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Pay Extra On The Mortgage Or Invest In Shares

16 May 202116 May 2021 Cash Hippy 0 Comments FIRE financial independence, index funds, mortgage, retirement, Shares, superannuation

This is a question that gets asked quite often: “Should I pay extra on my mortgage, or invest in shares?”

Finance

If Only I Was In My 20s Again: Investing in Shares

13 April 202127 April 2021 Cash Hippy 3 Comments barefoot investor, financial freedom, financial independence, financial literacy, personal finance, Shares, superannuation

In the personal finance realm, I was a clueless 20 year old and already with a baby in my arms.

Finance

Mortgage Vs Rent: An Australian Experience

16 February 202117 February 2021 Cash Hippy 0 Comments Australia, financial independence, mortgage, personal finance, rent, Shares

Writing about a mortgage compared to paying rent was always going to be fraught with difficulty because it’s such an

Dating Finance Frugality

How I Set Goals for 2021: Real Life Examples

29 January 202130 January 2021 Cash Hippy 0 Comments 1% changes, financial sustainability, goals, habit stacking, James Clear, SMART goals, systems

Systems, goals, challenges, habit stacking, 1% changes and an annual review. With the year we just had, I found it

Finance Gifts

Budgeting For Gifts: You Can Do It

13 January 202124 January 2021 Cash Hippy 0 Comments birthday, budgeting, Christmas, gifts

There’s no trying to hide it: buying gifts for birthdays and Christmas is expensive. If you don’t plan money for

Finance Net worth

End of 2020 Net Worth

7 January 202112 January 2021 Cash Hippy 0 Comments barefoot buckets, barefoot investor, index funds, investment bonds, net worth, superannuation

Wow, what a year. We set goals, ended up having to go with the flow. Just like everyone else, living

Bills Finance Frugality

Aussie FIRE eBook: A Tale Of Two Spenders

19 December 202019 December 2020 Cash Hippy 0 Comments frugal living, personal finance

Aussie FIRE: The Ultimate Guide To Financial Independence for Australians is an eBook written by 20 of Australia’s top experts

Finance Reviews

Vanguard Personal Investor: A Review

3 November 20203 December 2020 Cash Hippy 4 Comments Shares, stock market

During April 2020, Vanguard launched the Vanguard Personal Investor. It’s a new platform for trading Vanguard managed funds and ETFs,

Finance

The Barefoot Investor Says We’ve Already Made It

21 September 20203 December 2020 Cash Hippy 3 Comments barefoot investor, superannuation

And I disagree. Don’t get me wrong – I love the Barefoot Investor strategies. They have truly been life changing

Finance

My House Isn’t Rentable: 1% Rental Rule

7 September 202015 May 2021 Cash Hippy 2 Comments index funds, rent

Disregarding the icky kitchen carpet and the diarrhoea coloured bathroom, my house is not rentable. It’s a four bedroom house

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Do you have three months worth of living expenses saved?

Amount all Aussies need in savings

Aussies need at least $12,000 in emergency savings, yet millions have no safety net, new research has found.

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Way to go WA!

Coffee cups and other single-use plastic to be banned in WA by 2022

The West Australian government unveils a plan to abolish single-use plastics — including plates, bowls, cups, cutlery and takeaway polystyrene food containers — by the end of the year, with plastic-lined coffee cups to be phased out in 2022.