Financial Tips & Guides
Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city, and its city centre is the primary place where people work and play. Previously we have explained the significance of the city centre worker population to the Auckland economy and investigated how COVID-19 has impacted the number of workers Read More …
The housing market is in buoyant mode as it heads into the peak summer selling season but those who are hoping this will bring a return of the boom in prices that was prevalent prior to 2017, will probably be disappointed. The threat of a Read More …
The nuns’ slavery maxim (which I first heard mentioned by Labour MP Deborah Russell in a debate in Parliament) is derived from from the words of a Syrian dramatist before the birth of Jesus.
There’s also a serious problem with the terms of Hisco’s removal. He’s forfeited over $6m of ANZ equity, indicating the seriousness of the expense issues. Yet he gets $2m of salary and holiday pay. Why? Does that money belong to the shareholders?
To millennials, it’s an average personal net worth of US$1.9 million (NZ$2.9 million), according to Charles Schwab’s 2019 Modern Wealth Survey, which polled 1000 Americans about money. This nearly US$2m target number is roughly 20 times the median net worth of US households – US$97,300, Read More …
As of Monday, you are no longer limited to automatic contribution rates of 3 per cent, 4 per cent or 8 per cent of your pay. You now also have the option of 6 per cent or 10 per cent. But just because you can Read More …
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One of the big problems is our children have less experience with cash than we did, says Hale. How many of us have our credit cards set up in the iTunes or PlayStation account and our young ones just need to click to make an Read More …
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 …
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The Financial Markets Authority has released a quiz to help people test their reactions and help educate people on what to do as part of Money Week – a national week aimed at getting people to do better with their money.
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So how much money does it take to meet Kharas’s definition of middle-class? It depends on where you live and, more precisely, on how expensive things are where you live. Kharas’s definition takes into account the higher cost of meeting basic needs in places such Read More …