Money, Investing, Wealth Blog by Tracey Edwards
Ahh, the Australian dream of owning your own property. I’ve owned two houses over the years and I have to say, it’s overrated, not to mention hella expensive (there is more than just the mortgage payment you have to worry about, believe me). So now I choose to rent. It is much less stress and hassle […]
There was a time not too long ago, shortly after I’d had my second child, that money became tight. This was something new to me as I’d always been pretty good with money. But life with a mortgage, rising utility bills, and now two kids to look after, left us living paycheck to paycheck. But […]
In my last post, I talked about how much of a fan I was of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). If you missed that post, in short, the two biggest benefits of investing in ETFs was diversification and access to international stock markets. There were other advantages too, like easy access to the funds via the […]
When I started investing in the stock market, exchange traded funds weren’t a thing. We had managed (mutual) funds (*) that you could invest through a fund manager, or you had stocks of single companies that you invested directly. (*) Quick note: Managed funds and mutual funds are the same thing. In Australia we call […]
Having a budget is an excellent start to building wealth, but what if you haven’t been shown how to stick to a budget? Budgets might come naturally to some people, but it actually isn’t common for most people to use one. (That’s why most people don’t). But instead of focusing on why people fail (which isn’t […]