The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently approved spot Bitcoin exchange traded funds (ETF). These ETFs give investors exposure to Bitcoin price movements without actually holding the cryptocurrency. Even though there are core investment principles that stand the test of time, the investing landscape is changing. Portfolio diversification is one of them and with […]
If you follow investing news, you will more than likely know about the spot Bitcoin ETF. This has seen Bitcoin’s meteoric rise and starting out the year at just over USD $45,000. This has caught the attention of many investors. But, the ETF begs the question, should you just buy and hold your own crypto […]
Travel is something many of us love and find ourselves doing. One of the things that comes with international travel is the need for money, specifically the foreign currency that is legal tender in the destination country. Depending on the destination, you may be able to get away with almost exclusively using a card to […]
I first got to know Kernel Wealth existed when I signed up to and attended an insightful event, Money moves to make in your 30s and 40s in Feb 2020. The event was presented by Hatch and Kernel and featured Kristen Luman (Co-founder & GM at Hatch), Dean Anderson (Founder & CEO at Kernel), Darcy Ungaro […]
My first foray into the world of blogging was via Google’s Blogger blogging platform all the way back in 2007! I was up and running online with a .blogspot.com domain name which served me well for a couple of years or so. Lessons were learnt along the way which included learning a bit of HTML, […]
A couple of years ago or so, we set up a home office to be used for day job working from home and side hustle work. This meant getting furniture, some hardware, equipment and some tinkering to get it working just right. One thing that we left ’till later’ was an under desk cable management […]
This week marks my one year Sharesies anniversary! On 10/1/20, I started my investing journey with Sharesies with a $5 sign up bonus. (you too can get a $5 sign up bonus via THIS link). My first buy was units in the Smartshares NZ Top 50 Fund (FNZ) (an index fund of the NZ Top […]
Google has a whole bunch of products such as Chromecast with Google TV, Nest Mini smart speaker, Nest Cam, Pixel smartphones, Wi-Fi and more. Not all of what they have to offer is officially available in New Zealand except for Chromecast and more recently, the Nest Mini. One of their products, Google Wi-Fi has been […]
Most if not all of us work with retirement in mind or at least think about it periodically. The aim of the game is to build a nest egg to afford us a comfortable lifestyle in the later years of life. KiwiSaver is one of the mechanisms that more and more Kiwis are invested in […]
