Links to other interesting money articles on 17th Jun 2007.
Author: Rob Lewis
Four Personal Finance Software Packages Reviewed
I’ve got to admit I’ve had very limited experience with personal finance software – it’s always seemed like a good idea, but I haven’t had the time nor inclination to sit down and find out what works best for me (I did use Microsoft Money for a few months a couple of years ago, but […]
Find Your “Energy Profile” Through Testing
Beware: this post might make me sound like a bit of a geek, and includes a fair bit of thinking out loud… In my day job, I run pay-per-click advertising campaigns – managing those ads you see at the top and right of the search engine results such as at Google. The key to getting […]
Should We Trust Price Comparison Websites?
UKMoneyPot notes that Direct Line has recently started an advertising campaign suggesting that consumers should not trust price comparison sites (such as moneysupermarket.com, confused.com etc) and should instead get quotes directly from themselves. The studies Direct Line conducted highlighted some interesting figures. Firstly, 35% of people believe comparison sites searched the whole of the market. […]
Google Currency Converter
Holiday season is approaching, so we’ll all be trying to work out how much spending money to take with us and how much goods cost in our holiday destination. I’ve always used the Universal Currency Converter to get an idea of the exchange rate, but personal finance blogger FiveCentNickel has pointed out that Google can […]
Natwest Bank Charge Case Resumes…
…and is then ajourned until tomorrow. I hadn’t realised just how stop-start court cases could be. The big bank charge case between barrister Tom Brennan and Natwest resumed today a couple of weeks after the last ajournment. As the judge has now heard both cases, it was ajourned again until tomorrow (22nd May). I’ll post […]
Interest Rates Rise Again
Interest rates have been put up again, rising a further 0.25% to 5.5%.
Natwest Bank Charge Court Case Begins
Today saw the start of the Natwest bank charge court case involving lawyer Tom Brennan, who is representing himself in the attempt to get permission to sue the bank over its charges.
Prepare For Another Interest Rate Rise
As inflation is currently running above the government’s target, it’s more than likely that rates will go up again next month, probably by 0.25%, although there is an outside chance they will rise by 0.5%.
Cutting Out The Loan Middleman: Zopa
Simple Pound has a good write-up on how Zopa works which is worth a read.