Finance company investments

NZ Herald 29 March 2025

Q&As:
– Put inheritance in finance company deposits?
– Should badly advised readers hire a lawyer?
– Bad advice ruined retirement
– Tax deductions might help couple
– Spend savings before postponing rates
– Psychology and selling gradually
– KiwiSaver funds usually unit trusts
– The maths of dollar cost averaging

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NZ Herald 17 August 2024

Q&As:
– Grandpa teaches money in a fun way
– Ideas for term depositors facing lower interest
– When to switch KiwiSaver providers — and when not to
– Far away rental could be worrying
– Making the most of tax cuts and mortgage interest cuts

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RNZ Radio 3 August 2023

Which investment? And why cash funds might be best
– Email asks: 4.5% in bank or use KiwiSaver?
– Where to put short-term, medium-term and long-term money
– What are cash funds?
– How they compare with bank term deposits
– How to find a cash fund

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NZ Herald 3 June 2023

Q&As:
– How could I resist? Quite easily, actually
– A short-term reverse mortgage works well for this reader…
– … But rates postponement might be better for this one
– Don’t overlook other banks’ term deposits
Readers’ stories:
– Column helps with recovery from accident
– House deposit money better in the bank

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NZ Herald 9 April 2022

Q&As:
– The safest place to park a huge inheritance
– Finance company pays more interest, but for a reason
– Don’t sit on house market sidelines, says reader
– When is a millionaire not a millionaire?
– A break for some superannuitants who had lived overseas
– It’s not just this column that can be shady!

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NZ Herald 2 April 2022

Q&As:
– Sell before you buy a home, and rent in a new area
– Reader is unhappy with column layout
– Couple enjoy life, but still seek higher returns than in the bank
– 3 Q&As about NZ Super and overseas pensions

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NZ Herald 5 February 2022

Q&As:
– Where to keep money for jewellery while awaiting Italian trip …
– … And where to keep it while awaiting a house purchase
– Give money to grandkids rather than their parents
– Invest a lump sum now, or wait?
– A few more “money rules”, and a source revealed
– Good Samaritan helps out last week’s struggling tourism operator

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NZ Herald 21 August 2021

Q&As:
– Treasure hunt: Could this old term deposit be worth a fortune?
– A couple of worries about a share investor’s confidence
– “Spend while you can” says reader’s adviser
– Too few women in the Business Herald?
– One reader appreciates her real estate agent’s work …
– … While another sold easily without an agent

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NZ Herald 1 May 2021

Q&As:
– Where to get help for worrying family member
– One way to help your child into the house…
– … And tax changes shouldn’t get in the way
– Capital gains already taxed if you aimed at profiting
– Tax on NZ Super when you continue to work
– Quitting job ‘best thing I could have done’

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NZ Herald 24 April 2021

Q&As:
– It’s not worth staying in highly paid job you hate
– How rainy day money might help with mortgage
– Don’t forget finance company collapses
– How rental property is different
– Am I unfair, or is the reader?
– Big-hearted landlords

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