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…
TEN STRATEGIES THAT COULD HELP REDUCE YOUR GROCERIES COSTS
The cost of food and how much we spend on groceries, is a topic that always comes up when I am talking to my clients. “How come we spend so much each month”, and “how can we bring our grocery…
Get on top of impulse spending
Have you ever walked into a store intending to buy one thing and stepped out with three? I have certainly done this on more occasions than I care to think about. Or have you clicked on that flashy “Limited Time…
FINANCIAL ABUSE – IT ISN’T JUST FOR THE ELDERLY
Talking about any type of abuse is difficult and when we think about financial abuse it often conjures up images of older people exploited by overbearing relatives or caregivers, a scenario frequently reported in the media. However, a less visible,…