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In blogging, there are posts that we all sooner or later write. In personal finance blogging I reckon two posts that serve like a ‘rite of passage’ are ‘the latte/coffee post’ and the ’emergency fund’ one. If you have read The Money Principle for any length of time you,…
Yesterday we were sitting in the garden – yes, we do have a bit of summer here in Manchester, England – having coffee and chatting. Then suddenly, John grinned and said: ‘Darling Prof, you did remember to lock the apartment in Sofia, didn’t you?’ …and I went from ‘relaxed’ to…
Editor’s note: This article was written by Joshua Rodriguez, proud owner and founder of CNA Finance and avid personal finance journalist. Join the discussion about this article in the comments below or on Google+! Hi everyone, I’m Joshua Rodriguez and thank you for coming to read my first post…
“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Albert Einstein I fell for this one for a long time. I laughed about the clutter filling our house, I analysed it, theorised it and it has been annoying me…
Your years at university can be among the most fun, educational, exciting and liberating of your life. However, before starting, you need to make sure you are prepared for it mentally, emotionally and financially. For many people, going to university can be a big change in their lives, particularly if…
Ha, ha! See this picture? Thanks to Adam from the Magical Penny, the UK personal finance bloggers who ‘stayed the distance’ last weekend were immortalised. Guess which one is me? (Of course, I am so much better looking in person!) This article, however, is not about looks; it is about…
Let’s talk about net worth, value and the structure of your wealth because each of these can help you build wealth faster. Remember I was telling you last October that even when we had a glimpse of the so much longed-for debt finish line we still spent about £5,000…
Call me a snowflake. Call me an emotional woman. Tell me I don’t understand money because I would rather talk about money mentality (or these pesky feelings, beliefs and values) than primary school maths. Personal finance gurus tell us that our money destiny hangs in the balance between how…
Ideally, we shouldn’t even think about taking out a consolidation personal loan! At the same time many of us need a little help with our cash flow from time to time or to get the big stuff in life – houses, for instance. Similarly, as somebody said in a…
Yesterday Maria published a post suggesting that for a fulfilled life in our pre-dotage before we are off to the commune, we will need to amass a net worth of some £2.5 million ($4 million) of savings and investments over the next 5 years. This is our retirement, not…
Our youngest son is starting high school tomorrow and this quite clearly means that he will have to take new financial responsibilities. Gone are the days when he could just walk down the road to his school or we could pop around to pay his dinner money. From tomorrow on…
This morning I was stretched on my bed, enjoying the last days of relative leisure in our home in Sofia – in couple of days we will be heading back to Manchester and my life is going to take a sharp turn towards regimented self-discipline (ok, motivation), long working days…