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| How Much is a Trillion? |
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1 May 2010: Imagine you have borrowed a million dollars – interest free - and you pay it back at the rate of $1 per second. It would take you 12 days to pay it back. That is not too scary.... more
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| How Movies Help Investors |
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6 Apr 2010: Good investors don’t concentrate just on numbers but look for ideas and trends that might help them understand the economy and markets better.
So, as odd as it may sound, a study of trends at the movie theatre can be useful to an investor.
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| Kiwisaver Neither Guaranteed Nor Ghastly |
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13 Mar 2010: Recent news suggests New Zealanders are poles apart on KiwiSaver. Some think the scheme is safer than it is. Others are leaping to ridiculous conclusions about how unsafe it is.
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| Readers React Over GST |
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27 Feb 2010: Two readers sound angry about my last column about GST. Some of their points are valid, but over all I think they just didn’t "get" it.... more
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| Wanted: Clear Thinking On GST |
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13 Feb 2010: A lot of nonsense has been spoken about GST since John Key more or less said the government will increase that tax - probably to 15 per cent - and use the money to cut income tax rates.... more
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| Commodities Are Still Attractive |
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8 Feb 2010: Commodity prices have been softening lately amid fears about China's economy overheating. Naturally, this has dragged down the price of most resources companies. ... more
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| Oh No, Oh No, It’s Off To Work We Go |
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30 Jan 2010: Returning to work after a holiday is rarely easy. Back when I was employed – as opposed to self employed – I remember always feeling as if I were in the wrong job on my first few days back at work.... more
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| When Experts Panic |
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19 Dec 2009: People tend to choose their advisors poorly, mainly because they consider them to be 'experts'. Unfortunately, experts tend to be constrained by their own feelings of self-importance. Tests have found that the higher the qualification and experience a person has, the less accurate their forecasts tend to be.... more
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RUGBY
Black Ferns flanker Jorja Miller's absence from their lineup for the World Cup semifinal against Canada appears to be due to a hamstring injury, after team officials were coy on the details of the injury More...
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BUSINESS
Even the Finance Minster's been caught by surprise, by today's sharp drop in GDP More...
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