How Financial Advisors Keep Doomers From Blowing up Their Portfolios
We’re in a golden age for apocalyptic thinking. The threat of AI has taken center stage, but there…
Warren Buffett’s The Snowball: What it teaches about investing and life – Sam Goldwater
Yet all three contain lessons that apply just as much to investing as they do to life. The…
ACC, Ngāi Tahu and Carter Group launch Ahumahi – a $1.5b plan for new Christchurch industrial land
ACC is one of New Zealand’s biggest investors, holding $50.8b in funds last year, with the new deal…
NZ First immigration policies revealed: Citizenship, deportation and resident visa cap referendum among policy platform
It would also widen deportation criteria to cover any offence for which a non-citizen could be imprisoned, although…
What to Know About Getting a Financial Advisor in Your 20s
Someone I know in their late 20s recently told me they had just hired a financial advisor. It…
Forget the 4% Rule: Why Retirees Should Spend Even More Conservatively
Earlier this month, I detailed a conversation I had with Bill Bengen, the creator of the 4% rule…
The Optimal Setup for Your Investment Portfolio As Retirement Nears
The 4% rule for retirees is easy enough to understand in theory: withdraw that much of your portfolio…
How a 64-Year-Old Turned an $880,000 401(k) Rollover Into a $5,200 Monthly Paycheck Without Buying an Annuity
Quick Read A 7% blended yield from holdings like O (5.2%) and VZ (5.9%) turns an $880,000 rollover…
The 7-Step Ladder a Professor Uses to Hit Financial Independence
Miguel Marquez has spent years making complex subjects easier to understand. Originally from Spain, the 47-year-old earned a…
How a 55-Year-Old Teacher Could Replace an $85,000 Salary With Dividend Growth Plus Covered Calls
Quick Read Replacing an $85,000 salary requires anywhere from $708,000 at a 12% yield to over $2.4 million…
Rotorua councillors admit pensioner housing failures
It also committed to a two-year “top-up” contribution so tenants reliant solely on superannuation would be “no worse…
Pure passive investing era ends
FOR much of the past four decades, investing in equities seemed pretty simple. Interest rates trended lower, corporate…