NZ Herald 10 September 2005
Q&As: How to go about investing your student loan; How to find rating information on finance companies.
The Investor 23 August 2005
Is it dumb to diversify shares or property? Diversification is not all it’s cracked up to be, according to a man who read my last column, which praised the spreading-your-risk idea. “Bill Gates didn’t diverse much, and it didn’t do him much harm,” he writes. “The fact remains that the richest people on the planet have become that way because they haven’t diversified.
The Investor 9 August 2005
One bad apple — New Zealanders are bad at diversifying. Most New Zealand shareholders are frighteningly undiversified. About 24 per cent of share investors own shares in just one company, and another 36 per cent hold shares in two to five companies, according to recent research by the stock exchange, NZX, and sharebrokers ABN AMRO Craigs.
NZ Herald 18 June 2005
Q&As: When does tax on capital gains apply to share investors?; When can share investors deduct newspapers and investment reports?; Are shops allowed to charge more if you use a Visa card?; The role of luck in house price rises.
NZ Herald 4 June 2005
Q&As: 2 on renting v home ownership — including the psychology of the choice; The professor who set last week’s question gives me a grade, and notes that house prices have fallen lots elsewhere.
The Investor 19 April 2005
The inherent differences between property and share investments. There’s a fundamental difference between investing in shares and property, a reader says in an email. “With a stock there is always the risk of bankruptcy of the entity you invest in, and the investment you make becoming worthless,” he writes.
NZ Herald 2 April 2005
Q&As: Different banks’ policies on early repayment of fixed mortgages; The man in last week’s Q&A could stick with properties.
NZ Herald 26 March 2005
Q&As: Man in mid 50s can afford to drop out — but what about emotionally?; Is reader silly to stick with renting?
NZ Herald 22 January 2005
Q&As: Man with many rental properties does it the right way; Why do economists bother to make foreign exchange forecasts that are often wrong?