Have you ever taken five minutes to look at your bank statements to see where your money goes each month? Mortgage or rent payments, council tax, loan repayments and bills are bound to take the biggest chunk of your income, but you’re also bound to have the odd insurance policy in amongst them. Some of us have a whole list of them. But the question is – which ones do we really need?
This Is Money: Britain The Most Costly Place To Run A Car
Drivers in Britain spend more on running their cars than their European neighbours, a survey reveals today
This Is Money: Murky World Of Sealed Bids
The London property market is spiralling with a quarter of properties going to sealed bid auctions. Why is this happening and exactly what are sealed bids?
This Is Money: YouTube Launches Copyright Crackdown
Google is planning to delete thousands of clips in a copyright purge of YouTube. It also issued a warning to users of the hugely video website
This Is Money: Price Cut Sparks New Online Music War
An online music price war is set to break out – Universal Music, the world’s largest music company, is to slash prices on its back catalogue
This Is Money: Boom In Over-mortgaging
Soaring numbers of young people and divorcees are taking out mortgages worth more than 100% of the homes they are buying
Motley Fool: Secret Indices That Track Value And Growth
There is no Guinness Book of World Averages. We love to see who can run fastest, lift the heaviest weight or hurl a dinner plate the furthest at the Olympics. Having a laugh at the Eddie The Eagle Edwards of the sports world is the icing on the cake.
Motley Fool: Should We Tax Credit Cards?
No one can deny that we in the UK love our plastic. In 2005, there were nearly 142 million payment cards in issue, with 70 million of these being credit cards, 67 million debit cards and around 5 million charge cards. This means that, on average, we each have 2.4 credit cards and 1.6 debit cards in our pockets. Blimey!
Motley Fool: Be Paid To Spend!
One thing that I’ve never quite grasped is the buzz that some people get from “retail therapy” or shopping for pleasure.
Motley Fool: Vodafone’s American Treasure
Vodafone (LSE: VOD) hasn’t been a great stock market performer in the last couple of years. While the FTSE 100 as a whole has risen 33% since the end of October 2004, Vodafone’s share price has slipped 3%.