Amidst all the doom and gloom of the past week or so – I am just about all NAMA’d out at this stage – there was a little glint...
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A little money guidance can be a good thing
A little money guidance can be a good thing
At a confirmation party recently, two members of the same family – the sweet-faced young boy of 11 whose confirmation it was,...
Expect to work longer for the state pension
Expect to work longer for the state pension
If you are age 61 today, and were counting on collecting your state old age pension in 2014, think again. Only those people who...
Endow your child with a financial headstart
Endow your child with a financial headstart
My extended family is, well, extending. I am now of an age that my older brothers and sisters are becoming grandparents and a...
Why Halifax customers need to act on savings and loans
Why Halifax customers need to act on savings and loans
For the 50,000 or so Halifax customers and 750 workers are losing their bank and their jobs, last week’s announcement is going...
Latest savings index reveals some surprises
Latest savings index reveals some surprises
“There’s no way I can afford to save €283 a month,” a myriad of callers told Newstalk 106-108’s ‘Breakfast Show’ last Wednesday...
Is the stock market’s rally now at an end?
Is the stock market’s rally now at an end?
These are worrying times for investors, holders of pension funds, pensioners dependent on fixed incomes and for anyone else with...
Cutting out insurance in the downturn is a mistake
Cutting out insurance in the downturn is a mistake
A recent survey of 1,000 adults by the insurer Friends First produced some alarming results: • 70 per cent of respondents have...
A savings and investment strategy for the New Year
A savings and investment strategy for the New Year
There’s no shortage of investment suggestions out there; it’s the filtering of these recommendations according to your own needs...
Time for health insurance members to fight back
Time for health insurance members to fight back
The VHI’s announcement that it is increasing its 2010 premium by between six per cent and 9.5 per cent from February 1st has...
What a Year! It Can Only Get Better . . . Really
What a Year! It Can Only Get Better . . . Really
I’m always a little bemused by those ‘going up/going down’ columns that you see in the weekend magazine supplements that...
There are stings in the Budget tail
There are stings in the Budget tail
With the 2010 Budget frogmarched through the Dáil, that’s that over for another year – hopefully. It’s up to every one of...
