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We take you through more of Keep The Change's listeners' financial stories to both learn and be inspired by you amazing people. You won't want to miss 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 Money Mail via Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson on money and financial li...

Recently I bought a PIE fund and I’m not talking steak and cheese ones. I had a bit of spare cash sitting in a bank account and I wanted to ‘make my money work for me’ and am always looking for ways for my money to have babies and help subsidise my life/costs. I considered a Term Deposit where I deposit my money for a set term and in return get given a % for doing so. Then I thought about a PIE Fu...

In this episode we tune in with Angela Strang who has 'retired' by the age of 35. We ask how the hell that is possible and what it even means! Angela takes us through the ups and downs of investing in property and what she’s up to now that she’s ‘retired’. 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 subs...

Luke sits down with James from Lighthouse financial to understand how they go about financial planning for their clients and the exact process that they take people through as well as some tips and tricks all of us could learn from. if you want to explore doing some financial planning with your team follow this link: https://lighthousefinancial.co.nz/lighthouse-wealth/ Hey thanks for listening! Pl...

Luke joins the Lighthouse Financial crew to discuss why term deposits are being spoken about again and why he recently plonked some money into a PIE fund for tax advantages. 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 lesson on money...

People are saying this recession could be about using your balance sheet. In this episode we discuss what a balance sheet is and how it's not just for businesses to be thinking about. These are solutions to get you thinking about getting through a recession. 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 su...

A reader reached out to me with what they did when they found themselves as a solo parent, with 2 young kids (2 and 5) and I thought I would share this with you. This is their journey to get through the 'season' they found themselves in and bounce back to be at their best again. This one is massively inspiring. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just...

This week we've had a new official cash rate announcement from the reserve bank of New Zealand and it with the recent events around New Zealand shit this is not looking good. This is everything you need to know and be thinking about and how as a country we might deal with what we have to pay for. Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just be a consumer,...

Luke sits down with Adam Stewart from Compound Wealth to find out what's happening in the stock market and whose Kiwi saver will be performing the best as he takes us through the top performers of the market recently. If you would like Adams team to have a look at a specific recommendation for you and your Kiwi Saver jump on the website and use the following link. https://www.compoundwealth.co.nz/...

Luke joins Mike and James on the Cheque & Balances podcast for his debut. He spits out some wild predictions for 2023 that should see him completely wrong and never invited back on the podcast. Tune in to see what all 3 of them predict for 2023. Enjoy! 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 subs...

The man who broke the Internet with his savings methodology popped by to explain to us how he removed thousands of dollars of costs from his annual expenses by simply comparing the likes of his Internet, phone, power, insurance, etc and we dive into the psychology of money plus a lot more. Do not miss this one! Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action from this content, don’t just...

Mikey is on the hunt for new mortgage advisors and would love to have a chat with you if you are interested. Before you do, listen to this podcast and see if you would be a good fit for Guardiansmith.co.nz 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 rec...

When I grew up I grasped the concept of working hard. It made sense to me and I applied this to every job I got. But then I learnt we need to 'work smart'. What the hell did this mean? I had to study this and now I get it. In this episode I will explain why 'adding value' is the more guaranteed way to get ahead and back it up with a law + by one of the richest people in the world. Hey thanks for l...

We are taught to save 10% of everything we earn but will this keep us thinking too small? In this Money Mail we will explore different ways to increase the percentage of the amount we save and how we’ve become to accept paying the government more than we save. 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...

We dig into the latest report from Centrix to have a look at the data and see what it tells us in terms of people not being able to pay for the loans like buy now pay later and their credit cards. 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...

You asked for it so here it is. Your submitted habits of rich people after the last podcast about poor people. Enjoy and don't get triggered. 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 lesson on money and financial literacy. Stay clo...

Mikey Breaks down how you can actually change your mindset as he is sick of hearing people saying "you just need to change your mindset". Here is his methodology of exactly what you need to do in order to change now. 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.c...

It is no surprise that 2023 sounds like it could be a challenging year. This podcast will help you get ready and prosper during what could be a tricky year for a lot of people but not for you. 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 week...

Last week, I sat down with a Kiwi looking to completely transform an industry. One of my favourite parts of my role is getting to speak to Kiwis who want to do something BIG. Luke Nicholls is one of the young fellas behind Keyhook, which is built to help landlords better manage their rental property. It literally does everything a property manager does but for a fraction of the price & via tec...

Mikey and Luke sit down to review an article that opposes the earlier article we discussed about how being wealthy could just be a matter of mindset. You want to tune in for 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 Keepthechange.co.nz to receive our weekly lesson...

Mikey and Luke sit down to have a look at what the flood could mean financially for the economy and Mikey also tells us exactly why he increase his insurance preparing for this exact event and he's surprised other people didn't too. 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...

Imagine completely disrupting the countries property management market? That’s what Luke and his team from Keyhook are doing. Check out this Kiwi tech story that is only just getting started but has plans to end up international. This one is very inspiring. 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 sub...

If you’ve been worried about your house price, shares or KiwiSaver, you’re not the only one. In the first nine months of 2022, household net worth dropped by $179.4 billion (7.4)%. When Statistics NZ release the December 2022 data you could be pretty sure it would have dropped again. Perhaps kiwis will have lost $225billion plus in 2022? Hey thanks for listening! Please take some form of action fr...

Mikey is back in the studio to talk about recent inflation data. What it means, what we are seeing, and what you need to be thinking about including whether people are borrowing and everything in between. 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 rece...

Recently we asked you to share your financial story and we sit down to read through 10 of these as part of a series of learning from other keep the change list is to find out more about the financial journey and be inspired by it. 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...