Shares and share funds

RNZ Radio 29 July 2021

July 29, 2021
RNZ Radio

Online share trading — don’t forget the basics
– Main platforms — Sharesies, Hatch, Invest Now and Stake
– Nearly 40% of adult NZers (1.5 million people) use or plan to use
– Five messages for share investors:
    1. A good company is not necessarily a good investment
    2. Decide about diversification (Can do share funds online too)
    3. Shares are for the long term — or gambling
    4. Traders are not winners on average
    5. Value vs growth? Dividend payers vs others?
– Comparisons and info on safety of your investments — MoneyHub

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NZ Herald 24 July 2021

July 24, 2021
NZ Herald Q&A Column

Q&As:
– How to invest as inflation increases
– Does my writing stand the test of time?
– KiwiSaver provider’s services could be better
– Reader has a good laugh about real estate commissions …
– … while another one defends agents
– When agents sell their own houses

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RNZ Radio 15 July 2021

July 15, 2021
RNZ Radio

Listeners’ questions about anything financial:
– KiwiSaver v shares — or electric vehicle?
– KiwiSaver for people in 2 jobs
– Risk level for money soon to be withdrawn
– Pay down mortgage v investing
– How much do you need to retire?
– Using KiwiSaver in retirement
– KiwiSaver as you turn 65
– Alternatives to bank term deposits

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NZ Herald 10 July 2021

July 10, 2021
NZ Herald Q&A Column

Q&As:
– Is it wise for young investor to buy shares in favourite company?
– Why bond values can fall
– What’s going on in 3 KiwiSaver cash funds that hold bonds
– Real estate agency nearly halves commission rate
– Reader can cope without house insurance

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RNZ Radio 1 July 2021

July 1, 2021
RNZ Radio

Gender differences in handling money and investing
ASB info from customer transactions:
– Spending
– Money management
– Saving
– Retirement savings
– Knowledge
Other research:
– Risk
– Trading
– Scams
Messages for each gender

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NZ Herald 12 June 2021

June 12, 2021
NZ Herald Q&A Column

Q&As:
– What should siblings under 23 do with inheritance?
– Does this reader still need trauma or life insurance?
– Skip strategies to “get rich” in share market …
– … and maths won’t help you
– Share markets don’t necessarily move with economies
– KiwiSaver when you turn 18 or 65
– Covid government subsidies are taxable

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NZ Herald 5 June 2021

June 5, 2021
NZ Herald Q&A Column

Q&As:
– Timing the share market or sleepless nights? There’s another option
– Disappointed new KiwiSaver member should stick with it
– Don’t chase KiwiSaver returns from one provider to another
– No luck with KiwiSaver first home help for renter-landlords

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NZ Herald 29 May 2021

May 29, 2021
NZ Herald Q&A Column

Q&As:
– Fund returns tell us little — and beware fund managers who skite!
– Reader objects to my comments about default KiwiSaver providers who are being dropped
– A warning about bank accounts and bill payments
– How son could partly own parents’ house, and use KiwiSaver to do it

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NZ Herald 1 May 2021

May 1, 2021
NZ Herald Q&A Column

Q&As:
– Where to get help for worrying family member
– One way to help your child into the house…
– … And tax changes shouldn’t get in the way
– Capital gains already taxed if you aimed at profiting
– Tax on NZ Super when you continue to work
– Quitting job ‘best thing I could have done’

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NZ Herald 24 April 2021

April 24, 2021
NZ Herald Q&A Column

Q&As:
– It’s not worth staying in highly paid job you hate
– How rainy day money might help with mortgage
– Don’t forget finance company collapses
– How rental property is different
– Am I unfair, or is the reader?
– Big-hearted landlords

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