The Gift That Keeps On Giving - A Money Market Savings Account

The article is about putting away anywhere from 3 months to 6 months of expenses for emergencies if a money market savings account. Of course, you can had more.

Investing in Pooled Equity Funds - Unit Trusts

Unit trusts (UTs) are a form of pooled investment but are quite different from investment trusts (ITs). They consist of a portfolio of shares managed by a professional company but owned separately by a trust. Read this article to discover more about investing in unit trusts.

Investing In Pooled Equity Funds - Buying Insurance Bonds

Insurance Bonds are pooled investments in the funds of life assurance companies. There are usually separate funds for equities, fixed interest and property. Often some of these categories are divided into UK and international investments. This article explores this investment method more for those considering their investment options.

Who Else Wants Better Returns With An Offshore Account

National boundaries have usually not dissuaded investors who want to most effectively use their investment capital. In fact, those with expertise in offshore investing state that about 50% or a little more of your investment portfolio should be based in foreign markets. If you really want your money to work for you, you'll eventually see that you need to invest in foreign markets to get above average returns.

Specialised Investing: Collecting

Collecting refers to the purchase of assets which it is hoped will increase in value, such as antique furniture and paintings. Read this article to discover the advantages and disadvantages of investing this way.

Investing - Choosing Individual Savings Accounts

ISAs replaced PEPs and TESSAs for new investments after April 1999 and are guaranteed to run for ten years. This article gives a simple breakdown of the types of ISAs available.

Reducing Tax on Investments: Attack Your Investment Income Tax Bill

Taxes can seriously affect the health of your investments. Learn how to manage your investments to minimise your tax liability, and keep more in your pocket.

Why Financial Investors Should Know Their History

We can learn a lot from the lessons of investors of the past century. Learning from the successes and mistakes of financial investors of the past can help us adapt to the pitfalls of the current financial climate.

Making Money - Investing and Your Emotions

Get your thinking and emotions in order before you starting investing in the stock market or else you will lose money and may not recover from the experience.

Lending and Borrowing While Bypassing the Bank

Although behemoth banks may appear to have a stranglehold on the flow of loans in this country, there is a resurgence of the people to people lending that was the longstanding tradition prior to bank loans.

StockScores And Analyzing Stock Picks

I recently attended a StockScores seminar in my city. Was a very interesting presentation put on by Tyler Bollhorn. Basically, it is a sales pitch for an educational program he offers on teaching yourself to buy and sell stocks effectively.

Gridlock - To Be Or Not to Be - Or Who Cares

Wall Street extended its November rally earlier this week, carrying the Dow Jones industrial into new territory as investors anticipated a business-friendly outcome of the mid-term elections and bought stocks across the market.

New Mine Flood Further Tightens Uranium Supply

After Cameco Corp's Cigar Lake flood at the company's northern Saskatchewan uranium mining project rattled analysts and utilities who previously expected sufficient uranium would be available to meet the needs of nuclear utilities, along came another mine flooding – this one in Australia. The March 7th announcement by Energy Resources of Australia was different. While Cigar Lake effectively removed uranium mining supply in 2008, ERA's 'force majeure' announcement withdrew supply anticipated for this year.