Top Tips On Comparing Broadband Plans
With so much jargon associated with different broadband deals, it can be difficult to know which one is best for you. You might already know that broadband is sold on the basis of the...
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Term Deposits: A Wise Investment During These Times?
With the economic impacts of Covid-19 being felt around the world, term deposits may be a great investment option. As with previous economic recessions, stock markets across the world have become highly unstable due...
Managing your finances during these uncertain times.
Kia ora, We know many kiwis and business owners are doing it tough during the Level 4 and Level 3 lockdowns, and whilst we’re all facing uncertainties in many aspects of our lives –...
KiwiSaver default member? Someone’s deciding your future for you
Is your KiwiSaver fund one of the nine Default funds? If you are a Default member, people who you don’t even know exist, is deciding your financial future now. Also, you are in the...
Loyalty comes at a price – avoid international money transfer rip-offs
The ACCC report found that individual consumers sending US dollars and British pounds in 2017 and 2018 could have collectively saved around $150 million. All they had to do was use the lowest-priced alternative suppliers instead of the big four banks.
Securing a financially free future
An often sought after financial goal is to achieve financial freedom. Who would not want to be wealthy enough to have a financially secure future? Yet, financial freedom does not come around by accident....
Top 3 things to know before you buy car insurance
It’s super simple to compare and shop around for car insurance. But before you jump into it, there are three items you want to consider.
To fix your mortgage rate, or not, that’s the question
Home loan mortgage rates are at an historic low. Does that mean that you should be locking in these rates now?
Falling interest rates impacting on your travel money?
You get more bang for your buck when you buy more foreign currency for the same amount of home currency. How do you best deal with the uncertainty?
KiwiSaver funds still licking their wounds
About 80% of all KiwiSaver funds suffered losses ranging from as little as 0.1% to some as high as 20%, in the last three months of 2018. Over half of those funds are yet...