Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's whether you should stop your KiwiSaver contributions while the market is taking a dive. Hosted by
Cooking the Books podcast: Should you stop putting money into KiwiSaver while the economy's tanking?
If you have lost your job, or are worried that you're unstable and need every dollar you can get, then of course make sure you're able to look after yourself now before you look after your future self.
But if that's taken care of, the way that KiwiSaver is set up means now is the time you can put money in and reap big rewards in the future.
In fact, if you pause your contributions I'd go as far as saying you're missing out.
For the latest Cooking the Books I talked to Martin Hawes, chair of the Sumner KiwiSaver Investment Committee.
We discussed whether you should keep putting money into KiwiSaver, whether it's possible for your balance to fall to zero, and whether KiwiSaver providers should have done more to prepare people for a time like this.
For the episode, listen on the podcast player above.
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