Q&As:
– Sorry but a motorhome is not a home!
– Don’t forget dividends when judging ETF performance
– Could a US share crash be coming?
– A warning about charity donations, but….
– Defending luck, again!
– Means testing NZ Super not the answer
Q&As:
– Where to get financial help — some of it free
– How do bank advisers fit in?
– Yes, children are learning about money
– Many over 65 struggle
– Would Q&A have upset people?
– What’s luck got to do with it?
How can men (and some women!) invest better?
– What men do well with their investments
– Where there are problems
– Research on trading frequency
– What to do with a lump sum
Stay put in higher-risk KiwiSaver fund
– Markets WILL drop again some time. Your balance may halve.
– Last big drop — the Covid crash — many reduced risk.
– How much worse off are they now and in retirement?
– Only two good reasons to reduce fund risk.
Q&As:
– 2 painless ways to ease money worries
– KiwiSaver or not after 65?
– Is this a good time to sell the rental?
– A tip for travellers
– Check out Money Month
Q&As:
– Let’s get beneficiaries into KiwiSaver
– Tax issues when couple buy parents’ house and rent it to them
– How to find a good adviser
– 2 Q&As on the pluses of Lotto — and one minus
Q&As:
– Competitions a better bet than Lotto
– Reader dislikes my lottery winning ideas…
– … And a not very helpful idea
– “I have nothing” — help with inheritance
– Reader’s criticisms mostly off the mark
– Self-employed reader does well in KiwiSaver
Q&As:
– Winning a lottery not so great
– Keep that gift easily accessible
– Boomer unhappy with last week’s column
– KiwiSaver for self-employed
– Will BNZ term PIEs still be “insured”?
Q&As:
– Worried about losing your job?
– Retirement costs in New Zealand…
– … or you could move overseas
– Better uses of credit card rewards
– Alternative to health insurance?
– Public v private health care
Insights from conference on financial capability:
– Behavioural scientist’s tips on goal setting, importance of framing, watch those one-time expenses!
– Mostly positive comments from experts
– How one Porirua East project is doing great work