How overconfidence can make you poorer (and other psychological aspects of investing): Applies to shares, property, fixed interest etc; Which gender?; Overconfidence leads to — 1. Too little diversification, 2.Frequent trading; What to do instead; Many women have their own problem — too little risk; Other ways emotions affect investing.
Q&As: Trying to time markets is a fool’s game…; …And picking a few shares to invest in isn’t much better; Where to buy shares, and a better suggestion for teen; How come there are two monthly bills on one credit card bill?
Q&As: Retired couple paying for rest home now wish they had spent more earlier; Are NZ Super recipients beneficiaries?; Reader thinks it’s bad to eat into capital in retirement; How couple might set up a first home account.
Q&As: Has reader discovered the secret to beating the share market?; Could a bank failure lead to cuts in KiwiSaver funds?…; …And Bonus Bonds?; A reader is happy with their adviser; But another reader dumped the same adviser.
Q&As: Women’s gifting circles look to be illegal, and…; …they could lead to ‘an abundance of hate’; Shortish-term money shouldn’t be in shares, despite adviser; An advantage of regularly investing the same amount, whatever the market does; One provider charges less for non-KiwiSaver funds.
Q&As: Should parity with Aussie dollar affect investing?; How currency movements affect KiwiSaver funds, and what you can do about it; A good way to lend to adult children?; Better to pay down mortgage or invest elsewhere?
Q&As: Can 57-year-old separated woman on low income get a mortgage?; Should move from term deposits to balanced fund be done all at once?; Ditto for move to higher-risk KiwiSaver fund; How to get independent advice — on paying down the mortgage.
Q&As: Tips from an expert on buying a car; Splitting your KiwiSaver money between two of the provider’s funds; Might KiwiSavers see their NZ Super reduced?; An idea on how to blend NZ Super and the German pension.
Q&As: The time it takes to get money out of fund is ‘outrageous’; Can NZ advisers and fund managers do better than the market as a whole?; How and when to bring money back from Australia; How a landlord can analyse whether a property is a good investment.
Rental property beats shares — or does it? At first it looked as if a recent article in the Reserve Bank Bulletin might help with the perennial question: Is it better to invest in property or shares? But no such luck!