How to Handle the Mounting Financial Pressures of 2022
Warren Buffet famously said “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked” – and we may soon see exactly who’s in the buff, because the tide has turned. Interest rates are rising, inflation is a 30-year high, share markets have been falling and the housing market has been slowing, there […]
Why Your Spending Habits Matter Now – More Than Ever
We all know that interest rates are rising – The Reserve Bank raised interest rates by 0.25, as they were expected to do, and as they were poised to do back in August, before the Level 4 lockdown was announced. That’s bound to set off a fresh round of fretting about where interest rates are […]
Turning Lockdown Spending Gains into Long-Term Financial Wins
If your income has been uninterrupted during lockdown, you might think – I’m better off after lockdown, I haven’t spent any money for a month! That does give you a head start – but not only is there a high chance that you’ll be racing out to do a catch-up spend as soon as you […]
Why Comfort Can Be The Enemy of Financial Progress
Are you feeling fairly comfortable right now? Not ‘laid up on the couch with your feet up’ comfortable, but financially comfortable? It’s never been cheaper to borrow money, which means even if your mortgage is on the large side (let’s face it, prices are crazy) – it’s costing less to pay it than it was a few […]
New Year: New You? Top Tips to Make Your Financial Goals stick
Finances are regularly in the top 3 New Year resolutions, and after the rollercoaster of 2020, it’s likely this year is no different. The top goals we usually see include; I want to: Whatever your specific target, making financial progress is always a worthy goal. The fishhook is that the research shows 80% of New […]
Dealing with Christmas Debt – Key Tips From Financial Adviser Hannah McQueen
December to February can be one of the trickiest times of year for your finances – there’s the cost of Christmas, the cost of a summer holiday, and then back-to-school costs quickly follow. If you’ve blown the budget over this period it can put all your goals for the year ahead seriously on the backfoot […]
Spring has Sprung – Time For a Financial Spring Clean!
The daffodils are out, lambs are finding their feet, and the days are getting longer – spring has finally arrived. Spring, like the New Year, signals new beginnings. It’s the traditional time of year for an annual spring clean, but don’t limit that clean out to your winter wardrobe – it’s also the perfect time […]
Small Business Financial Support Post Covid-19 Requires a More Nuanced Response – Financial Adviser Hannah McQueen
The new leader of the opposition, Todd Muller, has clearly indicated small business is where he thinks more support should be directed in order to help the economy recover from Covid-19. He’s right – but the support required is a little more nuanced than he might think. Small businesses have had support with the wage […]
Top Tips For Not Letting The Silly Season Result In A Sullen New Year – From enable.me Financial Adviser Katie Wesney
The silly season is almost upon us and it’s a time when many of us start to get anxious about the amount of organising we need to do before the holidays and the not-insignificant matter of how we are going to pay for everything. enable.ne Financial Adviser, Katie Wesney provides a few of her top […]
It’s Cool To Kōrero – Financial Advisor Hannah McQueen on Why it’s So Important to Drop the Taboo and Talk About Money in Relationships
In the dating game, the closest you usually come to discussing finances is working out who will pick up the bill for the date. Fair enough – it’s not exactly a sexy topic! But there’s a case to be made for adding finances to the list of tricky subjects to navigate with a prospective partner […]
