NZ Herald 1 April 2017
Q&As: University probably the best route to a new start for woman; Credit cards not linked to mortgages; Clearing up info on Residential Care Subsidy and gifting; Do small gifts count when apply for that subsidy?
NZ Herald 25 February 2017
Q&As: Questions to ask before parents lend mortgage money to their children; Determined couple pay down big mortgage fast; Bank’s reluctance to extend credit card limit is surprising; Tax adviser thinks tax should have been mentioned last week.
NZ Herald 18 February 2017
Q&As: Which is better — a KiwiSaver share fund or KiwiSaver property fund?; KiwiSaver investments don’t change at 65, unless you’re in a life stages option. What are they?; No tax consequences of parents’ gift to help pay off mortgage; Bring UK shares over and pay down mortgage.
NZ Herald 11 February 2017
Q&As: The struggle of some beneficiaries; If you don’t like bank’s interest payment policy, shop around; Should couple put all their cash in house deposit, or invest in shares too?
NZ Herald 28 January 2017
Q&As: Who earns the interest while money moves from bank to bank over holidays?; What is investment risk? And how to reduce it; Use savings to pay down mortgage.
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 3 December 2016
Q&As: More pros and cons of KiwiSaver versus other investments; Paying down mortgage very effective after tax; Offset or revolving credit mortgage might suit reader; Meaningful Christmas gifts.
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 8 October 2016
Q&As: Perhaps we should celebrate a young man’s spending splurge; Don’t get rid of student loan, pay down mortgage; Dodgy share advice given to elderly couple; Think of NZ Super as insurance; Pension info there, but reader may have been distracted.