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Jonny McNamee

Jonny McNamee

Adviser spotlight: meet Jonny McNamee, the adviser who loves a good puzzle, a clean fairway, and the feeling when clients finally exhale
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The Liquidity Line: Distinguishing Net Worth from True Financial Wealth

The Liquidity Line: Distinguishing Net Worth from True Financial Wealth

What separates poor and rich millionaires? Liquidity
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NZ House Prices Likely to Rise

NZ House Prices Likely to Rise

New Zealand’s favourite investment, residential property, is probably about to resume its upward price trajectory
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Joseph Darby

Joseph Darby

Meet the CEO of Become Wealth
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The Money Mistakes That Keep High Income Earners from Financial Freedom

The Money Mistakes That Keep High Income Earners from Financial Freedom

The 9 biggest financial mistakes high income earners make, and how to avoid them
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Investments You Can Own Forever

Investments You Can Own Forever

Six investments you can own forever, and some you shouldn’t
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Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your Forties, Fifties, and Sixties

Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your Forties, Fifties, and Sixties

Seven of the worst financial mistakes to avoid in your 40s, 50s, and 60s
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Stocks Versus Real Estate

Stocks Versus Real Estate

Is it better to invest in real estate or shares?
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The Best Investments in a Recession

The Best Investments in a Recession

8 of the best investments to make during a downturn
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What is Investment Risk?

What is Investment Risk?

Risk is defined as the potential for uncontrolled loss of something of value. The biggest investment risk is one you might not have even considered: you.
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What to Do When Your Investment Value Falls

What to Do When Your Investment Value Falls

7 things you can do when your investment value falls
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Cash Savings Are Trash

Cash Savings Are Trash

Tumbling interest rates cause more punishment for savers as borrowers celebrate
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Marcus Mannering

Marcus Mannering

Adviser spotlight: meet Marcus Mannering, a guiding hand at Become Wealth
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The Power of Split-Banking

The Power of Split-Banking

Splitting your banking needs can pay off, here’s how
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Is Your Money Safe in a New Zealand Bank?

Is Your Money Safe in a New Zealand Bank?

New Zealand’s Depositor Compensation Scheme (DCS) explained
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What is a non-bank lender?

What is a non-bank lender?

Non-bank lenders are becoming more mainstream and can be a great solution for those who might not otherwise be able to obtain lending.
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How the Rich Spend Their Money in 2025

How the Rich Spend Their Money in 2025

Seven ways the rich spend their money - and what you can learn from them
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The worst mistakes to avoid in a market downturn

The worst mistakes to avoid in a market downturn

Four mistakes to avoid during a market downturn, and what to do instead
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Can You Afford to Live to 100?

Can You Afford to Live to 100?

The hidden costs and reality of growing older
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The Biggest Investing Mistake

The Biggest Investing Mistake

Why emotion is the enemy of investing
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Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your Twenties and Thirties

Financial Mistakes to Avoid in Your Twenties and Thirties

Six financial mistakes to avoid in your twenties and thirties
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The biggest millennial money mistake

The biggest millennial money mistake

Which could be better described as a mistake by their parents – from the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad
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Early Retirement Pitfalls – And How to Avoid Them

Early Retirement Pitfalls – And How to Avoid Them

Avoid these early retirement pitfalls.
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Making Retirement Draw-Down Work for You

Making Retirement Draw-Down Work for You

A how-to guide to spending your life savings in retirement
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Open Banking is the NZ Financial Data Revolution You Didn’t Know You Needed

Open Banking is the NZ Financial Data Revolution You Didn’t Know You Needed

The quiet revolution in your wallet
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Why Retiring Early Beats Retiring Wealthy

Why Retiring Early Beats Retiring Wealthy

Early retirement is better than retiring rich (well, nearly always)
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Learn to Spend in Retirement

Learn to Spend in Retirement

Here’s a common problem that hits many retirees. Spending. Retirees work their whole life to reach this point, then can sometimes let fear and anxiety crash the retirement party.
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SKI Season: 5 Smart Reasons to Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance (SKI)

SKI Season: 5 Smart Reasons to Spend Your Kids’ Inheritance (SKI)

How to SKI without running out
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What Is The Reserve Bank of New Zealand?

What Is The Reserve Bank of New Zealand?

And why should you care?
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Where Next for Investment Markets?

Where Next for Investment Markets?

Share markets are at all-time highs, what should you do?
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Have a Long and Awesome Life

Have a Long and Awesome Life

Be healthy and prosper, tips from the head of the Harvard Department of Nutrition
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A Great Summer on a Budget

A Great Summer on a Budget

11 tips to have a great summer without blowing the bank.
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How to Avoid Supermarket Rip-Offs

How to Avoid Supermarket Rip-Offs

28 rip-offs to avoid, so you can have more left in your bank account after your next supermarket shop
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Lifestyle Creep: A Complete Guide

Lifestyle Creep: A Complete Guide

6 ways to avoid the lethal financial trap of lifestyle creep, and when we should embrace it, instead
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Loan to Value Ratios (LVR) in New Zealand: Everything You Need to Know

Loan to Value Ratios (LVR) in New Zealand: Everything You Need to Know

Understand LVRs, and how LVR changes impact borrowers, investors, and the housing market
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Save money on toilet paper

Save money on toilet paper

6 tips and tricks to save on the panic-buyers’ favourite item
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Mortgage Lending on the Rise: Will NZ House Prices Increase?

Mortgage Lending on the Rise: Will NZ House Prices Increase?

Mortgage lending is surging, what that might mean for you
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How To Live within Your Means and Still Enjoy Life

How To Live within Your Means and Still Enjoy Life

Living within your means doesn’t mean depriving yourself of fun, but rather being more responsible with your money so you can construct a great life for your ‘future self’.
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Don’t Save Money

Don’t Save Money

You may have heard the old saying that ‘cash is king’. Once upon a time, this was a true statement. Since then, cash has been toppled from the throne.
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The Proven Way to Become Wealthy in 2025

The Proven Way to Become Wealthy in 2025

There is a near certain way to become wealthy that doesn’t involve the lotto, an inheritance, or a get rich quick scheme: simply invest for long enough...
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