Analysis Topic: Personal Finance
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
UK Savers in Losing Battle to Maintain Purchasing Power of Savings Against Inflation / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts
By: MoneyFacts
Inflation figures out today show the Consumer Price Index has risen to 3.3%.
To maintain the purchasing power of their savings, a basic rate tax payer needs to find a savings account paying 4.13% pa, while a higher rate tax payer at 40% needs to find an account paying 5.5%.
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Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Liquidate IRAs and 401Ks or Suffer Grievous Losses / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Mac_Slavo
As government ramps up spending and continues its attempts to stimulate the US economy, Americans are being further burdened with an irreversible debt liability. The fact of the matter is that US government tax revenues, which are roughly $4 trillion per year, are nowhere close to providing the amount of money that government needs for current and future expenditures.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
American Retirement Funds at Serious Risk of Being Seized / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: Jeb_Handwerger
The news of Hungary effectively seizing private pension fund assets to pay for the debt obligations of the state last week should come as yet another reminder of the urgent need to get tax-sheltered retirement savings away from the clutches of the state before it's too late. Hungary is just the latest country to decide that it's citizens retirement savings are the property of the state.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Not Much Time Left for Year-end Financial and Portfolio Tax Moves! / Personal_Finance / Investing 2010
By: Nilus_Mattive
Lots of meals with friends and family. Hundreds of e-mails about shopping deals. And even a trip into the woods to saw down a nine-foot douglas fir for our living room. Yes, this past weekend clearly kicked off another major holiday season!
Of course, now that we’re coming into the home stretch of 2010, I’d also like to remind you that — amid all the general madness — you should also take a little time to revisit your finances.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Fixed Interest Rate Bond Providers Do Battle For Maturing Funds / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts
By: MoneyFacts
Bank base rate has been on hold for the last 20 months and in that time the average one year fixed rate bond rate has varied by 0.71%.
November 2009 saw National Savings and Investments topping best buy tables and large volumes of savers rushed to take advantage of top rates from a provider offering 100% protection.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Euro Debt Crisis Bankruptcy Bailout Queue, Protect Savings & Deposits From Banks Going Bankrupt! / Personal_Finance / Credit Crisis 2010
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The global banking system that publicly went bankrupt during September 2008 prompting government interventions in the form of capital injections, buying of toxic assets, insurance of bad debts and even outright nationalisation's has started to bankrupt the states that bailed them out, starting with the smaller states with Iceland setting the ball rolling, and this year the bailiffs came knocking on the doors of the Eurozone club members, with first Greece, and now Ireland requiring a Euro-zone bailout (German) to prevent debt default bankruptcy, where if one falls then soon would all of the dominos tumble.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
How Wall Street Ratings Deception Entrapped Two Million Americans in Failed Insurance / Personal_Finance / Insurance
By: Martin_D_Weiss
Let’s say you put a big chunk of your nest egg in a life insurance policy with an A+ company.
You invest another sizable amount in a portfolio of high-rated corporate bonds and tax-free municipal bonds.
Then, feeling safe and secure with most of your funds, you take a flyer on a few stocks that a dozen separate research analysts have unanimously rated as a “buy” or at least a “hold.”
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
UK Savers Continue to be Punished by High Inflation / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts
By: MoneyFacts
Inflation figures out today show a rise in Consumer Price Index to 3.20%.
