Q&As:
– How to be fair with gifts to children for home purchases
– When share investments might not do well over a decade
– Challenging a family trust distribution
– Why reverse mortgage interest rates are higher
– A mortgage fund versus term deposits
– Winners in book giveaway
KiwiSaver turbulence, and interesting findings about NZers and ethical investing
– Comments on market turbulence
– Keep contributing to KiwiSaver
– Listener questions
– Survey on ethical investing: Changing issues, who is most “ethical”
Q&As:
– Slow down huge mortgage payments and live a little …
– … Similar for couple in 60s — spend that KiwiSaver
– Misunderstanding about reverse mortgages
– Is Warren Buffett’s company still best investment?
– 3 Q&As on Deposit Compensation Scheme — on timing, joint accounts, KiwiSaver
Q&As:
– Couple should complain about adviser — and sell investment
– This trick doesn’t work for selling
– Where to get help on veterans’ pensions
– Apartment prices haven’t grown as fast
– 2 ways for retirees to delay paying rates
– How retirement spending rule works
Q&As:
– Pensions available for ex-servicemen and women — and their partners
– A reverse mortgage can work well
– Reader dislikes house price falls
– 2 Q&As on budget of retirees who live on NZ Super and save…
– … and should they be getting allowance?
– 2 Q&As on spending in your nineties
– Is Super included in retirement spending “rules”?
– Don’t bail out of KiwiSaver in turbulent times
Keep contributing to KiwiSaver — through thick and thin.
– A listener’s email about children’s KiwiSavers, but it applies to everyone
– Don’t judge performance over short periods
– Stick with growth fund if not spending the money soon
– Contributing in downturns is a plus!
– How to support children and young adults in KiwiSaver
– Answers to listener Qs on KiwiSaver and market volatility
Q&As:
– How to stop your heirs selling a family treasure
– Couple lives on NZ Super, and saves $100 a week
– Managed funds or term deposits
– How much is needed to retire early?
– Do houses outgrow KiwiSaver?
Q&As:
– Should teen become a landlord — as house prices wobble?
– Last week’s NZ Super idea not so super
– Inheritances should be taxed
– Reader gave inheritance to her brother
– Is it really cheaper to be a single retiree?
– Kind words for property investment firm
Q&As:
– Where first home buyer, 24, should put savings
– Pros and cons of selling rental in retirement
– A tale of simple — but worrying — tax
– What to do when mortgage ends
– Helping a grandchild into KiwiSaver
Go offshore with KiwiSaver
– 2024 — good year in NZ shares, but even better elsewhere
– Fall in Kiwi dollar contributed
– Should look longer term
– How to invest in international shares
– Disloyal to NZ?