Become Your Own Financial Adviser: Understand The Theory Of Money

Minimise your risk and maximise your returns! But before you can do this, you need to know the basics. This article introduces the fundamental concepts needed to understand the theory of money.

Grasping The Language Of Investment

If you want to take more control of your investing, you need to learn the language of investment.

Investing Your Money Wisely: How To Interpret Company Reports

To invest your money and retain control, you need to know how to interpret company reports. Read this article to find out how.

Investing Your Money: Check Your Financial Health

To invest your money wisely, you first need to give your finances a health check. This article will help you work through the key elements of your financial position before looking at investment options.

How Not to Make Money by Investing

Many people think buying a property and renting it out is a good investment even when they have to top up the mortgage with their money.

Hedge Funds - Derivatives - Debt - China and the Risk of Systemic Market Panic

It seems that with every significant market swoon, commentators come out of the woodwork on financial television and speak of systemic risk to the financial markets, often from hedge fund or complex derivative blow ups, or events from China. I think there is always the risk, however small, that such an event could occur and cause a meltdown, and we would be foolhardy to say this would never happen.

Why Bonds May Be Better Than Stocks

Bonds may not be as visible in the media as stocks. There's a lot more excitement that surrounds the area of stocks which makes them written about in the press a lot more. However, the fact remains that though bonds might not be as high profile and very often bring in lower returns, they are probably safer and healthier.

Investing For Financial Health

If you want to have a fund for emergencies, provide for special events, your children's education, or simply pay off your mortgage, you need to invest. This article explores this principles further.

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.

Buying Insurance Bonds: Endowments And Broker Funds

Endowments and broker funds are explained in this article, which would be useful for anybody beginning to assess their position for investments.

Specialised Investing: Buying Annuities

Money purchase, personal and stakeholder pensions must eventually be used to buy an annuity. This is called a compulsory purchase annuity (CPA) and all the proceeds are taxable. Read this article to learn more about this specialised investing method.

A Mathematician Plays The Stock Market By John Allen Paulos

Quite informative and thought provoking book in the stock market and how and why investors make the mistakes they do. Author is a split-personality - a mathematician who understands probability for more than most of us, yet also an investor who lost a lot of money buying WorldCom stock during the bull market.

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.