List of figures

Figure 1: Start now!

Figure 2: Increasing credit card payments helps hugely

Figure 3: Why is KiwiSaver so good? The multiplier

Figure 4: The higher the risk, the bigger the balance at the end

Figure 5: Chances of your account balance falling

Figure 6: High fees can clobber your KiwiSaver account

Figure 7: Two years matter in KiwiSaver

Figure 8: Inflation and interest rates

Figure 9: Share markets don’t move together

Figure 10: What happens when you gear

Figure 11: House prices sometimes fall

Figure 12: Different assets take different paths

Figure 13: Which asset did best – and worst?

Figure 14: Every dog has its day – different share markets’ performance over 33 years

Figure 15: Laddering $100,000

Figure 16: Mortgage interest rates

Figure 17: Three clever types of mortgages

Figure 18: Our example of a fairer deal in real estate commission

Figure 19: Age and happiness