Retirement savings at any age

Whatever age you are there are simple steps you can take to plan ahead for a rich retirement. You will probably have about 20 years of retirement so the earlier you plan ahead the easier it will be to have the lifestyle you want.

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How to invest in gold

Gold just keeps going up in price as the UK and world economy falters. It offers a safe haven for investors when everything else looks too turbulent to bear. If you’re interested in investing in gold but you don’t know how to, here is a range of options to suit everyone – from the novice investor [...]

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Child Trust Funds (CTFs): what to do now

Child Trust Funds (CTFs) are to be scrapped by January 2011 but that means you can still get in there if your child has just been born or will be born before January 1st. Also, you can change existing CTFs to better-performing ones. There are also other options for investing for your children.

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Beat inflation and get 8.1% on savings with Zopa

Inflation is creeping up and it’s eating into your savings. Normal savings rates are dismal but if you become a ‘lender’ with Zopa you can get an inflation-beating average of — zopaaveragerate not defined — on your savings. You could even make more than — zopaaveragerate not defined — if you lend to riskier borrowers.

Make money the easy way and beat the banks

If you suspect you’ve been conned by the banks for years, you’re right. We’ve been sold rubbish products that make money for them rather than us for far too long. However, as the French proverb goes, “success is the best revenge”. My new book Beat the Banks shows you how to invest successfully and easily [...]

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