I spend a lot of time at my computer and my “household spreadsheet” is often open and it was while I was looking at this that I thought perhaps it was timely that I have a bit of a financial spring clean.
All in Index Funds
Becoming Minimalizzy
I have been banging on to my sister for years about living within her means and one day the penny finally dropped. In this guest blog post she shares her story. Take it away Lizzy...
Is Commercial Property Investment a good idea?
More people than I can count ask me whether I would buy a rental property, by which they mean a single house which I would rent out. Buying a slice of the commercial building rental market is a much more interesting proposition.
Explain that graph!
This week I had another email from a subscriber. When she is checking up on her investment what the heck do the charts and graphs mean?
The Happy Saver Top 10 Money Tips
Welcome to my shortest blog post ever! I have written a succinct list, using as few words as possible, that encapsulates the rules I live by in one way or another every single day.
Part 2 - SmartShares for Kids!
Last week I wrote about how I had moved my daughter's investment from an ANZ Managed Fund to SmartShares. I was pretty happy with my decision. After I had made the switch I received a number of comments from my super clever subscribers and they said I had made a bit of an ERROR in going with SmartShares instead of SuperLife for my daughter.
SmartShares for Kids!
The one thing that is missing on the busy school calendar is of course learning about money management. For sure they learn how to add, subtract, multiply and divide but they don’t learn how to budget, live within their means, save and invest. Where are the kids going to learn about this stuff then?
Insight into Sharesight
One of my subscribers sent me an email telling me that I really should look into Sharesight because it is an excellent tool for gauging how my SmartShares are tracking. What? Is my excel spreadsheet not good enough?
Maxed Out KiwiSaver
This will be the last year that we are going above and beyond with voluntary contributions to our KiwiSaver. I had been pushing up to $500 per month into both my husband and my funds but last week we reached my tipping point...