Love: the four seasons of finance series
November 12th, 2008 piotr zukowskiExpert advice on how best to weather the financial challenges of love, marriage and children.
Expert advice on how best to weather the financial challenges of love, marriage and children.
Bucks Fizz claimed the Eurovision Song Contest for Britain with Making Your
Mind Up in 1981, but only one member of the quartet has stayed in the
limelight since then: Cheryl Baker.
AWD Chase de Vere Wealth Management, the independent financial advisor, has
been fined £1.12 million for “serious failings” on its pension advice and
sales.
As Americans queued to vote Barack Obama into the most powerful office on
earth, the most powerful financial market climbed. The Dow Jones industrial
average rose 4 per cent on Tuesday, but no sooner was the result official
than Wall Street slid again, giving up all the gains of the previous day.
Old uncertainties had been dethroned, but new uncertainties reigned.
They are insecure, pressurised, overdrawn and debt-ridden. The iPod generation
- which is anyone under the age of 35 - looks likely to be the hardest hit
by the recession.
Store cards have always been the most expensive way to fund a spot of retail
therapy, but providers have now increased interest rates just in time for
Christmas shopping.
Alistair Darling announced yesterday that it will cost the Treasury £800
million to fund the compensation of 240,000 British depositors with Icesave,
the collapsed Icelandic bank.
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people declaring
themselves bankrupt or insolvent this year, as increasing unemployment and
the looming recession starts to take its toll on consumers.
The phoney war is over. After weeks of hints, tips and suggestive talk, the
Bank of England has finally taken a scythe to the cost of borrowing - and
not a moment too soon. It has become increasingly clear that interest rates
need to come down by a large amount, and quickly, if there is to be any
chance of avoiding a deep and painful recession.
I am a victim of card fraud and am struggling to be reimbursed.