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Investing - Choosing Individual Savings Accounts

ISAs replaced PEPs and TESSAs for new investments after April 1999 and are guaranteed to run for ten years. This article gives a simple breakdown of the types of ISAs available.

Is Volatility A Four Letter Word?

The majority of investors see volatility as not only dangerous, but something to be avoided at all costs. They equate volatility with risk. But volatility and risk are two entirely different things.

Making Riskier Investments: Know The Options

Spread betting is really gambling rather than investing and is very risky. Only consider this option if you know exactly what you are doing. Read this article to find out more.

Sensible Stock Investing - Don't Entrust Your Money to Untrustworthy Management

This article explains why the Sensible Stock Investor should not become a shareholder in companies whose management has proved itself unworthy of trust or lacking integrity.

The Gift That Keeps On Giving - A Money Market Savings Account

The article is about putting away anywhere from 3 months to 6 months of expenses for emergencies if a money market savings account. Of course, you can had more.

US Savings Bond Value - What Are Your Bonds Worth?

How much are your US Savings bonds worth and when do the reach maturity?

Hard to Find Bargains in Uranium Stocks

While compiling an update to our popular uranium guide, we reviewed more than 150 companies in hopes of finding a handful of undervalued uranium stocks. Bargain hunting is getting harder in light of the spot uranium price reaching a record 85 dollars per pound last week.

Covered Calls – The Disadvantages And What You Can Do To Avoid Them

If there is anyone out there who thinks covered call is the perfect trading strategy with no disadvantages needs to face reality. There are two problems with covered calls, one of which is enormous, let alone all the other things you can do wrong in ANY trading strategy. It seems to me that covered calls are a type of strategy that people hear about from somewhere without realizing that it is trading, and if they do not understand the fundamentals pitfalls of trading AND covered calls, they will fail.

Inflation and the Stock Market: Does Anyone Remember the Seventies?

We live in an era of particular asset appreciation. In spite of the much ballyhooed report of the real estate bubble bursting, I just saw recently on a financial news show that an 80 million dollar home/estate for sale had attracted more than one bidder, and that the bidders were, of course, in the financial field. Stock prices are hitting records. The price of oil is still high, and even the agricultural commodities are moving now. So where is all this commodity inflation now, what will it do to our stock market, and how does this relate to our past economic experience?

Fixed Interest Investing: Making Bank - Building Society Deposits

Deposit accounts are designed for money to be left alone for a period, in contrast to current accounts which are intended for frequent transactions. Read this article to understand the fundamental principles of investing this way.

Investing In Employee Share Incentive - Option Schemes

Under share incentive schemes employees are given shares or the right to buy shares. Read this article for detailed explanations of these schemes to see if they are right for you.

Choosing And Monitoring Your Investments

Do you have a lump sum to invest? Then choose and monitor your investments wisely. Read this article to find out how.

Cashing Saving Bonds

How to cash your saving bonds and what happens if you need the money before they mature?

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Investors

There are 7 habits that highly effective investors engage in regularly that separate themselves from the thundering sheep herd. These 7 habits, in fact, often lead to highly effective investors acting very differently from the average investor not because he or she believes in contrarian investing, but because the highly effective investor utilizes information that the average investor does not consider in making his or her investment decisions.