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Could this little-known support scheme help you earn a living?

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Capital gains tax in the UK

Thanks to ISAs, SIPPS, and full relief on your own home, most of us can avoid paying capital gains tax. But you should still understand how it works.

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Rather like B&Bs themselves, bed and breakfasting is an old-fashioned way to defuse CGT that is no longer possible without taking some extra steps.

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Don’t ask your accountant to help you ‘evade’ taxes. You could both end up in jail!

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This guest post on the ramifications of the demise of the gold standard is by Rob Dix. A long-time Monevator reader, Rob is co-host of the popular Property Podcast and co-founder of Property Hub. Rob is also the author of the Penguin bestseller The Price of Money. You may have been taught as a child [...]

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Bond terms jargon buster

Our bond terms explainer – busting bond jargon for longer than we care to think about.

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Investing for beginners: Time value of money

Time value reflects how you’d rather get a fixed sum of money now than exactly the same amount of money in the future.

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Savings rate to the rescue

This article on the importance of your savings rate is by Budgets and Beverages from Team Monevator. Check back every Monday for more fresh perspectives from the Team. I have a new hero in life. His name is Tony Stark. You might know him as Iron Man. Tony Stark is a superhero and plays a [...]

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Borrowing to invest can boost your returns, but it comes with big risks…

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People get currency risk very wrong, so here’s an article to put us all right. I’ll warn you now it contains some maths – but it’s very simple maths!

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The annual allowance for pensions

These finickity pension rules are enough to make even hardened tax accountants sigh into their calculators.

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The Pension Protection Fund (PPF)

If you’re in a defined benefit pension scheme and your company goes bust, PPF might be the best acronym you’ve never heard of…

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Types of investing risks

If an investment seems too good to be true, it may be because it’s fraudulent or over-optimistic, or you may simply be overlooking one of the known investing risks.

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Want to invest in fancy pants smart beta funds? Now you can do so without having to abandon Vanguard…

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What is the equity risk premium?

The equity risk premium gives a clue to what you can expect to earn from putting up with the ups and downs of the stock market…

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As you take on more risk in investing, you’d typically expect to earn a higher return.

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