Riddle Me This, Job Hunter
Editor’s note: This week Alex gets back to his main problem – job hunting. Do you think he will make a goof postman? This week’s article will return to one of the main focus points of my posts; news of my job search. Recently I have been assigned to…
Focus on money may be ruining your life…
…and the lives of those around you. This is what a group of professors at Harvard and the University of Utah found. But let me take you through this one a bit more gently. In June, 2013 Daily Finance and other reputable sources reported on the results of research published…
Mobile marketing scams
I am spitting feathers. Worse – it is a long time since I have been so angry. Those who know me will recognise that I don’t usually blow up but today I did. And when I do, it is best to take cover. Why? Who is it that has made…
Pension? I don’t have one of those.
Last time I was visiting a friend in the south of England, we naturally drifted towards discussing our pension provisions. Well, we’re both academics, women in our 50s, and we learn through experience that sound money management needs the attention of a good woman. While we were busy discussing…
Principled Money Posts #49: spending or investment, this is the question?
What the heck! I am an adopted Brit (and my country of origin doesn’t seem very keen on me anyway) so I may as well talk about the weather again! This time, my statement about the weather, however, will jus provide a background for something else, namely a discussion about…
When Appliances Break: Death of the Freezer Storage Thingy
Editor’s note: Remember I was saying that one needs an emergency fund after all? As if this were a premonition, Alex tells us that his freezer broke and what this means for his immediate life. Oh, and he pays homage to his family but this is another matter :)….
One needs an emergency fund after all!
In blogging, there are posts that we all sooner or later write. In personal finance blogging I reckon two posts that serve like a ‘rite of passage’ are ‘the latte/coffee post’ and the ’emergency fund’ one. If you have read The Money Principle for any length of time you,…
Just Too Hot to Sell or Shop
Editor’s note: Today on The Money Principle you can read the next instalment of Alex’s reflections on life, retail, shopping and life as a young unemployed man in the UK looking for work. The schedule is a bit disturbed but Alex was poorly last week. I remember the hours spent…
Principled Money Posts #48: best of British
Well, maybe this is a slight over-statement but today you probably will excuse this weakness of mine. Because, we may be still in an economic pickle, our national debt may not be going the right way, the British pound is expected to fall further against the dollar but Andy Murray…
Get Rich, Think Like a Rich Person
Editor’s note: Tonight The Money Principle presents a guest article by Bob Richards: a rich guy and publisher of The Retirement Income Blog. There Bob discusses and provides information on all matters pertaining to retirement. Oh, and he doesn’t try to convince you that if you failed to start a…
Mary, the Smiling Job Fairy
This week I’d like to share with you a genuine surprise to me, and a very pleasant one at that. It happened on Thursday, the day I visit the Job Centre every fortnight. And in fact it was two weeks ago I wrote about ‘The Grey Building’ here on…
Four principles for choosing home insurance
Yesterday we were sitting in the garden – yes, we do have a bit of summer here in Manchester, England – having coffee and chatting. Then suddenly, John grinned and said: ‘Darling Prof, you did remember to lock the apartment in Sofia, didn’t you?’ …and I went from ‘relaxed’ to…