Making Cents

Frances Cook
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Making Cents

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    Brodie Kane on the pros and cons of buying a house with a friend

    TV presenter Brodie Kane shares her co-ownership journey, and what she learned from hosting the new TV series On The Ladder with Kiwibank. Buying a house is far from easy, because let’s be honest, they’re expensive Building up a deposit, getting approval from the bank, then keeping paying it off, it’s all a bit of a mountain to climb Not to mention, if something goes wrong with the house, you’re now in charge and have to figure repairs, maintenance, and all the other very adult stuff.  Well some people are teaming up to make these problems less scary.  Rather than buying with a romantic partner, you could buy in with family, or friends. Big commitment there, but for some, the only way to get into property.  So what can go right and wrong with this, and how do you do it smartly?  Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min

  2. 4 DAYS AGO

    Your questions, answered: Why I quit, best investing strategy?

    Frances Cook answers the questions that you sent in, in a solo episode covering the best investing strategies, and why she launched her own business. This week, it’s something a little different.  Things have changed around here recently, and I know that’s left people with a few questions.  So I opened things up through social media to say, what are the questions on your mind?  Everytjing from investing strategies, to why I quit my old job, came through.  So… let’s whip through and give you some answers.  Questions in this episode: Is there any hope for people just starting out to achieve Financial Independence? Advice for 26yo you? Is there a way to get your kiwisaver out without buying a house? Other investment schemes are better. What small things can I do to kick off investing when I don’t have a lot of money at all?  Financial book recommendations? Are you scared to start your own business in a recession? What was your full time job before?  What happened to Cooking the Books? I loved it! Do you miss writing about non-financial topics?  How do you personally manage the currency risk of your investments? Do you buy hedged products? How is your hair so shiny? What’s your favourite luxury product you’ll never scrimp on? Mine’s fancy toilet roll.  Just listened to the episode about how to pay off your home loan faster and it was fantastic and made so much sense. But what about for people who maybe can only save couple of thousand a year? Not really enough to warrant floating, or is it? Or what if you’re just a terrible saver (asking for a friend) or live almost week to week? How much difference does using a mortgage offset actually make? How many ETFs is good. And if you can’t buy a house, what’s the next best thing to do please.  Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    45 min

  3. 6 NOV

    Decoding the housing market's alphabet soup

    Welcome to Ask the Experts, where each week we talk to people in the industry to get the inside word on what’s happening right now, and what that means for the tactics that you should use to make the most of your money. This week I’ve partnered up with realestate.co.nz, who has kindly leant us their expert Vanessa Williams, and we’re talking all of those acronyms that turn into alphabet soup when you’re just trying to figure out what’s going on in the property world. So today... we're jargon busting. Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min

  4. 3 NOV

    The no BS strategy for budgeting, investment, and ditching debt

    Glen James, author of The Quick-Start Guide to Investing and host of the Money Money Money podcast, talks money pitfalls and how to invest successfully. Learning how to invest has to be one of the top questions I get in my inbox each week.  And I love investing - it’s one of the fun parts of taking control of your money, to see it grow as well.  But of course there are pitfalls, and you need to have your financial house in order before you give it a whirl.  So how do you avoid the bear traps? Let’s talk to someone who’s ready to drop… more than a few truth bombs.  Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 8m

  5. 30 OCT

    How to avoid being tricked about what's in your investments

    Welcome to Ask the Experts, where each week we talk to people in the industry to get the inside word on what’s happening right now, and what that means for the tactics that you should use to make the most of your money. This week we’ve partnered up with AMP, which has kindly leant us their expert Kate Brownsey, a sustainable investment analyst, and we’re talking about greenwashing and how to avoid being tricked by it... because nobody likes that. Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 min

  6. 27 OCT

    How financial freedom can lead to a career change

    Natasha Etschmann, as known as Tash Invests, shares how investing into stocks and the sharemarket created the opportunity to move from working in health, to running her own business. When you think about starting your own business, the usual advice is to take what you already do for work, and turn it into something you can do on your own. So what if an opportunity comes along that’s totally different to what you’ve been doing until now? That’s what happened to Tash Invests, otherwise known as Natasha Etschmann. One minute she was working as a support worker, finishing her studies to become a full-time occupational therapy worker, and the next her videos about her savings and investments were blowing up online. Making the leap from health, to finance and content creation, is a fairly big one. But she eventually decided, it was time to at least try. Here’s how she made it work. Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min

  7. 23 OCT

    Quick Hit: Instagram versus reality, for digital nomad life

    A highlight clip from the September 30th episode, "How house sitting with alpacas turned into a digital nomad dream", with Sarah Kelsey from the OneUp Project. Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    6 min

  8. 20 OCT

    From professional poker, to a podcast empire: the realities of starting a business in the internet age

    Steve Holloway and Seamus Marten from Between Two Beers share what it takes to make a business work in the internet age. In some ways, it’s never been easier to start a business. But it’s one thing to start a business, and another to keep it running and making money.  Many entrepreneurs start out in an area that they’re passionate about, but soon realise they have to wear a lot of other hats too that they’re not so passionate about, in order to get the business off the ground.  People might see your business selling one thing, but what they don’t see is the strategy behind the scenes, the marketing, the accounts, the taxes, ugh the taxes.  So what does it take to be in business now, and does making use of the online world make it easier, or harder?  Well, there’s a couple of New Zealanders smashing this right now, so I figured it was time to pick their brains.  Links Follow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly money tip in your inbox each week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 1m
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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Frances Cook
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
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    © Frances Cook
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