Archive for February, 2008

My Personal Investment Strategy

Today I would like to talk about my investment portfolio that I have recently created. This is all factual and provides insight into my investment plan, strategy and purchases to date. I hope that sharing this information with you will give insight into the merits of stock market investing.

Be optimistic, it makes you rich

Do you consider yourself an optimist? Have you ever thought that your attitude to life can influence your financial condition? Different studies show, that optimists more likely have their finances in order. Meanwhile, pessimists tend to carry a balance on their credit cards.

Tax Deductions for Tradies

Are you a tradesman or builder? Do you do contract work or outdoors work?With the end of the 2007 financial year just passed, its time to get everything in order for your tax return…here are just a few tax tips for you to be thinking about…contact us today for more, and start planning for this [...]

Save Money on Car Insurance

The other day I had to renew my 3rd party and comprehensive insurance policy for my car. Normally im looking at $320 for a Greenslip and $1000 a year in comprehensive insurance. I shopped around and managed to save myself $250 all for 5 minutes worth of phone calls, not bad I say!

The Credit Card Handbook

Here is the credit card handbook. These are the most important yet commonly overlooked aspects of Credit Cards. I suggest you think about them everytime you pickup a credit card to purchase something.

Seperate business banking from personal

One of the least understood of small business principles is how to keep your personal finances separate from the business’s financial figures. Keeping them separate is not about strict requirements but more about maintaining an attainable comfort level. It isn’t your comfort either you need should be concerned with. It’s the comfort level of the [...]

Making a personal budget to save

One of the most important financial decisions you will ever make is learning how to make a personal budget. The reason it is so important is it gives you control of your money and tells it what to do. If you are living paycheck to paycheck your money is not working for you, it’s working [...]

Lower your electricity bill

Lowering the electric bill is easy when following the simple tips in this article. Habits of leaving all the lights on in the house can cause the electric bill to sky rocket. Reduce the electric bill starting now with these tips:

How a credit report works

This article relates to the UK but would be great for Australian and American visitors as well as it sheds light on Credit Reports.
Before you begin reading this article here is a range of useful definitions. Equifax is one of the major UK credit reference agencies. Equifax compiles all your financial information from different sources [...]

Start thinking about retirement

Most people are always interested in how to save a buck these days with the way things in the world are going, but most people also do not have the time to actually sit down and read up on the way that they can. Since you are sitting here reading this, you are lucky because [...]