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Making Cents

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 Monday we have the week"s feature interview, with someone who"s done something interesting with their money. From paying off a mountain of debt,

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1:02:09

The secret to making money doing what you love

Making Cents ·

2024/12/08

Pepper Raccoon, artist and merch designer, shares her tactics for creating a proper living out of being an artist. There’s a common belief that when you’re making career choices, you have to choose between doing what you love, or making money.While that’s sometimes true, it’s doesn’t have to be true.Even creatives, the ones most famous for becoming starving artists, can find systems to make a living without selling out to the man.It does, however, take a strategy. After all, if it was easy, everyone

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26:41

Christmas cash: How listeners are being money smart...

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2024/12/04

Frances Cook shares listener tips for being money smart over Christmas, for everything from presents, to food, and bringing in extra cash to fund it all. LinksFollow 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.

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47:35

“I regret paying off my mortgage early” - financial...

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2024/12/01

Nick Carr, financial analyst from Your Money Blueprint, shares why he regrets paying off his mortgage early, and the numbers behind why he would have invested into shares instead. Paying off the mortgage early is a good thing… right?Well, one New Zealander worked hard to do that, and then decided, he’d actually shot himself in the foot.When a big accident happened, the money he’d sunk into the mortgage wasn’t available, when he could have done with some cash savings to get through a tough

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18:17

When is it a bad idea to put more into KiwiSaver?

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2024/11/27

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, client adviser Devon Walen, and we’re talking about if there are times when putting more into your KiwiSaver can actually be a bad idea.LinksFollow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join

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BONUS: How do you talk to your kids about money?

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2024/11/25

Frances Cook talks kids and money with Chris Chang, on TVNZ's Breakfast.Last week I was on TVNZ’s Breakfast, talking to Chris Chang about some strategies to talk to your kids about money. Particularly with Christmas coming up, can it be a present? What’s the best way to go about it? I get these questions in my inbox all the time, and the Breakfast team were nice enough to say I could put the audio up here as well, for you to listen to.Enjoy.LinksFollow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok,

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42:53

How this SAHM manages skyrocketing grocery costs for...

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2024/11/24

Rachel Leutele, also known as the Savvy Saver, shares her tips for staying on a budget as a family, and changing your money to prioritise life.Becoming a stay at home mum is something that many people would like to do, but don’t necessarily have the funds for.It’s easy to think it’s only possible if one of the parents has a six figure income.But this mum, fresh out of getting her law degree, decided she wanted to make the stay at home mum life work even if it meant being on a string bean

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13:24

How to make your bank account work harder for you

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2024/11/20

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, which has kindly leant us their expert Hayley Tito, senior product manager for everyday banking, and we’re talking about the different bank accounts that can make the most of your money.LinksFollow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and

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17:55

BONUS: Is crypto about to boom?

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2024/11/18

Frances Cook talks cryptocurrency with Jim Mora, on RNZ's Sunday Morning.You might have noticed that there was a fairly significant election recently, with Donald Trump once again about to be President of the US. Well this has impacted all sorts of things, including the financial world, and one of those big impacts has been on crypto. In true Trump style, he’s done a 180, going from calling it a scam in 2021, to now starting his own cryptocurrency, and saying that the US government is going to boost

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48:55

From women’s refuge to financial freedom at 33

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2024/11/17

Angela Strang, property investor and business owner, shares her tips for reaching financial independence. Sometimes a difficult experience early in life will shape you, for better or worse.For Angela, it was an early experience of finding herself as a child with her family in women’s refuge, that made her determined she would create financial stability for herself, and any future family that she had.So as a young adult she looked for highly paid jobs, and funneled that into property investments.But

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34:52

Brodie Kane on the pros and cons of buying a house...

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2024/11/13

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 expensiveBuilding up a deposit, getting approval from the bank, then keeping paying it off, it’s all a bit of a mountain to climbNot 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

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45:01

Your questions, answered: Why I quit, best investing...

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2024/11/10

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

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21:01

Decoding the housing market's alphabet soup

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2024/11/06

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

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1:08:17

The no BS strategy for budgeting, investment, and...

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2024/11/03

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

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19:36

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

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2024/10/30

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.LinksFollow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and

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45:34

How financial freedom can lead to a career change

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2024/10/27

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

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6:25

Quick Hit: Instagram versus reality, for digital...

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2024/10/23

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. LinksFollow 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.

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1:00:58

From professional poker, to a podcast empire: the...

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2024/10/20

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

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15:30

Is the forever home no more?

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2024/10/16

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 long as you might think!LinksFollow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and

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51:51

The key to reaching financial independence while...

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2024/10/13

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 strategy.Today’s guest has that same belief. She heard about the financial independence

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19:18

The underrated way to pay off the mortgage early

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2024/10/09

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.LinksFollow Frances Cook on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, or join the Money Memo newsletter for a free weekly

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