Money For Nothing : How To Land The Best Deals On Your Insurances, Loans, Cards, Super, Tax And More

Description

Do you want to manage your cashflow better and get rid of financial stress?

Do you put finance products such as health insurance and mortgages in the too-hard basket?

"Money for Nothing" is a call to action to wise up, get smart and get your finances in order. Complete this 12-week financial fitness program and discover how to make substantial savings running into the thousands!

Learn how to

- get better deals, cut fees and other unwanted charges from your daily spend, and redirect your money where it's most important to you

- understand your financial profile and how to get the best value for money when choosing your essential finance products

- shop around using the latest research from CANSTAR and other comparison sites.

By breaking down the jargon and busting the fine print on everything from mortgages, car loans, personal loans and health insurance to car insurance, credit cards, superannuation, tax and much more, Justine Davies helps you make good choices on the key financial products and services in your life.

Justine Davies is a financial planner, journalist, author and blogger who loves educating people about money.

"Founded in 1992, CANSTAR is Australia and New Zealand's premier researcher of over 20,000 products within the banking, insurance, superannuation and investment industries. CANSTAR takes pride in providing fact-based data and ratings to assist consumers in finding the right product for their needs."

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Author description

Justine Davies is a financial planner, journalist, author and blogger who loves educating people about money.

Table of contents

About the author ix Introduction xi Week 1: Get your stuff together 1 Week 2: Fine-tune your car insurance 11 Week 3: Health check your health insurance 25 Week 4: Supersize your super 41 Week 5: Indulge in a savings frenzy! 63 Week 6: Attack your credit cards! 75 Week 7: Renovate your mortgage 91 Week 8: Personal insurance 113 Week 9: Where there’s a will ... 139 Week 10: More insurance 151 Week 11: Tax stuff 167 Week 12: Spending smart 181 Appendix A: Balance sheet 201 Appendix B: Annual budget 203 Appendix C: Health insurance — what do I need? 207 Appendix D: Asset classes 209 Appendix E: Key home loan facts 211 Index 221