General, Planning, Retirement

Is “early retirement” another pot at the end of the rainbow?

What does “retirement” mean to you? In the last year or so I’ve spoken ...

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Building Wealth, Defining Wealth, General, Investing, Luck, Managing risks, Planning, Retirement

The last safe investment is YOU

I love books that swing for the fences. They almost always include things I ...

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Building Wealth, Decumulation, Financial advice, Investing, Planning, Retirement

How money misconceptions can put your life into hard mode

My son is starting to get into video games. In many games, you have ...

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Planning, Property, Retirement

I wouldn’t buy a rental property as a retirement asset. Here’s why.

Every now and then I see people recommending a rental property as a great ...

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Building Wealth, Planning, Retirement

Don’t be fooled by the 4 percent rule

If you’ve done any research on planning for retirement, you’ve probably come across the ...

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Decumulation, Featured, Planning, Retirement

Drawing on capital during retirement [with video!]

Most online retirement calculators are overly simplistic.  They can be a great starting point. ...

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Planning, Retirement

NZ Super and uncertainty in retirement planning

The future is uncertain. This fact shouldn’t stop us from planning for the future. ...

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Retirement

Hannah McQueen crunches the numbers on retirement – with a side dish of fear, uncertainty, and doubt

I’m generally a pretty positive person. I like most people and give them the ...

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Retirement

“Live longer, better” – some thoughts on Lifetime Retirement Income’s 2018 roadshow

In 2018 I attended the Christchurch session of Lifetime Retirement Income’s “Live longer, better” ...

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Retirement

Do you really want to retire? I don’t.

I was recently quoted in a Stuff.co.nz article about a “plague of financial insecurity, ...

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