A highlight clip from the October 2022 episode "How a NZ couple used sharemarket investments to become 'work optional' in 11 years" with Ruth Henderson, from The Happy Saver. If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here, Instagram here, and Twitter here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s how to work out how much reliable income you can get from investments. Hosted by Frances Cook. One of my favourite money sayings is ‘every dollar you invest gets you closer to the day you don’t have to work anymore’. It’s no secret I’m a big fan of investing and the financial security it can bring by adding a stream of income that doesn’t rely on you heading off to work every day. But how much can you actually rely on it? How much do you need to invest before that trickle of income becomes a flood? We ran some numbers to test it.For the latest podcast I talked to Will Tieu from Goldsmith Mortgages, also known as Your Financial Engineer. If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here, Instagram here, and Twitter here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s a side hustle that could make your hundreds of dollars while only needing a few hours of your time. Hosted by Frances Cook. Earning some extra money on the side can be useful for all sorts of reasons, but it’s important to make sure it doesn’t soak up all your free time, and that it actually makes you money. After all, we don’t want to be working all hours of the day for very little return. Well, one New Zealander has found selling items online, usually just using Facebook marketplace, to be very much worth her while. She spends about three hours a week listing items, and monitoring her listings. For that, she can earn anywhere from a few hundred bucks, to a thousand dollars. Not bad if you can get it. The best part is, she’s happy to share the secrets to her success with all of us. For the latest podcast I talked to lifestyle influencer Sabby Jey. If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here, Instagram here, and Twitter here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A highlight clip from the June 2019 episode "Myth busting the golden ratio for your money", with Dr Ayesha Scott from AUT. If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here, Instagram here, and Twitter here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A highlight clip from the February 2020 episode "The common insurance mistake NZers are making", with then-Herald money editor Tamsyn Parker. If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here, Instagram here, and Twitter here.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.