Q&As:
– Okay to use a student loan to buy a house — financially and ethically?
– Investing for dividends has drawbacks
– Where are longer-term KiwiSaver returns?
– Government KiwiSaver boosts dwindle
– Write a will! What are the costs?
Q&As:
– Laddering a mortgage can work well
– All Lotto profits go to grants
– Lotto expenses explained
– Good to invest for the dividends?
– Saving for grandkids within your own KiwiSaver
How is your financial wellbeing?
– Produced by Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission
– Doesn’t test financial knowledge, but how well you are coping with your money
– Brief discussion of what’s behind the questions
– If you want to read the quiz, go to the Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission website
Q&As:
– Long-term view needed on shares
– One more argument for KiwiSaver for teens…
– … Why a grandparent prefers to give a gift at 21
– Lotto boss gives his perspective
– What happens to student loan when you die
– How long bank takes when a customer dies
Q&As:
– Every couple should read this!
– KiwiSaver when you die
– Slope of KiwiSaver returns
– Which is better for the grandkids?
– The landlord perspective
Q&As:
– Grumpy share investor looks at too short a period
– Setting up KiwiSaver for the grandkids
– Another side to last week’s inheritance story
– Don’t be too tough on landlords!
– Can still get NZ Super when overseas
– Reader inadvertently broke KiwiSaver rules
Q&As:
– A not-so-happy Lotto millionaire
– KiwiSaver rules when overseas…
– … And the same for NZ Super
– Family needs legal advice about Dad’s new wife
– Are Healthy Homes rules for rentals good?
Q&As:
– Grandpa teaches money in a fun way
– Ideas for term depositors facing lower interest
– When to switch KiwiSaver providers — and when not to
– Far away rental could be worrying
– Making the most of tax cuts and mortgage interest cuts
Q&As:
– 2 painless ways to ease money worries
– KiwiSaver or not after 65?
– Is this a good time to sell the rental?
– A tip for travellers
– Check out Money Month
Why you should choose index funds or ETFs (exchange traded funds)
– What are they? How they differ from other, active share funds.
– NZ research on why they beat active funds over longer term
– International funds are better
– How to find KiwiSaver index funds
– How to find exchange traded funds
– Money Month on Sorted.org.nz