Investment
- LifestyleAOL
Too good to be true? A scam or an exception to the rule?
We've all been tempted by an offer that's too good to be true. There's the website you've never seen before that has the must-have toy that everyone else has run out of, or the email we get telling us we won a lottery that we
4-min read - BusinessAOL
Have you lost a pension? One in five have
One in five people with more than one pension have lost track of their savings completely, and two in five have no idea how much they have put away for the future. Pension trends mean that these figures are going to soar over the coming years. So
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You'd need A Level maths to understand your finances
Maths PhD Christian Yates, from the University of Bath, examined the level of mathematical ability people need in order to do very basic banking, and concluded that it was roughly the equivalent of A Level maths. It's hardly surprising,
4-min read - NewsAlice Sholl
A Chanel Bag is Officially the Best Investment You Can Make
A timeless Chanel bag is most certainly a fashion investment, and according to a new study, a viable financial investment too. The research, conducted by experts at vintage handbag authority Baghunter, found that in the last six years the value of Chanel bags has gone up by 70%. Evelyn Fox, CEO of Baghunter, told Marie Claire: “We decided to conduct a study into Chanel handbags as we wanted to see if we could gain an insight into how Chanel implements their pricing tactics.
- BusinessAOL
An easy and cheap way to invest in the stock market
More and more investors are ditching actively-managed funds in favour of low-cost index trackers. As the name implies, an index tracker fund replicates the performance of an index, such as the FTSE 100. As it doesn't require anyone to
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What's the best way to generate income in retirement?
Pension freedoms mean you can now pick your own method for generating retirement income. You're free to buy an annuity, or to avoid them. You can keep your cash in your pension, or withdraw it and pick something else to invest in. Or you can
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How your retirement income is being killed by other people's pensions
Are you relying on an income-producing investment for your retirement? How about an annuity? Then there's bad news ahead, because both are under threat. What's going on? Let's start with those income-producing investments. Ever
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