Q&As:
– Slow down huge mortgage payments and live a little …
– … Similar for couple in 60s — spend that KiwiSaver
– Misunderstanding about reverse mortgages
– Is Warren Buffett’s company still best investment?
– 3 Q&As on Deposit Compensation Scheme — on timing, joint accounts, KiwiSaver
Q&As:
– Pensions available for ex-servicemen and women — and their partners
– A reverse mortgage can work well
– Reader dislikes house price falls
– 2 Q&As on budget of retirees who live on NZ Super and save…
– … and should they be getting allowance?
– 2 Q&As on spending in your nineties
– Is Super included in retirement spending “rules”?
– Don’t bail out of KiwiSaver in turbulent times
Q&As:
– Couple support sons more than daughters
– Grandparents’ support comes with conditions
– Best place to keep emergency money
– Making retirement savings totals clearer
– Is my rule of thumb any good?
Q&As:
– Where first home buyer, 24, should put savings
– Pros and cons of selling rental in retirement
– A tale of simple — but worrying — tax
– What to do when mortgage ends
– Helping a grandchild into KiwiSaver
Go offshore with KiwiSaver
– 2024 — good year in NZ shares, but even better elsewhere
– Fall in Kiwi dollar contributed
– Should look longer term
– How to invest in international shares
– Disloyal to NZ?
The big good change in KiwiSaver
FMA’s annual KiwiSaver report:
– Growth of money in growth funds — and drop in conservative
– Who is not contributing?
– Where are we on ethical KiwiSaver funds?
– Fees fall, but could fall further
– Switches between funds
Banking in tough times — how we’re doing, plus payee confirmation coming at last!:
– How many apply for hardship
– How we run our credit cards
– Types of mortgages — what’s best?
– Use of term deposits
– Payee confirmation — see who you are paying online
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:
– 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