Archive for July, 2007

Do You Really Need Travel Insurance?

Travel insurance is one of those “grey” areas which people will often do anything to get out of, or cut the cost to a minimum. Are we being tricked by the travel sector, or is it really important?

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3 Ways To Cut Your Car Running Costs

Despite a number of government initiatives to encourage the public to use public transport, there are still massive numbers of cars on the UK roads. As road taxes continue to rise, and petrol prices continue to fluctuate wildly, it is essential that you cut your running and maintenance costs to the bone. But how can you reduce your costs?

There are a number of ways to reduce your running expenses, which include :-

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Why Don’t We Teach “Real” Finance In Schools?

Many times over the last few years we have seen calls for our schools to teach “real” finance to children before they leave school, for the big wide world. While we seem obsessed with teaching the likes of maths, English and business studies, many children leave school not knowing how to produce a simple home budget, or the price of a pint of milk.

Do we need to reconsider what we are teaching them at school?

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10 Ways To Make A Killing On The Stock Market

As more and more of us look to the stock market for our future, we have seen a massive increase in the number of people trading shares themselves, both online and via telephone services. For those looking to make a killing on the stock market, we have listed some very useful tips below :-

Do Not Over Stretch Your Finances

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10 Simple But Effective Ways To Save Money

While there are many ways to save money, we have come up with at least 10 ways which everyone can use to save substantial amounts on money - funds which you could certainly make use of !

Check out these simple ideas which are very very effective :-

Don’t Always Buy Branded Goods

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Google And The Market’s Need For Greed

Even though internet giant Google saw profit figures for the last 3 months jump by some 28% to $925 million, against “only” $721.1 million this time last year, the stock market wanted more! Analysts in the US had expected Google to beat recent profits of $1 billion in the first quarter of 2007, a move which never happened.

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