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Stamp duty bands for UK houses

Posted by Snouty 796 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: tax stamp duty
First-time buyers in the UK won't have to pay stamp duty on houses bought for less than £250,000. Million pound houses will cost more. read more »
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ISA allowances to increase with inflation from 2010

Posted by Snouty 796 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: budget inflation isa isas
Annual ISA allowances are to be raised annually with inflation, says the UK chancellor in today's budget. read more »
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Venture Capital Trust (VCTs) risks

Posted by Snouty 798 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Funds and ETFs | Tags: risks venture capital vcts
British high earners are investing much more in VCTs this year, but do they understand the risks? read more »
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How to invest in oil

Posted by Snouty 800 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: investing oil
Four ways to invest in oil to benefit from the recovery in prices read more »
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Cash in your portfolio

Posted by Snouty 802 days ago, popular 802 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: cash investing
Cash has a number of very attractive attributes that are completely unique among all assets. read more »
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Invest like Warren Buffett

Posted by Snouty 808 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: buffet investing
Five tips from the great man himself that can help us run our own portfolios, even if we're not quite billionaires yet! read more »
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Record yield spread supports stocks, REITs, but not gold

Posted by Snouty 812 days ago, popular 812 days ago (http://stocktickle.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: bonds investing reits
The steep yield curve is very bullish for stocks and REITs. Beware if you're still clinging to gold, though. read more »
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Markets melting up the new melting down?

Posted by Snouty 813 days ago (http://stocktickle.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: bear markets markets stocks
Bearish traders are complaining their stops are being blown, and that's what's sending the market higher. I don't buy it. read more »
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Volatility, inflation, and asset class returns

Posted by Snouty 813 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: investing stocks
A really simple explanation - with a cool graphic - of why it's better to hold stocks for longer. read more »
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Happiness, experience, memory - and money

Posted by Snouty 813 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: holidays memory money spending
There current trend is to applaud spending on experiences, and to shun buying 'stuff'. Is this sensible? read more »
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Buffett says Berkshire Hathaway stock is undervalued

Posted by Snouty 820 days ago, popular 820 days ago (http://stocktickle.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: buffett berkshire brk-a brk-b
What CEO wouldn’t? A CEO like Warren Buffett, who almost never talks about the value of Berkshire Hathaway's shares versus the share price. read more »
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Pros and cons of being wealthy

Posted by Snouty 826 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: lifestyle millionaire rich wealth
I'd take my chances and so would you - but there are hidden downsides to being very rich. read more »
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Six reasons to back Bolton’s China investment trust

Posted by Snouty 836 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: china investing bolton
The UK's answer to Warren Buffett is back, and this time he's investing in China. Should you put your money with him? read more »
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Stiglitz: It’s the stupid economists, stupid

Posted by Snouty 839 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: crisis economy freefall stiglitz
Nobel prize winning economist thinks the US is still in a dire state - and he blames his fellow economists for helping to deregulate the financial ma[...] read more »
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Why unemployment is a lagging indicator

Posted by Snouty 840 days ago (http://monevator.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economics unemployment lagging
Imagine your ran a cash constrained business nervous about the recovery. Suddenly it's easy to see why rising employment only comes well after growt[...] read more »
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