Spare Cash? Super or Mortgage? You work hard for your money and you want it to work hard for you. If you’ve got your credit card debts under control and built yourself a bit of an emergency fund, [...]
Saving For Your First Home Webinar Monday 22nd July 2019 8pm – Online Buying your first home is a big step on the path to financial independence and security, but the process of saving that [...]
Webinar Budgeting for Non-Budgeters Monday 28th October 2019 – 8pm – Online There are lots of ways to manage your money without spending hours with a calculator and a spreadsheet. [...]
School Holiday Activities On A Budget As much as many of us wish it would stay away, it’s now undeniable that the dreaded school holiday is here again, and children all across Australia are [...]
Editor’s Note: This article was first published on December 2016. It has been such a popular article and timely in the run-up to Christmas that we are re-running it, but with some updates [...]
Christmas is coming and you probably know someone who is really hard to buy a present for. You might be tempted to buy them a gift voucher. Can we suggest you think again? Unfortunately, gift [...]
Christmas Gifts – 10 Ideas For A More Manageable Christmas 1. The Kris Kringle I first encountered Kris Kringle at work, where it is a very common in Australia. Our family is quite new [...]
The driver for last minute (and excessive) Christmas spending is a combination of our general day-to-day busy lives, an excess of shopping choice (making the decision making process harder), [...]
Calculating the cost of a home Repayments Many, if not most, people borrow at least some of the amount needed to buy a home. Repaying this loan is typically the most expensive aspect of owning [...]
Last week, we introduced the concept of mental accounting. We want to continue the theme this week as part of our ‘behavioural economics month.’ Mental accounting can be seen every day with [...]
