Saving decisions

February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

With interest rates being cut dramatically to encourage spending amongst consumers, many consumers have been left wondering where the best place is for their money. Many savings accounts are linked in one way or another to the Bank of England Base Rate, which is now at an all time low of 1%.
Although the Base [...]

Nowadays there are lots of free stock market games that you can play online. Some are run by individual share dealing companies in order to encourage you to open an account with them further down the line, whilst others are run independently. So what the pros and cons of these stock market competitions? Are they [...]

Day Trading can be a fantastic way to earn money but it is not as easy as some people make it out to be. Don’t let that turn you off though, if you want to learn day trading then by all means do it, if you learn how to trade wisely it can pay [...]

Conversation Starters…
You need to talk. You need to talk money. You know it. But what you don’t know is how to bring it up! How can you get your partner to listen to you and open up in turn? Here are a few tips not only on how to get a conversation started, but to [...]

Pigs Get Fatter

February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Alex Rodriguez’s admission to steroid use from 2001-2003 yesterday was the latest example of tarnish and cheating and lying. Young? Not too young to cash the big checks! Stupid, yes, I’ll readily agree. Greedy? Check. Selfish? Surely. A hero? Not.
They say he’ll be treated better because he was honest and admitted steroid use. Yet there [...]

As much of the nation’s focus is on the soon-to-be-passed Stimulus Bill, and the tragic Buffalo plane crash, there’s other news that bears notice. This week, corporations have rushed to take advantage of the opportunity to raise capital, in order to pay down their spiraling debts. They’ve done so by creating a raft of new [...]

Stock Day Trading can be a great way to make some money but with any investment there is some risk involved. It is vital to have a strategy and stick with it when trading on the stock market.
The reason that investors can trade and make profit in just a single day is that the stock [...]

The gold-to-oil ratio is at ten-year highs – a single ounce of gold can now purchase 22+ barrels of WTIC crude. But what does it mean?
For individuals, gold remains the best insurance against future shocks and the best store of value.
– William Rees-Mogg, Times Online
There has been a lot of talk lately about the [...]

A lot of investors try and scour hundreds of companies looking to find a few possible bargains where the share price is currently trading well below fair value. However the trouble is these shares that have been sold off will often continue to fall even further so it’s hard to time your entry. This is [...]

Make 203% as Washington becomes a global laughing stock
According to our nation’s new “Intel Czar,” the economy is the number one threat to the U.S. right now.
In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair warned that: “The longer it takes for the recovery to begin, the greater the likelihood of serious [...]

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