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There are 78 posts in 9 categories with 158 comments (plus 359 spam comments).

Book reviews (4)


Books on money and what I thought about them

  • Anyone can do it: Duncan Bannatyne's story, December 11, 2007
  • The Rules of Wealth, November 12, 2007
  • 100 Secret Strategies for Successful Investing, October 30, 2007
  • The Armchair Economist, September 3, 2007

Commentary (27)


  • Vince Cable attacks attempts to prop up house prices, April 23, 2008
  • Now the UK government wants banks to bail out borrowers, April 23, 2008
  • The Bank of England's £50 billion banking bailout, April 21, 2008
  • Hands off our falling house prices, April 18, 2008
  • Housing sentiment worst since 1978, say surveyors, April 15, 2008
  • Andy Brough of Shroder's thinks UK market looks good value, April 14, 2008
  • AIM shares lose their 10% Capital Gains tax perk, April 11, 2008
  • Capital Gains Tax now charged at a flat 18%, April 10, 2008
  • Zopa simplifies; scraps shorter-term loans, April 9, 2008
  • Reduction of basic income tax rate from 22% to 20%, April 9, 2008
  • HSBC to match expiring fixed rate mortgages, April 9, 2008
  • Scrapping of the 10% starting rate of income tax, April 8, 2008
  • Halifax's UK house price index plunges 2.5% in March; falls year on year, April 8, 2008
  • Annual ISA allowance goes up to £7,200 a year, April 7, 2008
  • Warning: UK personal tax rates are changing, and you need to know how, April 5, 2008
  • Nationwide house price index shows every UK region has fallen in 2008, April 4, 2008
  • Two signs the crisis for financial shares may be abating, April 4, 2008
  • 2008 the worst first quarter for stock markets in five years, April 4, 2008
  • Are UK house prices finally set for big falls?, April 3, 2008
  • Zopa interest rates falling, April 3, 2008
  • Are rising Zopa interest rates an opportunity or a time-bomb?, March 27, 2008
  • Wall Street made this mess. Wall Street must pay for it, March 14, 2008
  • Sell-to-rent gamblers return to property market, February 22, 2008
  • Northern Rock nationalised: A nation now in hock to a housing bubble, February 17, 2008
  • Being fearfully greedy: Why I buy in bear markets, January 22, 2008
  • Why relief for Northern Rock savers could cost us all dear, September 18, 2007
  • Thoughts on a very British banking crisis at Northern Rock, September 15, 2007

Investing (25)


Make your money work harder, in the stock market and elsewhere

  • How a boring broker will make you richer, August 14, 2008
  • Should you swap your shares for an investment trust on a discount?, July 15, 2008
  • If you don't buy high-yield blue chips now, you'll likely regret it later, April 19, 2008
  • Save a dollar when you are 20... earn a dollar a year at 60, April 11, 2008
  • Four more ways to stop a financial crisis derailing your money goals, April 1, 2008
  • Four quick sanity checks to stop the credit crisis killing your finances, March 25, 2008
  • How to buy and own pure gold with Bullion Vault, February 18, 2008
  • The one number to beat if you want to retire early, February 15, 2008
  • How to harvest wheat and mine gold using ETCs, February 7, 2008
  • Using exchange traded funds to instantly diversify your portfolio, January 16, 2008
  • Shock news: Asset allocation not as dull as it sounds, December 29, 2007
  • Selecting the shares for your high yield portfolio: HYP part 4, September 28, 2007
  • Diversifying your high yield portfolio: HYP Part 3 , September 13, 2007
  • How to choose a good high yield share for the long haul: HYP Part 2, September 5, 2007
  • Grow your income with dividends from high yield shares: HYP Part I, September 5, 2007
  • When to sell winning shares, September 2, 2007
  • Historical versus forecast dividend yield, September 1, 2007
  • How to calculate the dividend yield, September 1, 2007

Monevation (16)


Motivational pep talks for the would-be money-minded

  • Five lessons for investors from Michael Phelps' Olympic triumph, August 15, 2008
  • Who’s your Star Wars money hero?, March 4, 2008
  • The secret to investing when stock markets are falling, February 20, 2008
  • Why you must get out and stay out of debt, December 6, 2007
  • Taking stock: Your Statement of Affairs, November 28, 2007
  • How talking about money is like French kissing, November 21, 2007
  • From now on, you’re good with money, November 19, 2007
  • The 10 eternally true steps to financial freedom, November 19, 2007
  • What everybody needs to learn from recent immigrants, September 11, 2007
  • It ain't what you do it's what it does to you, September 4, 2007
  • How one relative's pension plight taught me to save the hard way, September 3, 2007
  • 10 good reasons to retire early, September 2, 2007

Newsbites (9)


  • Thesis theme marks new direction, July 25, 2008
  • Dexter Fletcher on going bankrupt (and the love of a good woman), February 16, 2008
  • Home ownership in the UK lowest it's been for a decade, February 13, 2008
  • Pay off your mortgage double quick, February 13, 2008
  • Will you miss the cheque?, February 3, 2008
  • Should you cancel your unused credit cards?, February 3, 2008
  • I've nearly maxed out my Zopa lending, February 3, 2008
  • John Lee says it's time to buy smallcaps, February 2, 2008
  • Egg withdrawing 160,000 credit cards, February 2, 2008

Property (5)


Bricks and mortar covered here

  • How Andy Warhol's loft living sowed the seeds of risky BTL investment, September 26, 2007
  • Warning: buying a flat in West London will cost you thousands a year more than renting, September 9, 2007
  • Should you buy or rent your home?, September 3, 2007
  • Low rental yields suggest house prices will fall, September 2, 2007

Savings (6)


  • Your ultimate guide to UK savings, November 20, 2007

Zen of money (3)


Thoughts from great thinkers and the occasional cartoon character

  • A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step, November 27, 2007
  • Ferdinand Barnacle's warning on financial corruption, September 20, 2007
  • The Micawber principle, September 2, 2007

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