Here’s what’s been going on in the world of personal finance and money today:
From Money Watch:
- Question About Redundancy Insurance – As I mentioned in my post about tips for coping with redundancy, it is possible to insure yourself against losing your job, using something called an Accident, Sickness and Unemployment (ASU) policy. But I ave a question about the terms and conditions of such policies.
From around the web:
- Mounting debts can spell trouble in a downturn – Some tips on recession-proofing your life
- 10 tips to keep your identity safe – Times Money’s top ten tips on how to beat the identity fraudsters.
- 6 Things More Expensive Because of Marketing – Items which we’re prepared to spend more than they’re really worth because of marketing.
- Why banks won’t lend – How much of banks’ current reluctance to lend is determined by their reduced ability to raise funds from wholesale markets and how much by their perception that the risk of lending has increased?
- Five reasons to keep some cash – With so much plastic knocking around these days, the humble coin and note hardly gets a look in. Here are some good reasons to keep a few to hand.
- The Quicken Spare Change Challenge – How much money are you wasting?