A Richer You: How to Make the Most of Your Money

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Bestselling author and New Zealand's most trusted financial expert on how to make your money work in the real world Getting richer doesn't just mean accumulating more money. It's about building your knowledge of the different ways money works, so you can navigate around whatever comes your way: family complications, following your dreams, relationship issues, house price fluctuations, being braver in retirement, helping your children - young and older, getting the best mortgage for you, saving too little - or too much! Sometimes the best path to a richer you is to learn from the mistakes and triumphs of others. This book features 184 of those situations, to help make your financial journey smoother and all the more rewarding. 'IF YOU READ ONE BOOK TO HELP YOURSELF FINANCIALLY THIS YEAR, MAKE IT THIS ONE.' - JANE WRIGHTSON, COMMISSION FOR FINANCIAL CAPABILITY

Mary Holm (ONZM for services to financial literary education) is the author of six books, two of them number one New Zealand bestsellers. She is also an award-winning columnist and a seminar presenter. She holds a BA in economic history. MA in journalism, and MBA in finance (University of Chicago, where she was taught by Nobel Laureate Merton Miller and graduated in the top 15 percent.). Mary writes a Q&A personal finance column in the Weekend Herald and discusses personal finance issues with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ every second Thursday. For 16 years she wrote an investor column, which ran in the Dominion Post, Christchurch Press, Waikato Times and other newspapers. Mary is also a director of Financial Services Complaints Ltd (FSCL). She lives by the sea near Auckland.