Economical money tip #15
Helping you get your head around money, these tips are thrifty in size: 50 words or less for financial literacy!
Buy off-season
There is ego involved in buying stuff. Shops tease us with latest designs, styles and colours, imploring us to ‘buy now!’ Yet there is heaps of money to be saved in waiting [...]
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Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on August 5, 2009
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Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on August 1, 2009
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Economical money tip #11
Helping you get your head around money, these tips are thrifty in size: 50 words or less for financial literacy!
Money habits can cost lots
My Mum has a money habit: buying a muffin with her coffee - every time. Dad buys popcorn and drinks with our movie tickets - every time. I tend [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 28, 2009
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Economical money tip #7
Helping you get your head around money, these tips are thrifty in size: 50 words or less for financial literacy!
Borrow instead of buy
I love the library. That’s not to say I don’t buy new books occasionally, but making full use of the free library service is awesome. Even the odd ‘overdue fee’ [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 23, 2009
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Economical money tip #3
Helping you get your head around money, these tips are thrifty in size: 50 words or less for financial literacy!
Cold wash saves money
Spending money on hot water for your laundry? I’m suspicious as to why so many garments insist I use hot water (or even dry cleaning!) when they survive perfectly in [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 16, 2009
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Money survey results are in
The number one money-worry voiced by the respondents to our money survey for 12-29 year-olds can be summed up by this:
“I will never have enough to achieve what I want.”
Answers to the question What makes you most nervous about money? included:
That I will never be out of debt and doing things [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 13, 2009
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Money survey results are in
We asked the 12-29 year-olds in our recent money survey to rate their confidence in three financial areas, using the 1 (”Nervous as!”) to 10 (”Supremely confident”) scoring system.
Earning money
59% of respondents gave themselves a 7 or higher for their confidence in earning money. 22% chose a 4 or lower.
Managing their [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 2, 2009
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“Our son is hopeless at managing money and I fear he’s going to just spend his loan and overdraft and we’ll end up having to bail him out.” Concerned parent.
What to do if your parents think you are financially hopeless
…according to Scaredy-Cat Pat
My parents don’t think I’m financially illiterate - they KNOW I am. And [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 2, 2009
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Money can wind up in a teen’s pocket in a number of ways…
Gosh, Ashley and Mike seem to know lots about money. I hope I can share a couple of useful points without putting you to sleep!
#5: borrow / credit
This is one of the main reasons my parents fight about money. I don’t know the [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 2, 2009
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Should parents give their children an allowance?
This is what Pat had to say:
I know some of my friends get a regular allowance, and others don’t. Some complain they don’t receive enough, yet I know they get heaps more than the person next to them in class. I wonder what would happen if allowances were regulated [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 2, 2009
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Over-spending on your mobile phone gives you a fright, doesn’t it Mike?
I’ve just about given up on ever knowing which the best option for my money is… I first had a pre-pay phone (like Ashley suggested) but continually topping up my balance was a pain. I always seemed to run out of credit just when [...]
