Almost everyone is interested interest rates whether it be how much you are paying on your mortgage or how much you are receiving on your term deposit

The most important thing to understand with investment decisions is the concept of risk versus return. This concept very simply states that the investment return on an asset is linked directly to the amount of risk associated with that asset.

I think that everyone should learn basic finance at school (along with learning about nutrition and food, but that is for another day……). Why learn about finance, I hear you say?