Spring Clean Your Budget and Take Charge of Your Money and Your Life
In this post I share the blueprint, and the tools, you need to spring clean your budget and take change of your money. Oh, and if you are curious you could also have a peek at the results of my budget spring clean. I feel ambivalent about budgets. On the…
6 Money seeds to bring you prosperity in later life
Editor’s note: Many people believe, somewhat misguidedly, that their future prosperity depends on spreadsheets, calculators and the iron discipline to squeeze the living hell out of your life. I’m not one of those. Yes, I have spreadsheets and I know my day-to-day money; what I find most helpful in the…
13 Rules of Effective Budgeting to Match Your Money and Your Values
In this article I share 13 rules of effective budgeting to help you ensure that your spending matches your values. Budgeting may not be sexy, but it can be fun. You know that I’ve always felt ambivalent towards budgeting. On the one hand, I really don’t find budgeting sexy. (Yes,…
How to Get the Pay Rise You Deserve and Give the Gender Pay Gap a Finger
If you are paid less than your colleagues for your work you need to get a pay rise. If you do all the low paid stuff your colleagues can’t be bothered with, you need to change. You don’t have to! This post will help you give the gender pay gap…
7 Little Known ISA Rules You Should Not Ignore
I really thought that I know the ISA rules inside out. Until last night, I was messing around on the internet, as you do, and found something that surprised me. Hence, decided to double-check some of the rules of ISA – the end of the tax year is rapidly approaching,…
Investing in Stocks and Shares ISA is a Priority and Here is Why
Three weeks ago, I maxed my investing in stocks and shares ISA; John maxed his as well. “What? You invested in the stock market now, when the index is jumping up and down like an over-excited puppy?” – you may think. Yes, friend. This is exactly what we did….
5 Reasons Why You Need to Manage Your Money
Prince or pauper, it doesn’t matter how many letters come after your name as we all need to manage our money. Sure, some of us have bigger bank accounts than others but even those rich kids in Surrey need to worry about what they will do when the need to…
Personal Finance for Women from Women: reading resource
There was some news about personal finance for women that broke just in time for International Women’s Day. It turns out the main finding of a study analysing 300 personal finance articles was that 90% of the ones directed to women were about ‘reigning in’ spending while 70% of the…
5 Reasons Value Stock Analysis Must be Taken with a Large Pinch of Salt
Do you know why value investing and value stock analysis go together like and hand and glove? It is because every time you buy stocks and shares in a company you are betting on its future. And predicting the future, be it the future of people, companies or the economy,…
10 Lies About Money You Probably Still Believe
There are many lies about money you probably still believe. Don’t blame you – I did believe many of these money lies as well before I put my brain into gear and did some sums. You don’t even need complex maths, or any maths for that matter, to see that…
The Best Ever Investing Tips for Women
In days past, men were seen as the primary online investors.They still are the main investors – women have many excuses not to do so.. And while investing tips for women are not enough – they also need examples and inspiration – here we focus on providing some pointers. According…
Seven Step Practical Guide to Help You Decide When It Is Time To Quit
I just quit writing a long blog post about the signs that help you decide when it is time to quit. Why did I do that? I did it for the same reason I quit skiing this week. I quit because the costs of writing the post outweigh the benefits…