Rnz: Your Money With Mary Holm

Financial journalist and author Mary Holm and Jesse discuss some research on why people are not in KiwiSaver. Many of their reasons, although not all, are not really valid.

Financial journalist and seminar presenter talks about the best way to invest in shares. She's also giving two talks at the Tauranga Arts Festival on Sunday 3 November.

Financial journalist and author, Mary Holm participated in The Mindful Money Conference in Auckland this week and discusses some of the key points raised.

How often do you think about insurance, do you even have insurance and if you do is it the right type of insurance for your situation? Is the cover adequate? 

Financial journalist and author Mary Holm discusses the factors that most affect your KiwiSaver growth.

Financial journalist and author Mary Holm looks at your options in a rising share market - should you get out or stay in? And if you stay in - what should your approach be?

Mary talks ethical investment.

Financial journalist and author Mary Holm talks about how KiwiSaver has reached two milestones.

Financial journalist and author Mary Holm looks today at understanding risk and return. In a recent ASB survey, people were asked "which type of savings or investment product gives the best return?" and given a list of possible answers.

Financial journalist and author Mary Holm is our regular money expert and today she's looking specifically at investments. 

Mary Holm offers insights from conference on retirement income policies at the University of Auckland’s Retirement Policy and Research Centre.

Financial columnist and author Mary Holm answers two listeners' questions about shares and warns listeners about the dangers of insider trading

KiwiSaver is getting more flexible, and opening its doors to those over 65 - although not completely. Mary Holm explains what it all means.

Having some money that you can easily access when things go wrong is one of the most important aspects of managing your finances. 

Couples often differ over money - and unless you can deal with them, such differences will at least create tensions, and sometimes cause breakups.

Mary explains a bit about an online tool called Smart Investor, which has been created to give financial information to everyday New Zealanders

Mary discusses three ways to play with numbers. The first is dollar cost averaging. The second is the rule of 72. The third is what happens if you have 40 years in KiwiSaver. 

Have KiwiSaver concerns? RNZ listeners share theirs with personal finance advisor Mary Holm, asking if it's better to switch funds when their KiwiSaver balance falls, whether to move KiwiSaver money to term deposits in retirement, how self-employed people can make the most of KiwiSaver and how to tell if their fund is low or high-risk.

In Mary's last segment with Jesse, she asked listeners to send in questions. The best five questions are answered in this segment.

In Mary's new book, Rich Enough? A laid-back guide for every Kiwi, she writes about eight steps to get your finances sorted. She talks with Jesse about why it's best to do it in steps.