RTE Drivetime: Talking Money on pensions (week 1)

On Monday the 27th of October we had the first of two parts about pensions, the focus this week was that people are passing up money that is on the table for the taking. The other issues were about the kind of advice you get, and the best ways to structure your pension as well as to demonstrate the available funds if you save for retirement. 

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RTE ‘Talking Money’ with Karl Deeter & Jill Kerby, ‘the fantasy budget’

It was budget week and on ‘Talking Money’ we came up with a ‘fantasy budget’ which considered some of the things we might do if budgetary powers were in our hands. Some are far out, others are novel, some (like car tax abolition) are pragmatic, you can decide for yourself what you think!

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RTE Drivetime: ‘Talking Money’ on the best saving tips

This week on Drivetime’s ‘Talking Money’ we looked at ways to take the maximum money saving ideas and put them to use in your own day to day life. Some are well known, others are not, but we are hopeful that there was something for everybody!

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RTE Drivetime: ‘Talking Money’ to buy or not to buy a property?

This week on RTE Radio 1’s ‘Drivetime’ our regular Monday edition of ‘Talking Money’ covered the issue of buying a home. Many first time buyers are starting to feel pushed into the home buyer cohort when they have other options such as renting or buying in a cheaper area, this can make a huge difference and we outlined some of the costs and concerns.

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Drivetime RTE: ‘Talking Money’ on the price of education

This week on ‘Talking Money’ we looked at the ‘cost’ of education. I sometimes say ‘if you think education is expensive try ignorance’ but that doesn’t mean you have to opt for an expensive education. There are trade and professional apprenticeships and other routes to getting highly skilled, and going to university for a lot of people is not the best use of their time, we tried to articulate that while acknowledging the validity and importance of third and fourth level education.

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Talking Money, on ‘Peer to Peer’ lending, RTE Radio 1, 28th July 2014

On this week’s installment of ‘Talking Money’ on RTE’s ‘Drivetime’ show we looked at ‘Peer to Peer’ lending (also abbreviated as P2P).

There are downsides and upsides to it so we thought it would be worth fleshing that out, Audrey Carville who was the presenter on the day even started off with an interesting factoid that neither Jill nor Karl knew about!

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RTE Talking Money with Jill Kerby & Karl Deeter on Stockbrokers

This week we were discussing stockbrokers on Talking Money which runs every Monday on RTE’s Drivetime show at about 18:15.

We looked at the advice, the costs and some of the other things people need to consider when they are looking to invest.

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RTE Drivetime: Talking Money on health insurance

This week on Drivetime’s ‘Talking Money’ Jill Kerby and Karl Deeter discussed some of the issues surrounding health insurance, the implications of community ratings and how the market is set to change in coming years.

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Talking Money on RTE Drivetime: Keeping up insurances

This week on ‘Talking Money’ which is on RTE’s Drivetime Mondays at 18:15 we covered the issue of mortgage arrears and how it impacts on insurance, in particular life cover.

The problem we see time and again is that people cancel their life insurance to save money and that is false economy, or worse, they took out cover with the bank and it’s tied to the mortgage payment so that when you miss one you miss the other, this is a mistake and we set out what you have to do to fix it.

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