10 Survival Money Rules for Freelancers
‘How many of you think that they’ll finish their degree and get jobs as managers?’ This is the question I asked the fifty undergraduate students taking my class on enabling creativity and managing creative organisations. Hands go up; about 80% of them. My heart gives a lurch. Do these kids…
Follow These Ten Golden Rules and Trade Like an Expert
Editor’s note: Many regular readers of The Money Principle have probably noticed that lately I’ve been writing much more about earning money, making money and investing than about paying off debt and money management. This is not because I’ve forgotten about all my readers who are paying off debt; quite…
Eat for Less: Fantastic Fanta Cake
Today I’m not as hungry as last week when I published my sister’s recipe for skinny pancakes. Thank goodness, I’ve been getting better. I don’t feel nauseous all the time (though it still happens from time to time) and I don’t have to sleep sitting up in bed. I still…
Why My Grandmother Didn’t Worry About Her Retirement
Do you worry about your retirement? I do. And everyone I talk to lately seem to worry about retirement as well. My colleagues worry. My friends worry. My PhD students worry. My sons (the grown up ones) worry. Frankly, in the world we live in, one will be rather silly…
Wealth Matters Little Without Health
Did you think I forgot my promise? On Monday one of the things I said in the video is that I’ll publish on Tuesday as usual. Then I didn’t. Let me tell you why. Monday was lovely; we celebrated my birthday by going out to an Italian restaurant. What can…
Eat for less: stuffed peppers to impress family and friends
Did you miss me? I did miss you all. This week, for the first time since I started The Money Principle (three and a half years now) I didn’t publish a scheduled post. You know it is not because I had nothing to say; just, I was very busy and…
A Beginner’s Guide to Spread Betting and Contracts for Difference
Traders these days do not always buy and sell shares directly. Many use spread betting or contracts for difference, particularly if they are short term traders wanting to take advantage of market volatility – buying and selling during the day or week rather than looking to invest for the long…
Eat for less: Noodles for Foodies
I am sitting in the kitchen of a good friend of mine. She is originally from the Caribbean (so you know, her seasoning is always right) and has lived in Sweden for decades. We write together. When we don’t write together, we cook together, or we eat together. The table…
Fifteen dangerous occupations and why it matters to you
Did I tell you about the time when I almost knocked myself out? I didn’t think so. It is rather embarrassing and very ‘professorial’: I am such a cliché. Several years back I was invited to a research workshop in Granada. Of course I accepted: Granada is one of my…
Top 5 Car Finance Myths Debunked
Car finance, as with most financial products, brings with it a whole encyclopaedia full of myths and misconceptions. From the universally feared ‘credit blacklist’ to the promise of ‘guaranteed’ acceptance, some are fuelled by misunderstanding and miscommunication, but others simply by the complex nature of finance. Setting out to compile…
How to make more money in one simple step: from ‘working harder’ to ‘working smarter’
Editor’s note: I published a version of this article first on JeanChatzky.com several months back. Today I’m giving you, my reader, the updated version of the article. How did you do it? This is what people ask me when hear that we paid off £100,000 (and the interest) consumer…
A Woman can Dream: the Plutus Awards and Me
Have you ever lusted after something with the hunger of affirmed identity? Have you ever thought that one more article will make you a writer? Or that one more business competition will make you belong in the world of business? Then you know. You know exactly how I feel about…