Exchange-traded funds allow you to spread your risk across many different regions and markets (such as shares, bonds, property and companies). You aren’t putting all your eggs in one basket.
Far from the idea of “trickle-down economics”, a map illustrates how the waterworks of the financial system are parching certain sections of the real economy and producing vast inequality.
It’s not easy talking to kids about the cost-of-living crunch. Many fear landing their kids with a lifelong ‘scarcity mindset’, where a person is cursed with a feeling spending money is always wrong.
Ayesha Scott, Auckland University of Technology and Aaron Gilbert, Auckland University of Technology
A new study by the Retirement Commission has identified the different personality characteristics that influence how we manage our money – you can test your own with their online quiz.
It can be argued universities also have a moral obligation to educate students about how course fees are charged and then repaid when they start working.
A viral TikTok video claims to reveal a banking hack so you’ll “pay a big fat zero in interest”. Sadly, it’s not true. But extra payments now can save you thousands, as a finance expert explains.
Even in the best of times, managing your finances is hard. We’re told to make sure we are financially literate but what does that mean in practice? Here are seven signs you’ve got the basics.
Trauma insurance provides a benefit for life-threatening medical conditions that seriously compromise the insured person’s current and future quality of life.