Making Cents

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.

Episodes

November 10, 2024 45 mins

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, t...

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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...

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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 financia...

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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...

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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 doin...

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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.


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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 passiona...

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October 16, 2024 15 mins

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, which has kindly leant us their expert Vanessa Williams, and we’re talking about how long people actually hold on to their homes. Spoiler alert, it’s not as lo...

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Ana Kresina, financial educator and author, shares her tactics for career and investments, to get to financial independence faster.


Having enough in investments that you don’t need to work anymore sounds, frankly, hard enough for the average person. 


But what about if you’re trying to raise children as well, a notoriously expensive activity?


As always, I’m a believer that it’s possible, as long as you’ve got a strate...

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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 Enable.Me, who has kindly leant us their expert Katie Wesney, a head strategic coach, and we’re talking paying off the mortgage early. 


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Follow Frances Cook on Facebook,...

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October 6, 2024 43 mins

Cameron Wislang, founder of Big Dollar Energy budgets, shares the tricks for confidence with your money, and budgeting without missing out on life.


Budget is often a dirty word, immediately making you think of cutting back and missing out. 


But what if you used it as a way to create happiness and calm instead? 


That’s what the founder of Big Dollar Energy Budgets is all about, pushing for an approach that reduce...

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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 Kiwibank, who has kindly leant us their expert Hayley Tito, senior product manager for everyday banking, and we’re talking travel. 



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Sarah Kelsey from the OneUp Project shares the highs and lows of digital nomad life, and how she uses house sitting to make the dream a reality.


The idea of taking off to see the world, but still getting to have a career, is an enticing one, and that’s the obvious appeal behind the idea of becoming a digital nomad. 

If so many people can work from home, then why can’t you also work from anywhere but home? 

Travel is made...

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August 25, 2024 24 secs
Welcome to Making Cents, where we do exactly what it says on the tin - make the money world make sense. I'm Frances Cook, a best-selling author and award-winning journalist, who's been helping people figure out the money world for a few years now. So whether you want to invest your way to financial independence, buy your first home, or just get your spending under control, let's talk about it.

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