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The risk-return trade-off is a concept that every investor should be familiar with. Stated simply, it means that to gain a higher potential return on an investment, you have to accept more risk.
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One in three (33%) of us are spending more than our salary or are just about managing to break even each month, according to Bright Grey’s Financial Safety Net report, from a study carried out by Opinium Research. Evidence was gathered from interviews carried out online among 2,016 nationally representative British adults, between 31 January and 3 February 2012.
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Wednesday April 25th must have been the morning David Cameron felt like phoning in sick. The Office of National Statistics officially confirmed that a shock 0.2% contraction in growth had pushed the UK into its first double dip recession since the 1970s. Meanwhile the Leveson Inquiry rumbled on with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt facing calls to resign; Labour opened an eight point lead in the opinion polls and there were predictions that the increase in diabetes could bankrupt the NHS. All in all a good day for a sick note…
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The European Court of Justice has ruled that from 21st December this year, insurers wont be able to use a persons gender as a factor in calculating the cost of their insurance.
Statistically, women live longer than men so they've typically had lower rates for life insurance. This will no longer be the case.
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No-one who is going through a divorce finds the process easy: it’s long, messy and almost always painful. Even if there are no children involved, divorce is a procedure that takes its toll on both sides: the acrimony, the paperwork – and the inevitable meetings with your solicitor.
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Ongoing concerns over NHS reform are causing more people to think about taking out private medical insurance (PMI). The benefits of PMI are well-known: prompt access to diagnosis and treatment (bypassing sometimes lengthy NHS waiting lists), your choice of consultant, and hotel-like accommodation in clean, modern hospitals.
