Nine points about money you won’t hear from your financial adviser…
…and you really need to know if you want to win the Game of Wealth. Financial advisers can be very useful: we had one and he was very helpful when we were trying to decide what to do with a small private pension fund pot. We thought that the…
Eat for less: Crème Caramel
I’m at my desk. Why am I telling you this? Because we’ve been having a bit of a summer here in Manchester and most people are outside. We are not only having a snippet of summer; we have also heard a lot about the dangerous heatwave which will begin…
Five Cheap and Fun Ways to Enjoy Your Free Time
We all like to travel and go out to restaurants and the cinema. Yet according to my estimates these can be costly events that will apply extra weight onto your monthly budget. I believe we should consider the easy-going and cheaper ways to enjoy your spare time by yourself or…
Fifteen ways to make money for our financial independence
You are not going to believe how long this post has taken me to figure out, write and have the courage to publish. Why you may ask? Because this one is very different from the two posts about making money I published previously. In the first one I shared fifteen…
Eat for less: Spaghetti Carbonara and a bonus of ‘kisses’
I am sitting here, in a coffee bar in Sofia (yep, it is the one on the picture). Just had lunch: possibly the best pizza after the one I had in San Gimignano fifteen years ago. Now having coffee that came with a lucky note that said ‘Prosperity’. I’m feeling…
Staying annoyed screwed me out of a fortune or how to spot and create (business) opportunities
I am sitting here in a building of what is probably the largest bureaucracy in the world; yep, I am in Brussels for the week helping the European Commission make decisions about allocating serious research money. Naturally, this is a meeting ground for colleagues from different countries and with different…
Eat for less: tasty breakfast for the weekend
Do you like eating the same breakfast over and over again? Day in and day out; week days and weekends. If you do, this post is not for you: it is for people who thrive on variety. I need variety to survive; in anything from clothes and fashion to food…
Eat for less: eight portions of green beans stew for under £2 ($3)
My sister is staying with us for a week and we’ve set out on a cooking – and eating – marathon. We are cooking delicious meals that bring back memories of summers in Bulgaria, my mum’s kitchen and the smell of freshly chopped herbs. Our regular readers know that we…
Fifteen steps in buying a house: a comprehensive guide
We’ve been writing about how to choose a house to buy, how to spot a great neighbourhood and whether it is better to rent or to own your house on The Money Principle. Recently I had a conversation with our niece who is looking to buy a house that…
Fifteen blogging tips to make you an awesome blogger
Over the last couple of years, I have been working on moving away from being ‘a distinguished professor’ towards becoming ‘an awesome blogger’ figuring helpful blogging tips on the way. Today, I’m breaking one of the core rules on The Money Principle – don’t go with the crowd –…
Four reasons you should listen to Young Jeezy and Macklemore when they rap about making money
Would you take financial advice from a rapper? Probably not. Most people would rather talk to a personal finance advisor. Cool; if that’s is your swagger. Still, there is much to be said about learning and variety. And there is a lot to be learned about making money, business and…
Tasty treats for less: feta cheese pie
Today I made one of our favourite treats : feta cheese pie. Now, normally I’d say that pies are poor man’s food. Seriously, they are mostly carbs and fat. Several years back, I had to get to Granada in Spain; I was invited to give the keynote at a small…