Cooking the Books with Frances Cook
457 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEach week the New Zealand Herald and BusinessDesk's Cooking the Books tackles a different money problem. Hosted by Frances Cook.
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Cooking the Books: Is debt ever a good idea?
April 26, 2017 02:10 - 11 minutes - 21.9 MBOPINION: Each week, the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Hosted by Frances Cook. We're a nation with a debt problem. Many New Zealand borrowers have debt that's up to 12 times the amount they earn in a year. You can argue that a certain amount of debt is a good thing. But banking bosses warn that ideally we shouldn't have debt of more than seven times what we earn in a year. So, we're way over. It's so bad that just this month, Australia...
Cooking the Books: Investing for rookies
April 19, 2017 00:40 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBOPINION: Each week, the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to start investing when you're a rookie. Hosted by Frances Cook. I am a wage slave. I clock into work for a certain number of hours every day, and I am paid in return for those hours. If I was to be fired unexpectedly, I'd be in big trouble. Get into an accident that means I can't work? Big trouble. Or, in a few decades from now when I want to retire, I'd currently ...
Cooking the Books: Investing for rookies
April 19, 2017 00:40 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MBOPINION: Each week, the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to start investing when you're a rookie. Hosted by Frances Cook. I am a wage slave. I clock into work for a certain number of hours every day, and I am paid in return for those hours. If I was to be fired unexpectedly, I'd be in big trouble. Get into an accident that means I can't work? Big trouble. Or, in a few decades from now when I want to retire, I'd currently ...
Cooking the Books: Is your boss ripping you off?
April 12, 2017 03:34 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBOPINION: Each week, the Herald/Newstalk ZB's new Cooking The Books podcast will tackle a different money problem. Today's looks at older people and women being paid less for their work, on average. So what can employees do? Hosted by Frances Cook. Pay gaps are real, and they're not fair. Whether it's because of your gender, your age or some other fun form of discrimination, there are employers out there who will try to exploit you. They're more common than you think. Information given to ...
Cooking the Books: Is your boss ripping you off?
April 12, 2017 03:34 - 11 minutes - 21.2 MBOPINION: Each week, the Herald/Newstalk ZB's new Cooking The Books podcast will tackle a different money problem. Today's looks at older people and women being paid less for their work, on average. So what can employees do? Hosted by Frances Cook. Pay gaps are real, and they're not fair. Whether it's because of your gender, your age or some other fun form of discrimination, there are employers out there who will try to exploit you. They're more common than you think. Information given to ...
Cooking The Books: What to buy when you can't buy a house
April 06, 2017 01:59 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBOPINION: Each week, the Herald/Newstalk ZB's new Cooking The Books podcast will tackle a different money problem. Today, it's what first-home buyers can do if they're feeling locked out of the market. Hosted by Frances Cook. You might have noticed a lot of people are talking about housing right now. There's helpful advice being given, like "toughen up and join the army", or "give up brunch on the weekend, and make more sacrifices". Well, thanks for being condescending, but neither of those pi...
Cooking The Books: What to buy when you can't buy a house
April 06, 2017 01:59 - 11 minutes - 20.7 MBOPINION: Each week, the Herald/Newstalk ZB's new Cooking The Books podcast will tackle a different money problem. Today, it's what first-home buyers can do if they're feeling locked out of the market. Hosted by Frances Cook. You might have noticed a lot of people are talking about housing right now. There's helpful advice being given, like "toughen up and join the army", or "give up brunch on the weekend, and make more sacrifices". Well, thanks for being condescending, but neither of those pi...