Due to the Don's exit from Moneyscience; and our interest to maintain a close relationship with all our clients, Peter Seers & Alan MacDougall will travel to Dunedin to meet with anyone who would like a personal meeting or a review of your facilities. We will be in Dunedin for 3 days...
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It is with deep regret that my friend and colleague of the past 6 years, Don McColl, has chosen to exit the Finance & Insurance industry. During the past 2 years, things have been very different in our industry. 1. We entered regulation where we are required to qualify to remain in this...
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There has been considerable discussion about whether interest rates will increase fast or slow. My take on this is that they will increase slowly - maybe bay 0.5% to 1% over the next 12 months. I feel that they will probably increase slower than 1%, but I have been wrong before. You may ask...
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This seems to have settled down now, with most of the proposed tax changes eliminated. As far as depreciation is concerned, I feel that the proposed changes will be very fair. Let's face it, depreciation is merely a cash flow benefit, and not the real reason one invests in any investment...
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Property Taxes.... Well, not much happened here - as I predicted. I still believe that there will be changes in relation to property taxation; however I expect these to catch ALL people, rather than just targeting property investors. It seems extremely inappropriate to target a group in the...
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The last half of 2009 was terrible for me at Moneyscience! It seemed that all year we experienced technical "issues". Now some of those troubles were my fault - I think I broke 3 phones; but the computer troubles were horrific. Towards the end of 2009, we were only receiving about every 2nd...
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