NZ Herald 20 May 2017
Q&As: Predicted house price fall no big deal for most; Older KiwiSaver may be okay in growth fund; “Ad for active investing” not so convincing; Forex trader’s record worrying.
NZ Herald 6 May 2017
Q&As: Index fund comparison inaccurate — and look how shares have grown!; Broke couple could share their house…; …or live on a boat; Beneficiaries entitled too; Paying for your rest home? Lucky you; Services for Seniors booklet tells all.
NZ Herald 24 December 2016
Q&As: When you can take diversification too far; Where to invest in passive or index funds; Book is older than I thought; 2 letters from immigrants express their appreciation; 15 years later, advice has proved helpful.
NZ Herald 17 December 2016
Q&As: Many reasons why a winning active share fund won’t stay on top; Why do husband and wife’s funds perform so differently?; Offset mortgages more vulnerable than revolving credit loans; No plans for 2 big banks to follow others with offset mortgages; Do employers deserve praise for contributing to KiwiSaver?; Update on proposal to raise NZ Super age.
NZ Herald 10 December 2016
Q&As: Couple should get into KiwiSaver, and changes proposed for the scheme; Could the growing popularity of index funds mess up markets?; My comments on Brian Gaynor’s column about index fund investing.
NZ Herald 26 November 2016
Q&As: Better to put savings towards mortgage than emergency fund; How to weigh up KiwiSaver versus other saving; Reader not stuck with KiwiSaver provider, but costly to move; Reactions vary on discussion about which indexes to use.
NZ Herald 12 November 2016
Q&As: Risky to put all your money in a single share; Reader recommends book and website about index funds; NZ research on active v passive similar to elsewhere; My maths is called into question; A reader doesn’t like debate in column…; …But another reader is happy; KiwiSaver rules if you move overseas.
NZ Herald 5 November 2016
Q&As: In retirement planning, first work out how long you’re likely to live; Did angry reader actually read my last column?; Another columnist and I battle it out over active v passive funds; Sometimes leasehold property works out well.
RNZ Radio 13 October 2016
Listeners’ questions, comments and quibbles on the last discussion — on index funds and exchange traded funds: How to begin at share investing; Some critical views about shares, index funds and corporations; Why fewer than half active funds can beat index funds; Medians and averages — the difference, and when it matters.
RNZ Radio 29 September 2016
My favourite type of share investment — Index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs): Don’t bother to try to beat the market; A good company is not necessarily a good buy; Lusha the chimp; What are index funds and ETFs, and how to get into them; The Buffett bet; 2 misunderstandings.