This year I have again volunteered for the Financial Planning Associations's Ask an Expert program. Following is one of the questions I just received and my answer. The question Hello Matt, my …
Up to $500,000 in school fees per child
Figures released by the Australian Scholarships Group suggest that the cost of educating your child could be up to $500,000 if you send them to the top private schools. Given that annual fees start …
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How much you should spend on your next house
These days I rarely read a non-fiction book cover-to-cover, instead I flick through to grab key ‘big ideas’ to evolve my thinking. In the past year one book I delightfully read in full was …
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Better budgeting
Cue Skyhooks tune... Budget...is not a...dirty word! Budget...is not a...dirty word! Once on live TV I was challenged to come up with a better word for a budget. The interviewer felt the word was …
How to easily save 5% on your groceries
Groceries are one of the largest costs in most people’s budget, costing around 17 percent of average household spending. (Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics Household Expenditure Survey.) In my …
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Save your Easter eggs for success
In a study conducted at Stanford University children were left in a room, each with a marshmallow, and given a choice of eating it then or fifteen minutes later, when they were promised a marshmallow …