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Frances Cook

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Hamilton
As seen in: Hastings Leader, Making Cents, MSN New Zealand, News.com.au, South China Morning Post, Substack, Flipboard, New Zealand Herald, New Zealand Listener, Radio New Zealand (RNZ), MamaMia, Scoop and
Independent financial journalist and commentator. Like cats a bit much.
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How to stop investing fees eating all your money

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By Frances Cook 
| Substack
Welcome to Frances Cook’s Market Memo, where you get smart with shares. Real talk, real tactics, no spreadsheets required. Quick heads-up before we get into it! A highly requested webinar is happening, to help you become the smartest sharemarket investor in your friend group. We’re going to dig into how you find the right investment for you, and what’s actually inside all of these funds and investment options.
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Inside my own money plan

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By Frances Cook 
| Substack
Hey team, It’s funny being someone who talks about money for a living, because there are two conversations that come up quite often. One, is that people are super keen to know how I handle my own cash, but often nervous to ask. Two, is that once they do ask, they’re often expecting perfectly optimised perfection. Some kind of Excel masterpiece, perfectly colour-coded, every dollar accounted for, with charts that would make a bank manager blush. I love people who can do those types of things.
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Why your grocery bill still feels out of control

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By Frances Cook 
| 1News
Prices are officially stabilising, but you probably won't be noticing that at the supermarket. Frances Cook makes some suggestions of other ways to cut costs. Inflation is technically in the “under control” range, yet many New Zealanders are still feeling a squeeze in core areas. What’s happening? It’s a trick of the numbers that explains why you’re not imagining things. Many of the core categories you can’t avoid paying for are still soaring in price.
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