Archive for February, 2008
Stocks & Shares – Not Always A Good Investment
We are told that investing in the stock market over the long term always proves to be a better investment than to invest your money in a savings account. This is not entirely true and is usually quoted by those who have a motive to encourage you to invest.
It does depend what you mean by [...]
Financial Advice For Young People
The charity organisation the Citizens Advice Bureau which advises people on their rights has joined forces with the youth centred site ‘Youthnet‘ to promote a campaign aimed at young people and inteded to help them understand and deal with financial matters.
The intention is to advise 16-25 ear olds using podcasts, audio content and via mobile [...]
Death Of 125% Mortgages
The 125% mortgage has finally been killed off. Birmingham Midshires was the last lender to offer such mortgages and it announced it would no longer offer such mortgages.
There has always been a lot of debate about such loans. They meant that people taking them on were already owing more money than their house was worth [...]
