Archive for the 'Money' Category

Last week Volkswagen weren’t having much of a good time: their shares were down more than 50% and the hedge fund vultures were circling as they started to bet heavily that the VW shares would fall. To make a bit of money off this, they short sold the equivalent of 13% of the VW [...]

Yup, you’ve read the title correctly: Buck the trend and buy shares now. Warren Buffet, one of the worlds most successful investors is, and I agree with his thinking:
A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.
I mentioned about this time last month that [...]

Yup, you read right, get very rich, very quick, well as quick as it takes you to register an account and buy a ticket for tonight’s Euro Million’s lottery draw. Just just sit back and relax, with everything crossed hoping your numbers come up for tonight’s draw. Check out the jackpot…

I’ve got my ticket. [...]

See, I told you Friday or Monday would be a good day to bung your money into an index tracker ISA. Check what the FTSE 100 has done today:

You’d have made yourself an easy 7.58% in one day. This of course assumes your ISA company invests your money at the beginning of the day, [...]

The Lehman Brothers have been found…

Well, well, well. It appears the banking world is finally being taught a lesson that gambling is bad, especially if it’s not your money. In a sanctimonious sort of way, I can’t help by think to myself “I told you so”. I’ve been thinking about the every growing greed of the banking world [...]

I heard something interesting today: reversing into a parking space, or onto your drive can save you up to £100 a year in petrol.
Apparently it’s because a cold engine can use up to 4 times as much petrol than a warm engine. So naturally you want to get things warm as quickly as [...]

I’ve been pondering this on and off for a while: I think petrol stations in the UK are ripping us off ever since the price cracked £1 a litre.
Unlike South Africa, and other countries, the UK’s petrol prices are not regulated (only heavily taxed). Accordingly, petrol companies are free to charge what they like [...]