New research from home insurer LV= reveals many people are seriously underestimating the value of their clothes, shoes and bags when calculating their home contents insurance. The research shows that on average people estimate their clothes are worth around £1600 with accessories such as dress jewellery and watches valued at ...
October 12th 2009
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NS&I (National Savings and Investments), one of the UK's largest savings organisations, is delighted to be working with Matthew Biggs to encourage 'growing your own' at this year's BBC Good Food Show events.
Visitors to this year's events in Glasgow (SECC, 30 October - 1 November), London (Olympia, 13 - 15 ...
The very word, life insurance, is self explanatory. "Our prime objective is to safeguard our lives and that of our family, by making a financial provision for them following our death", founder of Insure4USA.com stated. Of all the various kinds of insurance in the market, life insurance is the most important. ...
Despite the base rate remaining static for six consecutive months, and with another hold expected f r o m the MPC today, the latest market analysis f r o m uSwitch.com reveals that savings providers are still intent on cutting rates across their product ranges. In the last month alone, ...
Barclaycard is advising its customers to manage their accounts online with its new online account management, mybarclaycard, following the announcement of a possible national postal strike in October.
The new mybarclaycard service offers Barclaycard customers a variety of secure online payment options, including one off payments and the setting up of regular ...
Trading Floor, the forex, equity and commodities blog written and run by Saxo Bank’s strategy team, is now adding regular video comments throughout the European trading session.
The comments on macroeconomic indicators, financial issues and earnings releases will complement the Daily Trading Stance video released every morning and the weekly forex options ...
October 5th 2009
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The revised allowance will come into effect from 6 October 2009. This change will enable existing Direct ISA and Cash ISA customers who will be 50 years or over on the 5 April 2010 to deposit up to £5100 into their ISA in the current tax year. From 6 April 2010 more ...
Trading Floor columnist and Saxo Bank chief economist David Karsbol says the American economy will return to positive GDP growth in the second half of 2009; however, the reliance of the recovery on government spending and inventory re-stocking may mean the growth is not sustainable.
Karsbol says consumer deleveraging will continue ...
The Children's Mutual has won the Best Child Trust Fund Provider Award from leading financial advice magazine Moneyfacts Investment Life & Pensions for the fourth year in succession.
The Children's Mutual fought off stiff competition from more than 70 Child Trust Fund providers - including several national banks and building societies - ...
Prudential has recently released new research that shows that one in four investors have ruled out a return to stock market investment in fear of losing money.
Around one in four potential investors - equivalent to 11.9 million people - are ruling out equity investments because of a lack of confidence ...
Prudential has revealed that workers who don't pay a penny into a pension until they reach the age of 40 may need to set aside upwards of 33 per cent of their salary until age 65 if they want to retire on the holy grail pension of two-thirds annual salary.
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LV=, insurance, pensions and investment group is inviting its members, customers and website visitors to share photos of what they love in life, and be in with the chance of winning £1,500.
The competition's theme ties in with LV='s overall aim as a financial solutions and insurance provider, to help people look ...
This year really has been a savings rate massacre for consumers, with rates falling to historic lows in line with the plummeting base rate. New research from uSwitch.com reveals that in response to this rate land slide, 9 million savers have locked away a total of £131 billion in fixed rate savings ...
October 1st 2009
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Saxo Bank predicts that monetary stimuli and government deficits are likely to continue, fostering a "Japanization" of financial markets, whereby the market will see higher price-to-earnings ratios and lower yields on both corporate bonds and treasuries.
Chief Economist at SaxoBank, David Karsbøl, commented: "Because Western economies are more flexible and able to ...
There are many factors that affect home insurance quotes. Things such as the neighborhood the house is located in, the neighborhood’s crime statistics and the amount of security the home contains are all major components. A recently published article on InsuranceAgents.com reveals that the more secure a house is, the cheaper ...
