Keep The Change

Luke and mikey find a great video on YouTube about the 21 one traps that we all need to be mindful of. Tune in to part one of this to learn about the different traps and how you can keep an eye out for them in your own life. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthe...

I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for some of the people who have built and sold massive businesses that have changed my life and, in turn, yours too. Let us not forget the contribution that ‘the rich’ or 'the wealthy' make in our countries and communities too. The opportunities they create from the risk they take. We don’t measure that. Let's explore! Hey thanks for listening! Please t...

Jeremy from https://super-advice.co.nz/ Joins us in the studio to tell us about what he has built for employers to enable their employee's financial well-being. Jeremy is great value and a down-to-earth person and helps thousands of employees every year get more engaged with their own finances so they can have a better financial life. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from...

They say that there's always an opportunity in a recession, so what is it? We sit down for an hour to discuss all of the opportunities that you may not be thinking about and try to teach you to start tuning your mind towards seeing each of these. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to...

Luke sits down to ask Mikey does the perfect line structure exist and if it does what is it? We look at a number of hypothetical situations that could impact how you may want to think about structuring your loan. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz...

Recently the Herald Business desk put together a list of the top 10 salaries of CEO’s in NZ. I hear and read things like:‘No job is worth more than $100,000’ ‘Tax the rich’. There are plenty of positive comments too, which is great to see. Instead of whining about how they are over paid because we don’t understand what they actually do and the responsibility they have, why don't we try to learn ab...

Well it has been the talk of the town this week as the IRD tell us that the rich aren't paying their fair share of taxes. In this podcast we will explore what this means for all of us and why so many people are up in arms and is it really has anything to do with us or is it a beat up on the rich people. Perhaps we are getting ready to introduce a capital gains tax and we need to convince people? W...

Here it is, the webinar you've been waiting for! We sit down with James Blair from lighthousefinancial.co.nz from the wealth team to discuss putting together a financial plan and all the things that we should be thinking about. This was an interactive session so you will get to the Q&A at the end as well. Enjoy! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t...

You may have seen the banks advertising cashback for your mortgage. What is this all about and when is a good time to explore for yourself? We ask Mikey all of the questions you may have given all of the markings we are currently seeing around the place from the banks. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sur...

Yay inflation is less than expected! Is it time to celebrate? I don't think so. It is great that inflation has decreased, but it’s still too high. It’s great that it was less than economists predicted, but they are always wrong. Inflation has been outside the acceptable range for 2 whole years now - have you changed your ways or been sucked into doing nothing? Hey thanks for listening! Please take...

Wrap your ears around this one as we get insights from one of over 1,000 financial mentors in New Zealand who help out people to improve their financial situation. Many of these same principles can be applied to our own finances. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Ke...

We're really sorry to let you know that you have been lied to on a number of fronts. We think it is becoming increasingly evident by all of you that everything is not what it seems. So what can we do about all of this? We dig in to figure out why more people are feeling uneasy about trying to get a head in New Zealand. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, do...

This podcast is brought to you by the good folks at Double Yolk. Double Yolk are bringing trust back to offshore software development. Check them out here: https://www.doubleyolk.com/ Mikey has hit the tonne and done over 100 Keep The Change podcasts. He sits down to explain to us what he's got an out of it and also why he does it. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from thi...

There are a lot of chats at the moment around the collapse of the US dollar. Luke and Mikey provide some thoughts on what this means, how it may impact you and whether you are actually going to take any action or just be able to say I told you so. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to...

If we were to be given a large stack of money, the first thing most people would do is pay off their mortgage. Maybe this is due to a guaranteed return on paying off debt? The trap we feel by the regular repayment? The goal of being mortgage free? For each it will be different. But with $20million sitting in the bank, surely things would change? Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of a...

Last week we discussed the fact that the economy is highly likely to now be in a recession. There is no ‘growth’ and it is contracting. I’ve seen social media comments about the economy going backward and that means that people feel less hope about their future. My question is, did you measure yours? Yeah, your economy? That’s a great economy to be more concerned with. Hey thanks for listening! Pl...

Scotty from SMProperty.co.nz joins us to tell us about how he helps first home buyers get on the property ladder and he also takes us through his journey going from 0 to 10 properties and the ups and downs along the way. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechan...

Have you ever wondered what happens when you separate from a relationship in terms of your finance? Today we speak to a experienced divorce lawyer about contracting out agreement relationship property and all things that we should be thinking about when in relationships. You do not want to miss this one. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a c...

Oh my god the reserve bank just increase the OCR for the 11th straight time. Mikey and Luke sit down to figure out exactly what this means and if we should be freaking out or if this is just business as usual. Don't miss this one. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via K...

Will it replace the pension? Will the government take it off of us? Will it lead to a NZ infrastructure boom? Luke & Rupert (Kōura Wealth) sit down to talk about the way Kiwisaver is heading and what we might be able to expect from it over the next 40 years. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’r...

You heard what we do if we won $20 million on lotto, now it's time to find out what the Keep The Change readers would do. We asked on Instagram and here are everybody's answers. Hint: A lot of you would pay down your mortgage and clear your family debt. Get stuck in. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure...

At this time of the year I like to sit down and compare where I am now to where I was 12 months ago. I'll explain exactly how I do this and why the month end process is so important to do this as well as use this as a time to think about where you've come from and where you're heading to next. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, be...

In March Stats NZ told is that Gross domestic product (GDP) fell 0.6% in the December 2022 quarter. This means we are 1/2 way to a recession. Or maybe we are the whole way? A technical recession is 2 quarters of negative growth. 1 down, 1 to come. The second quarter is March 2022 which actually finishes today. Guess what? We won’t get that data until June. Hey thanks for listening! Please take som...

We run you through the hypothetical situation that we win $20 million and take you through the exact steps we would take, what will be thinking about, and maybe even what toys we would buy. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a producer! Make sure you’re subscribed to Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly...

Mikey is one of the best mortgage advisors in the country and has numerous awards. He sits down to tell us the exact process he takes his clients through when it comes to getting a mortgage. This will help you if this is something that you are looking to do in the following 24 months. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer, become a pr...