If you’re a high school kid looking to start a savings plan, or you’ve just left school and have some unanswered money questions, you’re at the right place. Use the links below to find answers to some of the most common money questions asked by teenagers and school leavers.
The ultimate school leavers guide
Career counseling 101
How to buy a car without getting fleeced!
Should I pay off my HECS debt? – Watch the video
The power of compound interest
Sort out your finances with our simple money calculators
The complete financial literacy resource for Aussie students
Perhaps it was that he was already seeing double, but he managed to put two and two together (we were at a finance junket, I was the youngest person on the table) and said: “Whaddya know about that Nick Bolton?”
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Parents: “She’s thinking about studying arts-law.” Barefoot to Kid: “Why would you want to do that?” Kid: Shrugs, then looks at the floor…
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In talking to Sam I started to understand that the car market is much the same as the share market – it’s built on the back of supply and demand…
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A Consumer Credit Survey found that almost half (48 per cent) of people aged between 18 and 34 wouldn’t last much more than a month on their current savings. The survey also found that they were more likely than other age groups to resort to using credit cards…
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I concluded my latest business deal over a foosball table, when I agreed to employ Aaron, a twentysomething arts graduate, to help hone my speaking skills.
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Tonight I will be attending my 10-year high school reunion. Though Hollywood would have us all believe this is a magical night when you rekindle the love you once shared with your high school sweetheart, and the former school geek turns out to be super smooth and successful, let’s stick with reality. If I am [...]
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Can you imagine a 50-year-old with more than 30 years experience in the workforce taking advice from a wet-behind-the-ears teenage career counsellor? Of course they wouldn’t. After all, they were in the workforce long before the kid was even a twinkle in his old man’s eye. Yet many people “choose” their careers at a young [...]
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