NZ Herald 6 May 2006
Q&As: All on government’s tax proposals.
The Investor 25 April 2006
Shares easier than reader thinks. It’s like a red rag to a bull. A paragraph in a reader’s email started, “Without getting into the share v property argument…” But why not get into it? After all, it’s at the very heart of most New Zealanders’ thinking about long-term investment. The reader, a mortgage broker, goes on to say, “I believe it is good for people to have a dabble in shares with spare cash but use property as their main retirement plan, even if they go hard out paying off just one rental property.
NZ Herald 15 April 2006
Q&As: Attitudes to student loans; Interest on student loans; Fear and share investment; Spending in retirement.
The Investor 11 April 2006
Another reason to spread your investments. I can think of three good reasons to hold lots of different shares, as opposed to one or just a few. Two reasons are obvious, but one is less so, even though it may be just as important.
NZ Herald 8 April 2006
Q&As: Buying a share on a rumour; Retiring at 40 (2 Q&As); Investing student loan money.
NZ Herald 1 April 2006
Q&As: Can he retire?, 40-year-old asks; Couple about to retire wonder if their expenses will drop as they get older; Student loan interest ends. What happens if you go overseas?
NZ Herald 25 March 2006
Q&As: Stick with share fund investments; Is it wise to depreciate if you’re selling your rental quite soon?; Tax treatment of the expenses of rebuilding leaky rental property.
NZ Herald 18 March 2006
Q&As: Man panicked and bailed out of share fund. No!; Real Estate Institute denies that it’s hard to buy a house in NZ.