2003

Fear, Greed, Property and Tax
Don't encourage the Reserve Bank to curb the housing bubble by raising interest rates, attack the root cause - the tax break....
11 December 2003 - housing / property - Gareth Morgan

Property Takes Top Honours - Again
Investment in houses just can't be beaten. Or is it just a fad?...
4 December 2003 - investment - Gareth Morgan

Once Upon a Waiting List
Get ready to send yourself abroad for common hospital procedures as the NZ health system continues to fall short of patient expectations....
27 November 2003 - health - Gareth Morgan

What Value Life?
Placing an economic value on our life is unavoidable in a world of limited health resources. But the allocation of those resources is sufficiently arbitrary to tell us we have no conistent view on the value of a life....
19 November 2003 - families - Gareth Morgan

Time for an Interest Rates Rise?
Interest rates are not going up all around the world - only where the productivity gains are insufficient to offset the deflationary impact of globalisation....
13 November 2003 - investment - Gareth Morgan

Mitigating Misery - The Sequel.
Two incomes is no protection when you've dedicated it all to long term contractural obligations. Politicians are now warning people to reduce their debt....
6 November 2003 - families - Gareth Morgan

Full Value - Investment Theme of the Moment
Looking for bargains has got hard again. But the momentum followers will push prices higher yet....
30 October 2003 - investment - Gareth Morgan

Property, P, and Prosperity
The bidding war for preferred suburbs has many victims. Sheet the blame for the fallout on our education and welfare systems....
23 October 2003 - families - Gareth Morgan

Investment Prospects
Of all the asset classes, residential property is the most seductive and likely to stay that way for another year....
16 October 2003 - investment - Gareth Morgan

For commodity sellers our dollar can never be too weak
A low dollar just encourages low value exporting. There is no case for it....
8 October 2003 - currency / b. of payments - Gareth Morgan

"Honesty" - Such a Simple Word
The US Unit Trust industry has been caught ripping off its mum and dad investors. The firms involved look after money invested via NZ unit trusts....
2 October 2003 - investment - Gareth Morgan

Southern Cross little more than a Pyramid Scheme
Pyramid schemes are most often associated with investment. But insurance operators aren't beyond them either....
25 September 2003 - health - Gareth Morgan

Money Doesn't Grow on Trees
New Zealand investors in forestry have for years been sending good money after bad....
18 September 2003 - investment - Gareth Morgan