Bank of England Inflation Report
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford provides a summary of the latest quarterly Inflation Report from the Bank of England and his views on the contents.
60 homes a day sold to fund care fees
Nov 10, 2010
The Daily Mail is reporting today that more than 20,000 pensioners were forced to sell their homes last year to pay for care fees.
Another record high for gold
Nov 9, 2010
The price of gold has reached another record high, at $1,421 during trading on 9th November 2010.
The cost of care at home
Nov 8, 2010
The BBC is reporting today that some councils in England fear budget pressures will hit care services which help elderly and vulnerable adults live at home.
Market numbers: 5th November 2010
Nov 7, 2010
The FTSE 100 index of leading UK company shares finished the week at 5,875.35, up 12.56 points or +0.21% on the day and up 200.19 points (+3.53%) over the week.
The cost of happiness
Nov 6, 2010
New research by Skipton Building Society has calculated the cost of financial happiness is an extra £6.75 a week.
BBC journalists and their pension scheme
Nov 5, 2010
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford looks at the BBC strike action over proposed reforms to their unsustainable pension scheme.
A last-ditch attempt to stimulate the US economy
Nov 3, 2010
The US Federal Reserve has announced another round of quantitative easing (QE) in a final attempt to stimulate the US economy.
An invitation to photographers
Nov 3, 2010
Informed Choice has created our first Flickr Group for staff, clients and professional connections of the firm to share their favourite photographs.
Falling demand for commercial property
Nov 2, 2010
The latest RICS UK Commercial Market Survey for Q3 2010 shows falling demand for commercial property, with the office sector seeing the largest falls.
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