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.”
The Investor 30 November 2004
Foreign exchange — the risk that often isn’t risky. Investing in offshore shares is riskier than investing in New Zealand shares, because of the foreign exchange risk, right? Not necessarily. For many people saving for retirement, it’s actually riskier not to invest offshore.