Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is where financial advisers should stand with respect to residential property. Traditionally, advisers have oriented towards advising on financial assets – cash, fixed interest products like...
The people I have in mind for this article are young couples. They might have a young family. Both have reasonable jobs. They can afford to rent a house that meets their needs. They...
Investing directly in property is very popular in New Zealand and Australia. Many (most?) people think that investing in property in this way is the best way to build wealth. And there are certainly...
Robert Shiller was awarded a nobel memorial prize in economics in 2013. He teaches courses in Financial Markets and Behavioural and Institutional Economics at Yale. He’s the author of the fantastic book Irrational Exuberance. He knows his stuff....