Back in July 2016 I helped Mr Happy Saver hook up with some SmartShares. He only bought a very small amount because it was always my intention to use it as an experiment to blog about. Today is sale day!
All in Investment
Money Memory - Dumb Mistake
Significant moments help to shape the people we are today and that got me wondering why I’m a saver and not a spender. This is one of my significant money memories that influenced me for ever after and hopefully helps me to do things right, more than I do things wrong.
Tracking Your Net Worth
It is important to track your net worth. How else can you know where you are financially so that you can plan for the future? The most important thing is to understand your financial position today so you can be moving in the right direction.
KiwiSaver Switch
I have been hearing a lot for a long while about the fees that we pay to our KiwiSaver providers and that over the lifetime of the fund we are paying well above the odds for the service we get. Apparently we should be outraged. I have finally removed my head from the sand and took a closer look this week.
Downsize the digs...
A conversation on repeat at the moment in our whare is this: What if we sell the almost four year old house we are sitting in...
Smartshares Part 3
It is time for another quick look at Smartshares. What happens next? YES index funds ARE that interesting! So here is the next instalment...
Paying Off The Mortgage Faster
A number of subscribers have reached out to me with the question of “how can we pay off the mortgage faster”? I’m sharing a little of my thinking of what did work for me.
Bonus Bonds - The End!
Every day I am thinking about how hard our money is working for us. The harder it works, the more it makes and the less WE have to work. There is absolutely no point in me putting money in places where it does not earn any interest.
Bonds
A Bond is a loan you make to a government, state owned enterprise, council or company. Perhaps they have a specific project they are working on and they need to raise some cash to do it.