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What I Really Think of Hostplus’s Index Balanced Fund

About the Barefoot Blueprint

How to Sort Your Insurance

Do I still use the ING Orange Everyday account?

What I Think of AFIC

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Scamming my mother

I took a deep breath and dialled my mother.

"Mum, it's me. I need … your credit card details," I said.

I was standing in a crowded Apple Store, where I'd been for the past three hours.

Tomorrow was my son's 13th birthday, and I'd decided to get him an Apple Watch. Well, truthfully, I'd decided to buy myself a new Apple Watch, and he was getting my old hand-me-down. I was wearing his present.

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