It's not the prettiest of terms, but we may as well get acquainted with the challenges of "decumulation", Tom Hartmann writes.

COMMENT: Did you hear the one about the inheritance that went to the father's second wife's new husband's next-door-neighbour?

COMMENT: Many foreigners living here agree that you really need $40,000 stashed away somewhere in case of emergencies.

COMMENT: Mark Weldon may have been the smartest guy in the room but that's seldom enough.

COMMENT: The life of a CEO can be tough and Weldon's demeanour at the GeoOp meeting clearly showed that the MediaWorks job had got the better of him.

COMMENT: Radio New Zealand may sell some of its property portfolio to replenish its coffers.

COMMENT: 'The only genius I ever met," says Alan Bollard, the biographer of pioneering New Zealand economist Bill Phillips.

COMMENT: The New Zealand sharemarket has a global reputation as a lucrative source of dividends.

COMMENT: CEO Mark Weldon might be out, but MediaWorks radio operations are good earners and TV3 won't be going anywhere, writes John Drinnan.

Once again, the geek monde is abuzz with news that Australian businessman Dr Craig Wright is Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of bitcoin - or is he? Juha Saarinen writes.

When it comes to marketing there are literally hundreds of different places that you could spend your hard earned money on to improve your results, Graham McGregor writes.

COMMENT: Barry Ritholtz checks out a report that does something he likes the least - makes a forecast.

So much of what we say about money shows how we think about it, and of course how we think about it influences how we act with it.

Debbie Mayo-Smith writes. is it me being stupid or are the vast majority of small businesses just plain lazy when it comes to marketing?

Liam Dann was among the 40,000 shareholders and fans who braved freezing rain and 6am queues to attend the Berkshire Hathaway AGM in Omaha this weekend.

COMMENT: It's too easy to get judgmental about how others spend their money - although I suppose it's fair enough if they complain about their inability to save.

COMMENT: It doesn't pay to be a snob. Literally. Many people think they "need" the latest labels, whether or not they can afford them.

COMMENT: MediaWorks owner Oaktree Capital is more closely overseeing TV3, Four and half the country's commercial radio stations.

Recent years haven't been kind to the former market star - or its investors.

COMMENT: John Key's latest shimmy shows the winds of change are blowing on National attitudes to housing.

COMMENT: John Key's calculated punt to threaten land taxes on foreign investors won't solve the Auckland housing crisis.

A few years ago I read a helpful book by Michael Le Bouef called How to win and keep Customers, writes Graham McGregor.

COMMENT: Maybe the biggest threat to the Auckland housing problem is simply waiting for Australia to come right, and for normal service to resume.

COMMENT: Have you heard the one about the child who smashed her iPhone to get the latest model? This happened in my circle of friends and is problematic for many reasons.

There is a perception that New Zealand's dairy exporters have been disadvantaged by more favourable terms in China's recent FTA with Australia.

COMMENT: Further interest rate cuts would continue to make equities and residential property attractive for some investors, particularly on a short-term basis.

COMMENT: The last thing I want to do is put people off investing in shares. If done wisely shares can be an excellent investment.

COMMENT: It's hard to see how you could build a society and economy with IT increasingly entrenched at the core of both.