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reminder: saving is different to investing

Being crammed like sardines in the Tube is not a lot of fun. On the plus side it’s the perfect environment for marketing to ABC1s (sociologist speak for professional and above, similar to American upper middle class and up?) as those people are very likely to be London Underground commuters for at least part of [...]

don’t look for better than average returns

You can tell that it’s coming towards the end of the financial year when you start seeing lots of adverts for investment funds.
The other day, I was on a business trip to London and there were several ads in the tube, all for fund management companies looking for investors. I’m not against them advertising, after [...]

have you used your 2007-08 ISA allowance yet?

So, now we’re into February and there’s only two months to go until the end of the tax year on 5th April. Which begs the question “have you used your ISA allowance yet?” and if not, how are you planning to do so?
what is an ISA?
Basically, it’s a tax-free wrapper for either or both of [...]

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