Economical money tip #10
Helping you get your head around money, these tips are thrifty in size: 50 words or less for financial literacy!
Shop on a full stomach
Shopping at the supermarket should mean sticking to a prepared list and knowing how much money I’m spending. I find that hard to do but one thing I’ve learnt [...]
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Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 31, 2009
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Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 27, 2009
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Economical money tip #6
Helping you get your head around money, these tips are thrifty in size: 50 words or less for financial literacy!
Food is cheaper at home
Before you go out on the town in the weekend, eat a meal at home. You’ll save money on takeaways, you’ll be eating healthier food, you won’t be drinking [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 22, 2009
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Economical money tip #2
Helping you get your head around money, these tips are thrifty in size: 50 words or less for financial literacy!
Cash - please give me cash
Train your family and friends to give you what you want for Christmas or birthdays - money (or at a pinch, a voucher to your favourite store). No [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 14, 2009
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Money survey results are in
How would you answer the question: Have you set yourself current financial goal(s)?
Only 48% of the 12-29 year-olds in our recent money survey answered “Yes”.
Always curious, we wondered how confident that group of Gen Y are in reaching their goal(s): 76% scored themselves a 7 or higher (out of ten) in [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 12, 2009
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Money survey results are in
Have you ever learned about personal financial management at school? That was a question in the recent money survey we ran for 12-29 year-olds.
A staggering 73% of respondents reported “No” - they have not learned about money at school.
So that leaves 27% who admitted they had learnt about money at school. [...]
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 Splurger Spike
Hi! Spike here. I get first crack at this statement since this is [...]
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…
Greetings! Spike here. I actually asked to be last in this discussion - not because it only has one point to share instead of two - but because as much as I love spending money I sure know the sense behind the:
#1 way [...]
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 Spike had to say:
Don’t talk to me about my allowance! My parents have got it so totally wrong and we constantly argue about it. It does my head in.
Get this - they’ve linked my allowance to a whole list of chores. Every single week I have [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 2, 2009
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Jeepers Ashley! How can you possibly not top-up your phone account when you run out of credit, and not use your phone for some of the month? You might miss receiving the message about a ‘must-be-there’ party coming up! Having money on my phone is essential.
I know first-hand what Mike is saying about over-spending on [...]
Written By: Teen Money Expert Stuart Fleming on July 1, 2009
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Don’t scrimp and save your money to get to university, Pat… that’s what student loans are for!
I can’t wait until I finish school and start at uni, though Mum and Dad roll their eyes whenever I mention it. Not sure if they think I won’t graduate from high school or they can’t wait [...]
