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.
NZ Herald 4 March 2006
Q&As: Eftpos v credit cards. And bank fees; The investment outlook is gloomy, so save!; Wealth doesn’t make you happy.
NZ Herald 25 February 2006
Q&As: Is compounding interest over-rated?; Credit cards v eftpos; How long is long-term? Returns on different assets.
NZ Herald 18 February 2006
Q&As: Couple reluctant to sell their shares in a takeover; Owning 19 shares is good, but it’s too soon to judge performance.
NZ Herald 4 February 2006
Q&As: Man who has made $3 million from shares; How much risk for a 53-year-old?; How good is advice from banks?
The Investor 31 January 2006
Negative gearing may come back to haunt you. Many landlords say they don’t mind or even like to be negatively geared — making year-by-year cash losses on a mortgaged investment. But it never looked all that appealing to me. And recently I heard a rather compelling argument against it.
NZ Herald 21 January 2006
Q&As: Shares v term deposits — it depends how much time you have; Short-of-cash millionaires should try to renegotiate their mortgage; When is a 2% penalty not 2%?
The Investor 17 January 2006
Readers rally to back houses. It always happens. Whenever I write about investing in houses and shares in the same column, people say I’m unfairly negative about houses. In my final column last year, I wrote that the rise in house prices over the previous year was slower than the rise in: New Zealand shares, hedged overseas shares and unhedged overseas shares, all including dividends. That surprised me, and I thought it might surprise you.