How the NZ election could change your pay, your KiwiSaver and your rental
New Zealand votes on 7 November, and this election could change more about your money than you think. Soph admits she’s never read a policy...
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Raising The Curve
Victoria and Sophie (co-founders of The Curve) explore the world of finance and investing without any of complicated jargon. Whether you're a seasoned investor, or starting from the very beg...
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What nobody tells you about buying a house at auction
Hannah Hart started saving for a house at 10 and built her first property by 21. Buying the home she lives in now took four to five months,...
The Weekly: Shopped at ASOS? Your data could be out there & Victoria’s Secret’s comeback
Soph and Emma Louise-Boynton get into the ASOS hack, where hackers messaged customers directly through the app after the company wouldn’t pa...
The Weekly: Why Netflix’s shares fell & EssilorLuxottica's best day since 2008
It’s reporting season, when listed companies hand in their report cards and share prices swing on the results. This week Soph and Vic dig in...
Vic said no to Goldman Sachs and ended up making $400k by 26
Part two of Meet the Founders. After Soph shared her money story, the requests for Vic's kept coming, so our Producer, Emily, and Digital &...
The Weekly: Bumble's Reverse IPO, LVMH’s Plummeting Shares, & Is a Chanel Bag a Good Investment?
Bumble was once worth US$14 billion. Now it’s being bought for US$1.3 billion and taken private, and the app built on women going first will...
The Weekly: AMD’s $1tn month, Warner Bros CEO drama & The Curve Fund is now on Sharesies
Vic is officially back in New Zealand with big news: The Curve Fund is now live on Sharesies. She explains why September is so often a rough...
If he buys you a lab-grown ring, does he still love you?
Today we're talking lab grown versus natural diamonds, and by the end of it, neither of us landed exactly where we thought we would. Sophie...
The Weekly: Sydney Sweeney’s Prediction Market and the Generation Beauty Forgot
Emma Louise Boynton is back, filling in for Vic. Sydney Sweeney’s “just sports” ad caused a stir, but the bigger story is that she’s an inve...
The Weekly: Mortgage rates hit 6%, the US$200bn pill race and why we hold on to bad investments
UK mortgage rates have hit 6% for the first time since Liz Truss’s mini-budget, yet the Bank of England hasn’t raised rates. So who’s pushin...
What’s the ROI on looksmaxxing?
It’s time to talk about "looksmaxxing," the internet's term for optimising everything about your appearance, and why so many of us are quiet...
Why Oura pulled its $15BN IPO + is AI making us dumber?
First up, Oura was about to go public. It was looking to raise $2.2 billion at a valuation of more than $15 billion, then pulled out at the...
The Weekly: Women do the work, but men have the power
We're back from our break, and we're kicking things off with not one but two personal updates. Soph opens with some very happy news, and Vic...
Beginner's guide to stocks
What is a share price, how is it actually set, and what makes it move up or down. This episode breaks the stock market down to its most basi...
Don’t invest all your eggs in one basket
Diversification is one of those words that sounds boring until it saves your portfolio. This episode breaks down what it actually means to s...
High Risk vs Low Risk Investments Explained
Risk is one of those words that sounds terrifying until you understand what it actually means. This episode walks through how to think about...
Cash, bonds, property, stocks: ranked by risk
There are four main asset classes: cash, bonds, property and stocks, and this episode ranks them from safest to riskiest and explains why. P...
The investing guide I wish I had in my 20s
Before anything else in investing makes sense, you need to understand return, volatility and why Einstein rated compound interest so highly....
The Curve is taking a short break
The Curve is pausing new episodes for the next couple of weeks. Soph's away and Vic is in the middle of moving back to New Zealand to run th...
Buying property with family or a partner, what could go wrong ...
Holly's back in the studio (this time in person) for another round of Curveballs, real listeners’ submitted property stories sent in after h...