Reducing Tax on Investments: Minimising Capital Gains Tax

Capital gains tax (CGT) is payable on the sale not only of stocks and shares but also of anything other than household goods and personal effects up to the value of ?6,000 and private motor vehicles. Learn how to manage your investments to minimise your capital gains tax liability, and keep more in your pocket.

Reducing Tax on Investments: Attack Your Investment Income Tax Bill

Taxes can seriously affect the health of your investments. Learn how to manage your investments to minimise your tax liability, and keep more in your pocket.

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.

Buying Insurance Bonds - Managed Funds

Managed funds investments are in a mixture of the life company's funds. Because of this, performance is less volatile than other types of funds. If this sounds interesting to you, read this article for more detail.

Investing For Financial Health

If you want to have a fund for emergencies, provide for special events, your children's education, or simply pay off your mortgage, you need to invest. This article explores this principles further.

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.

Debt Collection - Facts Vs. Force

The title 'debt collector' is self-explanatory and clearly states what such a person does. If you owe money to a lender and there has been a delay in payments over the past few months the lender may choose to either use their in-house service or employ a specialized debt collection service provider.

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: Building Up An Equity Portfolio

Direct investing in equities means building up an equity portfolio. This article introduces the key principles of analysis, stocks, and shares.

Adjustable Mortgage Rates for Beginners:

Adjustable rate mortgage are popular for the reason that they allow you to afford bigger mortgages. For instance if you know that your income would be rising in the future, and you have accordingly planned to sell your house in say, another five years, adjustable rate mortgages may be a good financial option, for you.

Regain Control Of Your Money With A Debt Consolidation Loan Online

A helpful article describing how debt consolidation can help people pay off their debt burden and regain control of their finances.

Become Your Own Financial Adviser: Understand The Theory Of Money

Minimise your risk and maximise your returns! But before you can do this, you need to know the basics. This article introduces the fundamental concepts needed to understand the theory of money.

Crash Profits - Make Money When Stocks Sink and Soar

Martin Weiss's book is good at scaring you by laying out the risks investors faced. Much of this information is still good. But there are new threats. And he is weak on how to actually profit from stock market crashes.

How Much is a Great Independent Financial Consultant Really Worth?

Ever wondered exactly how much the services your financial consultant provides to you is worth? Most financial consultants that work for a large global investment firm need about U.S. $50 million of assets under management to make a decent living in a metropolitan region. Using this as a benchmark, let's break down what this figure means to you as a client. It's highly unlikely that a financial consultant has clients that all have accounts of $1 million or more, so let's assume that he or she does not accept clients with less than U.S. $250,000. Now let's calculate how many hours a year this independent financial consultant will devote to your account.