When you handover that monthly wodge to your bank, you’re also paying yourself…
Savings
Sometime back in the 1990s I began putting all my earnings above the higher-rate tax threshold into my pension.
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 [...]
This guide to personal finance for immigrants is by The Learner from Team Monevator. Come back every Monday for another fresh perspective. A new adventure? Relocating for work? I recently moved to the UK, too, from Australia. That meant rebooting my financial life. Moving country is a huge job and so I’ve prepared the following [...]
What is the advantage of choosing an offset mortgage – assuming you’re even lucky enough to be able to get one?
Do you need to cut back on your salary sacrifice tax breaks? You may well do if your scheme exposes you to a slew of benefit-slashing side-effects.
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Saving is a long, hard journey and it’s all too easy to give up or go astray. Here are some simple tactics that will help you fulfill your goals.
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Yet another new kind of ISA for us to get our heads around. This one is for under 40s, and it’s good for buying a house or some treats once you’re 60.
The FSCS has just changed up how much it covers under its cash compensation schemes. Here’s the skinny.
There are many reasons why you might use a pension instead of an ISA, but make sure you understand how the tax reliefs compare.
Debate rages as to whether today’s very low interest rates are a symptom or a cause of what still ails us, all these years after the height of the financial crisis…
Cash is rightly considered one of the safest asset classes, but that does not mean holding huge slugs of it is without risk.