]> http://www.loani.org/taxonomy/term/255/0 Auto generated by aggregator2 autotaxonomy en http://www.loani.org/why_the_security_spending_spree <p>Coming across this , it looks like the UK has over the past year bought $220bn in US Treasury Securities. I'm curious. Can anyone explain the reason? (or connect this to a specific political decision made by the UK government) Because I'm struggling...</p> Finance finance markets uk Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:00:41 +0000 http://www.loani.org/overpayment_by_ex_employer <p>My ex-employer is claiming I was overpaid, and is asking for the money back - what should I do? For about four years I worked with a local authority in the UK. 10 months ago I was offered a new job with a private company, so I handed in my notice and left. Yesterday I received a phone call from my bank, saying that I had been overpaid by over £1200, and that they needed to recover that money. I had no idea that this had happened, and as far as I could tell from my remaining paycheques everything was in order. I mean, I didn't sit down and tot up my hours or anything, but it seemed to roughly add up to how much I'd worked.</p> Finance employers finance money overpayment uk Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:15:18 +0000 http://www.loani.org/credit_cards_worth_it <p>I'm thinking of getting a credit card -is it worth it? I'm 22, in the UK and thinking about getting a credit card -I don't feel I need one (not a big or enthusiastic spender) apart from establishing a credit rating -is it worth it? I understand the benefits -insurance, cash-back etc but it seems like a hassle -I'm perfectly happy just spending money that I have using my debit card. However, as credit scores are partly based on duration of credit history I'm thinking I should get a credit card if only to prove to future mortgage providers (perhaps 3 or so years in the future) that I'm responsible with credit etc.</p> Finance banking card cashback credit finance money spending uk Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:36:09 +0000 http://www.loani.org/personal_finance_with_pounds <p>"Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen pounds nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery." British personal finance blogs, forums and other resources? After several post-university years of lurching from one personal finance crisis to another, I'm finally pulling clear of my personal debt. I've had a very decent increase in job income, and I'm also about to receive a legacy which will let me pay off my post-universtity loans, and, for the first time in my adult life, leave me in a position to start saving properly, investing fully in retirement funds and give me a stable enough life to create and follow a budget that isn't going to get dashed to pieces on my bank's indifference and yet another overdraft charge.</p> Finance blogs finance forums money personal pounds recommendation uk Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:01:37 +0000 http://www.loani.org/share_your_share_knowledge_please <p>UKSharesFilter: Some of my relatives have had a small selection of the shares in an inherited portfolio disappear over time from their online tracker, so my question is what has happened to the following stocks: CHB.L; GAA.L; MFBUEUGI.L and MFBUTRU.L, and should they have received any notification, documents or even cheques, (and what can be done about finding out more)? (I should clarify that they still have the certificates and haven't sold, traded or otherwise physically disposed of them, it's the listing themselves that now come up as 'No Such Symbol' on the internet listing of the portfo</p> Finance finance money portfolio shares trading uk Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:30:23 +0000