We do not have, nor have had, and never will have an opinion about where the stock market, interest rates, or business activity will be a year from now....
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails...
As we read about it being 10 years since what is recognised as the trigger of the GFC, the collapse of Lehman Brothers Investment Bank....
Real Estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full and managed with reasonable care....
As we digest the coalition’s first budget, the reception appears very ho-hum, as various sources within the government....
In the 1890’s in the US, a young student decided to organise a concert to raise money, as being an orphan, he was struggling to pay his fees....
The New Zealand property markets slowed prior to Xmas, then have shown a rebound of activity, after the New Year, but certainly not back to the levels experienced through the majority of 2016....
As we enter the year of the “Rooster”, with a new protectionist President having been sworn in in the United States....