The road to financial stability
The question of who is responsible for teaching financial literacy has been a topic of debate for a very long time, and I still don’t think there is a clear answer. Should it be taught in schools? Is it up…
Your relationship with money: A journey to financial wellness
We constantly hear about being unhealthy: physically, mentally, spiritually and financially, and we are also given lots of information, ideas, trends, plans and treatments on how to get healthy. So, I thought it was time to give those of you…
The right way to do it
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, sang Marilyn Monroe, and Madonna. What made them that? and more to the point what has that got to do with personal finance? Well, quite a bit. This week’s article may seem a bit…
The $50 million dream is over
For one family the $50 million dream is over, but for seven others the $7.1 million dream is about to begin. Now, I’m not typically a lotto player. Given the choice between investing $20 in a Lotto ticket or a…
Who do you talk to about money issues?
In 1913 Sigmund Freud wrote “Money questions will be treated by cultured people in the same manner as sexual matters, with the same inconsistency, prudishness, and hypocrisy”. More than 100 years later, many find it easier to talk about sex,…
Are we getting closer to a cashless society?
Way back in May 2015, I wrote a blog post about an article that I found in The Telegraph by Jim Leaviss. Judging by the number of comments (at the time there were 3,208 of them) plus all of the social media shares;…
Do you like money?
Before all the negative comments start to fly about money not being the be-all and end-all in life (which I happen to agree with by the way), there is a serious reason for me asking this question. So, let's start…
The pitfalls of sunk costs
We have a 10-minute test in our household. We start a movie or a new show, and, if after 10 minutes we aren’t enjoying it, we stop, and choose something else. This is sunk costs in action. We are prepared…
THE THINKING AND JUSTIFICATION ABOUT THE “GIRL BEHIND THE MATH”
Thanks to a Kiwi radio station, the term’ girl math’ blew up on Tik Tok last year. Is it really something new? No, it’s been around for a very long time. Should it be taken seriously? Maybe, it’s a way…
BEING FRUGAL – THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
We are being told that frugal is the way to go. We are all tightening our belts, as the cost of living and servicing our mortgage (or rent) increases. I’m not disagreeing with this as a strategy. But like everything…