Standard Life’s 1.5m private shareholders are counting the cost as the assurer put aside an extra £100m to cover lost premiums and pension subs
Month: September 2006
Motley Fool: Price Cut
My next couple of weeks’ articles will be HYPerintensive. The next will be the second selection for HYP4 and after that the quarterly review of the three complete high yield portfolios up to the end of September. A load of number crunching so it’s another attack of the verbals this week following last week’s job. Also, I’ve had quite a spate of value trading selections in recent weeks too, so I don’t think readers can complain about my failing to write about specific value possibilities. Anyway today’s piece is about some of my views on the price of shares, principally for value players but some of it applies to some extent to HYPers too. It’s all stuff I’ve written about before but it may be informative for some, particularly beginners, to revisit it.
This Is Money: Brits Are Europe’s Debt-kings
Britons are responsible for a third of all unsecured debt in Western Europe, and on average borrow twice as much as their Continental cousins
Money Links For 26th Sep 2006
Links to other interesting money articles on 26th Sep 2006.
Motley Fool: Get £289 More For Your Injury Claim
Many parties get involved when you make an insurance claim. There’s you and the other party, there are third parties, your insurers, the other party’s insurers, and possibly a repairing garage and medical specialists. One or both insurers may appointment a claims management company and they, or the insurers, may appoint lawyers. Or you may seek legal representation yourself. Considering the number of parties involved, it doesn’t sound like much fun!
Motley Fool: The Secrets Of Financial Success
According to a recent survey for “How to” website VideoJug, the skill that Britons would most like to acquire is how to make money.
Motley Fool: My Favourite Spin-Offs
We Brits call them demergers, but Americans call them spin-offs. But whatever you call them, breaking up a company into smaller chunks is quite fashionable right now.
Scotsman: Home Debt To Hit Retirement
MORE than a third of homeowners will work into retirement to pay off their mortgages, according to a new survey.
This Is Money: US Losing Its Competitive Edge
The United States has fallen to sixth place in a world league-table of ecomnomic competitiveness, ceding the top place to Switzerland
This Is Money: Record Level Of Young Insolvents
Record numbers of people under 30 are going bust after racking up massive debts on credit cards