To maintain the purchasing power of their savings, a basic rate tax payer needs to find a savings account paying 4.00 % pa, while a higher rate tax payer at 40% needs to find an account paying 5.33%.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Russians Don't Borrow Money From Friends / Personal_Finance / Russia
By: Pravda
Russians prefer to borrow from relatives, but are always willing to lend money to their friends. However, friends do not rush to ask for financial support, unwilling to ruin the friendly relations with money matters. However, respondents of the research center Superjob.ru do not always favor the requests of their relatives who want to borrow significant amounts of money.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
New Junior Cash ISA's to Replace Child Trust Funds / Personal_Finance / ISA's
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Coalition government has announced plans to replace the Child Trust Funds with Junior ISA's. CTF's proved an abysmal failure as usually only the state would make contributions into a limited range of funds available, all of which have lost money after inflation and therefore acted purely as a vehicle for financial institutions to earn commissions and therefore a proved a waste of over £6 billion of tax payers money.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Top Three Ways to Boost Your Credit Rating / Personal_Finance / Credit Cards & Scoring
By: Credit_Choices
Your credit rating is calculated by a credit reference agency. The agency will carry out a credit rating check by compiling information based on a variety of sources, such as the electoral role, financial data and court records. This information is sold onto lenders who will use it to decide whether to lend money or what deals to make available to the customer.
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Thursday, October 07, 2010
How 40% Tax Payer Families Can Keep Child Benefit Using Pensions / Personal_Finance / Taxes
By: Nadeem_Walayat
Firstly, virtually all of the mainstream press are WRONG in the assumption that the 40% tax band kicks in next tax year from £44,000 because they have failed to take into account tax changes announced in the June emergency budget that in effect reduces the higher rate tax band towards a rate of approx £42,500 (pending release of September RPI later this month).
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Fee Paying U.K. Current Accounts Double, Big Profits for the Banks / Personal_Finance / UK Banking
By: MoneyFacts
In the current economic climate, current account credit interest rates have fallen significantly. So much so, that a number of providers have decided to scrap paying credit interest altogether.
In recent weeks, NatWest and RBS have stopped paying credit interest on all of their current accounts.
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010
How To Decide Between Fixed-Rate and Tracker Mortgages / Personal_Finance / Mortgages
By: Credit_Choices
One of the biggest decisions to make when taking on a mortgage is whether to go for a fixed-rate mortgage or a tracker mortgage. You need to consider your own personal circumstances, and all the potential outcomes of being signed up to each kind of mortgage.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Top Tips For Switching Between Mortgage Deals / Personal_Finance / Mortgages
By: Credit_Choices
If your mortgage deal is no longer competitive, it may be time to switch. However, choosing the wrong mortgage could cost you thousands of pounds a year. Here are the most important things to consider when planning to switch mortgages.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Retirement Investors Take Advantage of the Greatest Government Tax Loophole Ever / Personal_Finance / Pensions & Retirement
By: DailyWealth
On December 31, 2010, the government will close an amazing loophole... one that affects 60% of the U.S. population.
In an attempt to collect taxes today to pay for its excesses, the government is promising to never tax our retirement money in the future. Let me explain...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tips for Finding Cheap Loans You can Rely On / Personal_Finance / Debt & Loans
By: Credit_Choices
If you see an advertisement for a cheap loan which seems too good to be true, it may well be. Here are some top tips for spotting the potential pitfalls of loan offers and finding the right cheap loan for you.
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Top 10 Tips For Finding the Best Savings Interest Rate / Personal_Finance / Savings Accounts
By: Credit_Choices
More and more people are reducing their spending and choosing, instead, to save or invest the money they earn. Find the best savings rate available to you and the money you put away will go a lot further. Here are the top ten tips for finding the best savings rates.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Mortgage Repayment Protection, Is it worth it? / Personal_Finance / Mortgages
By: Credit_Choices
Mortgages were seen in the boom years as a foolproof way of borrowing, leading to inevitable profits from soaring house prices. Now the recession has hit, many people are struggling to repay their mortgages by themselves - this is where mortgage protection comes in.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Save on Credit Card Interest Rate Payments by Utilising Interest Free Credit Cards / Personal_Finance / Credit Cards & Scoring
By: Credit_Choices
Paying interest on a credit card can take a big chunk out of your monthly earnings, so if you can avoid paying interest by using an interest free credit card, you should do so. There are now a variety of different credit card deals which can help you last longer without paying interest, you just need to know how to navigate the interest free credit card marketplace.
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