The difference between needs and wants may seem quite straightforward to adults but to the younger generations, the lines may be blurred. Prioritise your budget and take charge of your money. How do you do that? First things first. Identify where your money is going on a day-to-day basis. Once you start doing that, you…
Finance may be the LAST thing on your mind. That is, until you get your first job and start thinking about buying that car you had your eyes on for a while, and, eventually, getting a place of your own. So, let’s start with some basic Rules of Thumb of money management that, we promise,…
Living within your means is the key to good financial management. This requires a balancing act between your monthly income and monthly expenditure. Adjusting your income may be difficult in the short term when this is driven by your fixed salary. This would be your take home pay, that is, your salary once taxes and…
As an individual, what is affordable depends exclusively on your own income. First your needs have to be prioritised, and then the remaining income can be shared between spending on wants, maintaining a buffer for unexpected costs, and saving for old age. Additional considerations come into play when two persons form a couple. In this…
“Wow…it looks so nice”. “What a great discount”. “I must buy this one”. Such thoughts frequently pass through our mind. These feelings are normal and shared by many. As consumers we find novel products very tempting. The possibility of buying an item less than the original listed price is equally appealing. The pressure to follow…
This is one of the videos ĠEMMA produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our money matters and the family. Let me introduce the ĠEMMA family. I am Tony. I am Maria’s husband. I work as a manager in a large business in the services industry. My wife, Maria, is 40 years old and…
It is essential to understand your and your spouse’s “money personality,” as we all have a unique way how we think about money — often shaped by how we were raised as a child. And our life experiences can cause us to feel specific patterns when it comes to spending or falls into certain habits.…
A study in the UK by Slater and Gordon, carried out in 2018, found that money worries top the list of reasons married couples split up. Over a third of those questioned said that financial pressures were the biggest challenge to their marriage, while a fifth said most of their arguments were about money. One…
Continuing from Part 1, these are the next 6 top ways of influencers make money! Website advertising For years it’s been common practice for bloggers to have advertising on their websites to monetise their traffic. So, how do influencers make money with advertising? Depending on the type of ad, a blogger may make money only…
This is one of the videos we produced with the Central Bank of Malta in our budgeting series. Let me introduce the ĠEMMA family. I am Tony, Maria’s husband. I work as a manager in a large business in the services industry. My wife, Maria is 40 years old and works in my father’s family…
