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The ability to sell is crucial for investors. Even long term investors need to sell sometimes because buy and hold doesn't mean buy and never sell.
It's what didn't happen in Budget 2009 that has dominated the headlines. With a backdrop of slumping tax revenue there weren't many rabbits to pull out of the hat - without borrowing heavily. Time will only tell if Finance Minister Bill English's first Budget was a success.
You'd think that the rich are getting poorer in the recession we're going through. Certainly more than a few Americans have lost their shirts.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing when it comes to your hard earned cash being crunched.
Whilst small investors are running for cover, the great Buffett has declared that it's "sale of the century" time. "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful," is one of his most commonly quoted utterances
One of the biggest budget blowouts for many Kiwis is their holidays. A significant number of us, myself included, lose our heads when on holiday and spend with free abandon. Even worse are those people who take weekends away whenever they feel like it. The cost of these can add up pretty rapidly.
Crunch. There go your savings. The credit crunch took experts and the rest of us alike by surprise. And the implications are being felt in the back pockets of people from all four corners of the world.
Older people can be very vulnerable – especially when it comes to money. Age is no barrier to making financial decisions, having said that. Older people’s money is theirs to spend and they have the right to make their own decisions about it and their possessions.
For some people sudden drops in share and other investment prices spell disaster. For others, they spell: "bargains galore". Diana Clement has a close look into this situation and how this could benefit you.
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