Savings Guide – Daily Saving Money Tips

University is a pretty exciting time. It can also be a big challenge financially, and often represents the first time you’re making a lot of your own financial decisions. Here are some tips on how to have a great time, without having to spend the next couple of years paying it off.

Pay off your University debts before Jan 2012 to get a full 10% discount. After this date, the discount goes down to 5%.

Uni was great. I hung out with my friends all day and all weekend. I worked 12 hours a week, and had practically nothing left over when the rent was due. Bliss. Post-uni, things aren’t quite so easy. Bills to pay, career decisions to make, the spectre of HECS. Here are some tips and tricks I wish someone had told me. Inspired by the incomparable Globe and Mail.

University is a great time in your life. It’ll help you get a job. But what effect does it have on your finances, and is it still a good financial call?

Forbes writer Denise Appleby had an excellent article this week on retirement saving advice for 18-24 year olds. It’s not an easy sell. According to this article, young people learn financial responsibility when they take their first step of independence and move out of home. In which case, I might need to chase down some [...]

The last year of school has to be one of the more trying experiences in a young life and, what with the pressures of HSC and the hideousness of adolescence; it can be one of the more trying experiences of a parent’s life too.