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Brent Sheather: Investment regrets and ironies
Councils and Government have a poor record when it comes to selling shares, says Brent Sheather.
Brent Sheather: The truth about hedging
Why do local fund managers embrace hedging so vigorously? Personal finance and investing columnist Brent Sheather explains.
Saving Percy from himself
Personal finance and investments writer Brent Sheather on the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Brent Sheather: Fees, fairness and the rise of the robots
Investing columnist Brent Sheather on low cost versus high cost, passive versus active models.
Brent Sheather: University degrees - choose wisely
The lesson seems to be, today more than ever, when considering university education: choose carefully if employment is your objective.
Brent Sheather: Matters residential
The biggest investment most retail investors will make is in the residential property market but research is not extensive.
Brent Sheather: You can trade your way over the fx cliff
Whilst fx trading is regularly promoted as a get rich quick scheme the reality is, surprise, quite different.
Brent Sheather: Racing to zero?
The biggest surprise in the financial world last year has been the fact that longer term interest rates around the globe have moved sharply lower.
Brent Sheather: Oh dear! Forecasting long term returns
A central component in the reform of the financial planning industry is education but this notion comes with problems.
Brent Sheather: Reviewing the Financial Advisors Act
Over the next two years the government and its agents will be reviewing the Financial Advisors Act 2008 (FAA).
Brent Sheather: Bond investing 201: How it's done
How to put together a NZ fixed interest portfolio by focusing on the investment strategies typically employed by large institutional investors.
Brent Sheather: Fiduciary duty has gone out of fashion
The rules are that you must not rip your client off but if you tell them you are going to rip them off then that is fine.
Brent Sheather: Beware of bankers with good ideas
A major issue with KiwiSaver, from the FSC's perspective, is that too many KiwiSavers are in low risk, low return conservative KiwiSaver funds.
Brent Sheather: Buy the rumour, sell the fact
In the past insider trading has been viewed as something of a victimless crime and the perpetrators have been afforded a degree of notoriety as "expert traders".
Brent Sheather: When tech stocks attack
Currently one of the most “volatile” sectors on the stockmarket is that plague of technology stocks which floated in the last year or so.
Brent Sheather: Kiwisaver-Low returns + high fees = keep working mate
Sheather estimates what terminal sum will accrue to a KiwiSaver saving $100 pw and getting the $1K kick start and the annual $521 contribution from the Govt investing in a growth portfolio.
Brent Sheather: IPO's - More flop than pop
As with so many "good ideas" from the investment banking sector the reality is, more often than not, that what is good for the industry is anything but good for mum and dad.
Brent Sheather: Deviation isn't all bad
Readers of this column will know that it advocates achieving exposure to shares and other risky assets, in part, via passive funds.
Brent Sheather: It's your money, fool
Despite all the time and effort going into behavioural finance these days it seems many investors still buy high and sell low.