Managing your portfolio to achieve regular income
Thursday, 03 December 2009
The question for retirees today, is how to achieve stable income flows without chasing high risk. Last month I talked about the security offered by guaranteed bank deposits, and its appeal to many retirees.
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Rewards for cash investors
Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Cash bank deposits globally are at an all time high, as wary investors have stayed clear of market turbulence.
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Balanced Fund - friend or foe
Monday, 05 October 2009
Many Investors drip feed contributions into a balanced Fund provided by a Fund manager. This has become more and more the case since Kiwisaver came on the scene.
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So are we out of the woods?
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Sentiment seems to be a wonderful panacea when it comes to investing. In March the world was in an economic tail spin, and now, here we are a few months later being told that Real Estate prices are set to go through the roof again.
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Investment advice and disclosure
Wednesday, 12 August 2009
The world economic crisis has brought the spotlight to bear on the quality of financial advice being offered in the market place. Currently we are seeing a plethora of discussion documents and proposed legislation to smarten up the financial services industry.
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Rethinking retirement
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
The current world economic crisis has caused a massive destruction of wealth, and there is barely an investor who is immune. While there may be the odd sign of recovery, these must be viewed in terms of the overall picture, which is quite alarming.
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Keyman cash flow
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
In a recent article I discussed how ACC Cover Plus Extra was an excellent alternative to the standard ACC cover, and why it was a particularly good investment for a business.
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Buckets of money for retirement goals
Monday, 11 May 2009
Plunging global markets have without doubt created distrust at all levels in the investment food chain. Many investors have lost faith in their advisers.
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Corporate bonds - good Investment?
Tuesday, 07 April 2009
The current investment scene is a place full of contradictions and uncertainties. For every guru who emerges with words of wisdom there is an equally believable opinion to the contrary. Yes day will follow night, but is the time right now 10pm, or 6am in the morning with dawn about to break?
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ACC may be best investment ever
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Now I don’t want anyone’s eyes to glaze over, but the subject is your ACC policy. I have some very important information for business owners, and the self employed, the majority of whom will know nothing about any of this.
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Waiting for the end of the global melt down
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Has the global meltdown finished? I don’t think so. I’m more inclined to believe the Goldman Sachs model that shows banks have absorbed US 1 Trillion in losses on mortgages and other bad debts, and that is only the halfway point. (How much is a Trillion anyway?)
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A New Year dawns
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Welcome to 2009. Sure the markets are still bad and volatility is high. It appears that we are not going to see a massive improvement for some time to come. Clearly cash is king and most portfolios will still have a proportion of growth assets such as shares and property funds, which are not looking too flash. But it doesn’t mean it is time to panic.
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Invest in the people and yourselves
Monday, 08 December 2008
The global economic situation continues to worsen. Optimists announce the bottom has been reached, only to waken the next day to even deeper misery that threatens to engulf us all. This is 2008, yet the same scenario was played out in 1929, nearly eighty years ago.
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It ain't the time to be fearful
Tuesday, 11 November 2008
What’s Warren Buffet doing right now? It has been the worst of times for investors. All the rules seem to have gone out the window as even the security of our own venerable banks has been called into question.
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