John Killick

What’s Your Overall Investment Strategy

I always ask this question of attendees at the commencement of our monthly educational workshops.  ‘What’s your overall investment strategy?’  The question is conceptual but puts into context – why.

Why be in business.

Why invest.

Why plan.

Why property or shares or managed funds.

In the first blog for the year...

Living Life on Purpose

At the end of 2013 I sent a copy of ‘How to Make 2014 Your Best Year Ever’ to many of my clients.  I’m happy to send a copy online to anyone interested.  Here’s an example of some topics explained more fully in the booklet:

• Celebrate two important...

Memories of Christmas

Christmas and New Year was a stressful time for our family.  Whilst we three children wanted for nothing materially speaking, our parents were exhausted.  Serving the public meant being available and that’s what they both were.  The fifties and sixties were a time of community focus in...

What’s an Annuity?

In simplistic terms.  Your own ‘pension’.  Purchasable from a financial provider using an investment lump sum accumulated by you.

Are they common in NZ.  No.  Are they readily available in NZ.  No.

Why not?  Because there is no demand.  This will change, and possibly over night, when a future...

Time for a Spend Up

Five years ago Lehman Bros Investment bank was bankrupted.  It marked a critical time for world wide financial crises.  Country after country was brought to its knees because US debt products had failed and availability for credit from banks became scarce.  People like Ben Bernanke of the...