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Trumped four more years?
Saturday, October 31, 2020
It is hard to believe that it has been four years since Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. This election season has certainly been unique, occurring in a year that has been characterised by a global pandemic, a short but deep recession and continued social unrest.
Investment portfolio performance in the 'new normal'
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
In the midst of uncertainty, there is always opportunity. Here are some investment highlights we have experienced and are considering at Hallam Jones:
3 Investment Insights to boost your portfolio this quarter
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Investment Insights - The drivers of return.
Financial Planning and the Shawshank Redemption
Monday, September 2, 2019
Shawshank Redemption the classic Prison Movie recently turned up on offer to watch on NZ Netflix. I love that movie. One of the best of all time in my humble opinion. For those that have never watched it Andy Dufresne is imprisoned for the murder of his wife and her lover. Long story short (spoiler alert!) he gets out and manages a sizeable financial windfall in the process. His best pal Red narrates that he blew town with the better part of $370,000 dollars!
Understanding dollar cost averaging
Monday, March 19, 2018
One approach to entering investment markets is over an extended period of time – for example five or even ten years. Such an approach is called dollar cost averaging. Dollar cost averaging simply means investing the same fixed amount of money into the market on a regular basis, for example monthly or quarterly.