The podcast for people who want financial freedom, without giving up their coffee.
That means it's time to make the money world make cents. Join Frances Cook, best-selling author and award-winning journalist, to talk about the proven ways to invest your way to financial independence, buy your first home, or just get your spending under control.
Every Sunday we have the week's feature interview, with someone who's done something interesting with their money. From paying off a mountain of debt, or investing for financial independence, or starting a new business, these are the ordinary people making the extraordinary possible.
On Wednesday we have Ask the Experts, where industry insiders answer your questions on the money world. From earning more in your career, to investing, or sticking to a budget, they'll help make money simple.
Making Cents with Frances Cook
NZ makes so much food, so why is it so freaking expensive at the supermarket?
Michal Garvey from Foodprint has some thoughts on this… catch them all on the latest Making Cents podcast.
#savemoney #foodprices #NZfood #budgeting #costofliving
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
Hitting rock bottom... and realising it's kinda your own fault. But rather than wallowing in that, using the moment to change EVERYTHING.
Emma Healey from mumsmoney.co.nz went from $30,000 in debt, to building enough financial freedom that she could decide to go travelling for a year with the kids. All through Europe, Asia, showing them the world.
How she turned it all around, and built that freedom, on Making Cents podcast now.
#financialfreedom #personalfinance #financialindependence #financialsuccess #travelwithkids
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
If you feel like you’re suddenly spending more, you’re not imagining it. There’s a war for your wallet, and some shops are playing dirty.
Chris Schulz from ConsumerNZ is an investigative journalist who has done a deep dive into how you get tricked into spending more money than you meant to, and honestly, get your tin foil hat ready. It's infuriating, and all on the latest Making Cents podcast.
#savemoney #shopsmarter #budgeting #savemoneytips #smartspending
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
If you feel like you’re suddenly spending more, you’re not imagining it. There’s a war for your wallet, and some shops are playing dirty.
Chris Schulz from ConsumerNZ is an investigative journalist who has done a deep dive into how you get tricked into spending more money than you meant to, and honestly, get your tin foil hat ready. It's infuriating, and all on the latest Making Cents podcast.
#savemoney #shopsmarter #budgeting #savemoneytips #smartspending
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
What does financial freedom look like? For Kellie, it was taking off for a year, with her family, to travel Australia together.
Real people creating financial freedom in NZ - we're talking about how it's done on the latest Making Cents.
#financialfreedom #financialindependence #familytravel #budgettravel #moneymindset
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
The job market is so tough right now, but one of the ways to crack it? Taking advantage of the hidden job market.
Honestly, investing $5 into a coffee or going to after work drinks could be the best investment into your career that you make.
Busting money myths and helping you figure out what ACTUALLY works on the latest Making Cents podcast!
#career #jobsearch #hiddenjobmarket #careeradvice #moneymyths
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
So often, your money life comes down to taking some risks... but all risks are not created equal.
So I'm talking to Glen James from the Money Money Money podcast, about the mistakes most people make when they start investing, and how we find the RIGHT risks for our money.
Tune in to it on Making Cents!
#personalfinance #investing #moneymistakes #invest #stockmarket
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
It’s not just the property prices that we need to watch - it’s property prices when you compare them to incomes, that is the real measure.
So will they start going up again?
Pulling apart the numbers to find out what’s next, with the wicked smart Dileepa Fonseka, on the latest Making Cents podcast.
#nzproperty #propertymarket #propertyinvestment #nzpropertymarket #nzpropertyinvestment
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
Do you have to change jobs to get a pay rise?
We want that pay rise! So what does it really take to get one?
Dr Jarrod Haar has all the research on what works, what doesn't, and what we can actually do here. So we’re breaking it down on the latest Making Cents, out now!
This episode is proudly supported by Odoo, big thanks to them for keeping this info free and available to everyone.
#payrise #salarynegotiation #careergrowth #payriseplease #careerdevelopment
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Making Cents with Frances Cook
Can normal people become financially independent, and even retire early? Yes, and we're going to dive into the tactics that actually make it possible.
With chartered accountant Bronwyn Candish, who specialises in helping client achieve financial independence, so has all the behind-the-scenes numbers! On the latest Making Cents podcast.
#financialindependence #financialfreedom #investing #moneymotivation #newzealand
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