#28 - Kernel Wealth Interview (Index Funds, Shares, Investing, NZX, Saving, Residential Property, Cryptocurrency etc.)

Kernel is a new innovative index investing company that allows investors to invest in great investment products. Dean Anderson is the Founder and CEO and Catherine Emerson is Marketing & Customer Strategist.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Website - www.kernelwealth.co.nz

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kernelnz/

TIMESTAMPS

00:33 - How Kernel Was Founded

01:10 - Why Dean Named The Company Kernel/KFC

02:39 - How Dean & Catherine Got Into Investing

03;59 - Investing/Saving Is A Foreign Concept To A Lot Of Kiwis

04:54 - Blogs & Seminars On Investing

05:35 - Investing Is Not As Hard As Portrayed

06:24 - Residential Property

07:24 - Younger People Aren’t As interested In Residential Property

08:26 - Index Funds

09:30 -Kernels 3 Different Funds

10:30 - Index Investing Vs Active Investing

13:46 - Kiwis Aren’t Educated On Index Funds

14:25 - Common Questions That The Public Ask

15:35 - Investing Is A Lot More Accessible These Days

16:45 - Saving/The Longer You Invest The Better The Return

17:45 - Learning To Not Check Your Investment Every Day

20:23 - Kernels Social Media Presence

20:47 - Investing Is Like Its Own Language/How To Make People Understand

21:35 - Complexity Of Cryptocurrency

22:37 - NZX

24:03 - Commercial/Investment Property

26:15 - Having Money Sitting In Savings Is A Bad Idea/Emergency Account/Paying Debt

28:09 - Usually You Get Wiser With Money As You Get Older

28:54 - Going Into Schools To Educate Younger People

30:28 - Attention Span

31:15 - Kernel’s Office Atmosphere

32:24 - Explaining Investments

33:09 - Get Money Quick Schemes Are Dodgy

34:30 - Budgeting Advice/Pay Yourself

37:20 - Coffee/Little Things To Cut Out

38:56 - Kernel’s Customers Are Nationwide

40:00 - Catherine’s Experience Of Going Through A Year Of Bank Statements

41:15 - Investing In Australia Is More Well Known

42:31 - When You Earn More Your Necessities Increase

44:32 - Australia Is More Brand Conscious Than NZ/Tall Poppy Syndrome In NZ

47:00 - Being More Open About Your Finances

48:39 - Initial Launch Of Kernel/Financial Markets Authority

51:45 - 2020 Prospects/When Kernel Listens And Not Listen To Feedback

55:15 - No Holidays For Kernel/Catherine’s Driving Style

56:09 - Dean Travelling To Australia

56:55 - Kernel Has No Interest In Cryptocurrency

57:15 - Gold/News Headlines/Podcasts

59:43 - Number 1 Thing In Marketing

1:00:12 - Who Responds To Queries

1:00:52 - Where To Sign Up With Kernel