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People are including pets in their financial plans
Well looked after ONE of Dianne Burns’ most important retirement plans involved a dapple-grey horse named Scout. The former forensic scientist had dreamed of riding once she stopped work. So it was a happy coincidence when she discovered that her financial planner—who advises clients on California’s central coast—loved horses, too. Thanks to precise financial modelling […]
Brazil is shaping up for a unique kind of financial crisis
RUDI DORNBUSCH, a renowned economist who died in 2002, said there were two sorts of currency crisis. The pre-1990s kind is slow. It starts with an overvalued exchange rate, which gives rise to a trade deficit. Foreign-exchange reserves are gradually run down to pay for it. When they are gone, the game is up. The […]
Brazil is shaping up for a unique kind of financial crisis
Chronic governance failings mean it is in a battle with itself
How to Set Financial Goals and Actually Meet Them
Finances can push anyone to the point of extreme anxiety and worry. Easier said than done, planning finances is not an egg meant for everyone’s basket. And that’s why most of us are often living pay check to pay check. But did anyone tell you that it is actually not a tough task to meet […]
How Being Smart With Your Money Leads to Financial Success
Achieving financial success is not something that just happens. Maybe if you win the lottery or something, but for the average person like you or me, it comes from a series of small steps you take over a long period of time. With each step, you form a new smart money habit. And with each […]
The Treasury Secretary’s hectic schedule after Lehman Brothers’ collapse illustrates the chaos of the financial crisis
Getty Images Saturday marks exactly 10 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the biggest bankruptcy in the history of the United States, and the defining event of the financial crisis. The days after Lehman’s collapse were a frantic scramble to prevent the collapse of the whole financial system. At the heart of that scramble […]
Turkey’s central bank promises ‘all necessary measures’ to save its financial system amid lira collapse
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (TCMB) has outlined a range of measures to bolster liquidity and support the financial system. The lira plunged as much as 10 per cent during the Asian markets trading session after a fall of 25 per cent against the US dollar last week — moves that rattled […]
Financial expert reveals the best way to save as much as possible for your pension
A recent report by insurer Royal London said that homeowners need to save a whopping £260,000 into their pension pot to have a ‘decent’ standard of living in retirement. That might sound a figure way outside of your reach – but don’t panic. The right planning goes a long way. Here are some of the […]
$160 million corruption scandal in Argentina roils its financial markets
Rolando Andrade Stracuzzi/Clarin via AP More than a dozen former Argentine government officials and business executives have been arrested in a large scale corruption scandal. The investigation is throwing Argentina upside down just as it gears up for economic recovery. Watch the Argentine peso trade in real time here. Just as Argentina looked poised for […]
