Monday media round-up 02/11/09

This week's selection of personal finance stories from over the weekend, with links to online versions.

• Martin Hawes: Lessons each generation learns the hard way
  To anyone interested in finance, the past couple of years have been fascinating. A major credit crunch, bank collapses, government interventions, volatile markets and the world on edge - it will be talked about for decades. (NZ Herald)
• Brian Gaynor: KiwiSaver big and important success 
  KiwiSaver, which now has 1,189,597 contributing members, is a huge success... ...because of substantial Government and employer contributions as well as the solid performances of the default funds in difficult market conditions (NZ Herald)
• Mary Holm: Capital gains cause for confusion
  Mary responds to readers' letters re trading shares as a business, independent financial advice, "the dreaded word" KiwiSaver, and what to do with a company super scheme payout (NZ Herald)
• Tenancy a cheaper bet
  The latest BNZ rent-or-buy report, which shows prospective first-home buyers whether they should continue to rent and save for a deposit, or when the time is right to buy, indicates renting is now a better move financially. (NZ Herald)
• Mary Holm: Fund performance tables can do more harm than good
  Some figures I saw recently strengthened my resolve to steer people away from KiwiSaver performance comparisons (NZ City)
• Bumpy ride for property in 2010
  The property market may face some fresh headwinds next year which could swamp any recovery in prices (Sunday Star Times)