q&As: You can make money by leasing out caravans; Economist confesses how bad all foreign exchange forecasts are.
Holm Truths Summer 2004–05
Scattering the seeds: By diversifying, you reduce risk but not returns. Also in this issue: From the Mailbox — Some people over-save for retirement.
The Investor 14 December 2004
Stop loss strategy can in fact stop you from winning. A paragraph in a recent article in some of the newspapers that run this column caught my eye. “If you feel a bit more daring, yet want to retain a backstop strategy,” it read, “buy shares and sell them if they drop below 5 per cent of the purchase price. Sell once they increase above 10 per cent of the purchase price.”