Your Money With Mary Holm

Investment author and columnist Mary Holm talks to Jesse Mulligan every fortnight about her top tips for how to make your money work.

Presented by Mary Holm

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Sky high rates

Have your rates gone sky high? The Mistress of Money Mary Holm says it might be time for a rates postponement.
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Interest Rate Cuts

The magical Mary talks about the current wave of interest rate cuts and how you can use them to make big progress with your mortgage.

Index Funds and ETFs

This week Mary explains index funds and ETFs; what are they and why you look at them for somewhere to invest.

What to do with your tax cut

With tax cuts looming Mary has some words of advice for what to do with that extra take-home money.

Tax Bracket Creep

Today Mary talks to Jesse about how the tax bracket creep 'robs' us. She explains the government's new tax cuts take effect from July 31 are a start to ending the bracket creep.

Checking KiwiSaver Annual Statements

Today Mary Holm talks to Mark about all things KiwiSaver and why it's important to look at your annual KiwiSaver statements.

The Loss of the KiwiSaver First Home Buyer Grant

Today Mary talks about first home buying following the loss of the Kiwisaver first home buyer grant. She has some tips about using Kiwisaver to buy a home and other options for those looking to purchase their first property.
What's the clever move to make with your mortgage?

Your Money with Mary Holm

This week Mary talks about a recent conference run by the Retirement Commission - Te Ara Ahunga Ora. It was all about planning next steps in their National Strategy for Financial Capability. Mary talks to Jesse about what that means for us.
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The cost of not giving to KiwiSaver

Today Mary talks to Jesse about the reality for a number of people balancing their finances and suspending their payments.
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Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about some important points of Kiwisaver for children and the difference it can make for them later on in life whether it's buying a home or their retirement plans.

Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary talks to Jesse about some quick tricks with numbers to help with Kiwisaver and almost any investing. She runs through what the "Rule of 72 and dollar cost averaging" is and how it can help to make investment choices.

Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary Holm talks to Jesse about the great year Kiwisaver funds have just had.
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Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary's focusing on women and money ahead of International Women's Day tomorrow. She has facts and figures on women's finances and found that women invest well in some ways but could do better.
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Your Money with Mary Holm

Today Mary talks to Mark about people's financial knowledge and some of the reasons people are choosing not to be part of the KiwiSaver scheme.

Mindful Money: a website for checking out where your KiwiSaver is invested

KiwiSaver funds are moving away from investing in harmful products, the charity Mindful Money revealed last week. Their website is a good place to check out the kind of investments your own KiwiSaver provider is involved in, says personal finance expert Mary Holm.
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