Financial Tips & Guides
From time to time we all exceed our budgets. Whether this is weekly, monthly or annually, keeping our budgets under control can be very challenging for the vast majority of us. If you have blown your budget for this year, we will show you how Read More …
Tax time may seem like a long way off, but it is not too early to begin thinking about your taxes for the current year. Unfortunately, the old adage is true – you can’t avoid taxes. However, there are some steps you can take to Read More …
Activity in Barfoot & Thompson’s auctions rooms has picked up with the spring weather with the agency marketing 180 residential properties for sale by auction last week.
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“We are transparent about the structure.” The website is currently up and running as an information source but its main function would be to match people’s values with their investments. “It is not intended to be an initiative that beats up fund providers. “We are Read More …
Most of us look forward to the day when we no longer have to go to work every day and have the freedom to pursue our dreams, even if that dream is sleeping in every morning and binge-watching television programmes all day! The best way Read More …
China is on its way to becoming the largest economy in the world, which because of its population, it should be (possibly with the exception of India, if they ever get their act together). Short-term events and arguments sometimes obscure this longer-term reality. China’s transition Read More …
Ardern’s speech was entitled Working together to build a new economy. The lofty goals she outlined are similar to those detailed in a paper I was sent later on Tuesday. Entitled Governance of economic transition, the paper paints a dystopian picture of where the world Read More …
Over the years, banks and insurance companies have been in the spotlight more than ever before. Across the world, the global crisis has really bought banks and insurers to the forefront. Some of our most well-known banks have been investigated for misconduct, which could have Read More …
Caltex, Z Energy and BP sites across the Wellington region raised their price of regular 91 octane petrol as much as 3 cents a litre. The price used in most of Wellington is what the industry refers to as the “national” or “main port” price, which also Read More …
HSBC has trimmed -10 bps from its two year fixed card, setting their new rate at 4.19%, also the lowest for this term in the current market. The same it true for three years fixed (down -20 bps to 4.69%), four years fixed (down -30 Read More …