19 Aug, 2007
While we are starting to see the first signs of a correction in the stock market, history has shown that there are many similarities between toady’s markets and other markets prior to “correctionsâ€. For those willing to take a step back form the euphoria of the stock market rise of the last few years, the signs of a correction have been there for some time - although some people are evening trying to shrug the signs off today!
So what are the 5 main signs that stock markets are due for a fall :-
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16 Aug, 2007
As many experts forecast the strong possibility of a snap general election in September, to utilise Gordon Brown’s honeymoon rating in the polls, it seems that the issue of tax has returned to the political agenda. Recently David Cameron has been under pressure from those right of central who are concerned that the Conservative party is moving away from traditional polices, but it seems the Tories may be about to take on Gordon Brown’s record on taxes.
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26 Jul, 2007
As we predicted earlier on this blog, the US stock market is finally starting to wake up to the problems in the sub-prime mortgage sector, the industry which helps to finance those with low credit ratings.
There have been some fairly sharp falls over the last couple of days, with both the UK and US markets suffering. What prompted the sudden realisation that things were not as good as many had thought?
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25 Jul, 2007
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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23 Jul, 2007
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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21 Jul, 2007
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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