Your Money With Mary Holm

Investment author and columnist Mary Holm talks to Jesse Mulligan every fortnight about her top tips for how to make your money work.

Hosted by Mary Holm and Jesse Mulligan

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Fortnightly Thursdays at 3.15pm on RNZ National

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Dividend Reinvestment

Mary talks to Jesse about dividend reinvestment and how to grow your shareholdings painlessly. The idea is that instead of shareholders being given a cash dividend they are given more shares instead.
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The worrying state of finances for over 65's

This week Mary talks to Jesse about the worrying state of the finances for the over 65 age group in New Zealand. She's been looking at the latest data in the Retirement Commission's report which is released every three years.
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Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary talks to Jesse about the emails she received from people explaining who they would gift one of her two books to!

Three types of "clever" mortgages

Today Mary talks about three types of mortgages she's describing as clever.
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Which funds are the best at different life stages

Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about which funds, in and out of Kiwisaver, are best at different life stages. She says it's less about age than it is about how you will spend the money and risk tolerance.
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Should you fix your mortgage right now?

Today Mary talks to Jesse about mortgages and whether or not you should be fixing them while there's such volatility with interest rates. She also discusses ways to split your risk with investments in these uncertain times, such as diversifying your investing.

Financial Markets Authority report on KiwiSaver

Today Mary talks to Jesse about the Financial Markets Authority report on KiwiSaver. She also answers a question from a retired listener who has lost a substantial amount of money from her Kiwisaver in the past 10 months and wonders what she should change to stop the losses.

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What do the KiwiSaver numbers all mean

Today Mary talks to Jesse about the range of numbers around in terms of Kiwisaver and what they all mean. She also recommends using the Sorted KiwiSaver calculator to help work out what messages they are sending.

How to get an income from your assets

Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about whether retired people can "eat their houses". She's exploring the idea that many retirees are short of cash but own very valuable homes. She has some ideas on how to get an income from your assets.
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Animal Investors

This week Mary talks about what we can learn from animal investors.
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Growing women's financial wellbeing

Mary talks today about growing women's financial wellbeing. She's been at at Financial Council summit on women and finances which was looking closely at the gender retirement gap. Mary shares what was discussed at that session. If you are in the Wairarapa and want to hear more of what Mary has to say about finances and Kiwisaver, she's due to speak at the Caterton Event Centre next week.

Listener questions on KiwiSaver

Today Mary Holm answers questions from listeners who're concerned about their Kiwisaver balances going down and when they should consider changing out their funds.
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How to curb spending when the cost of living rises

Today Mary Holm's shifting her focus away from the woes of current Kiwisaver accounts to ways of curbing spending as the cost of living rises and mortgage interest rates increase.
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Are KiwiSaver Funds good value for money?

This week Mary Holm is tackling the issue of whether or not Kiwisaver Funds are good value for money and what you can do about it if they're not.
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Listener questions on KiwiSaver worries

Today Mary Holm talks about the worries listeners have about their Kiwisaver accounts right now.
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