If you’re not sure whether to go for Pension Perfect or my beginner investing course, the chilled investor, here’s a guide to help. What you’ll learn What pensions are and how they work, the benefits of having a pension, what to think about when choosing one. Who it’s for Anyone who doesn’t have a pension, … Read more
If you’re from the Jaws generation you’ll know the fears I mean. Are your fears of investing looming large in your mind too?
Writing about investing might seem like a strange tangent for an EFL writer. But, I’ve written across a lot of genres outside EFL: parenting, travel, food, cycling, romance, erotica … guess which one landed me in a scandal reported in El Pais?
Risk-taking chicken … this phrase struck really struck me, sparked by a Facebook conversation about investing – or more specifically, NOT investing – with a fellow ELT-er who wasn’t ready to learn about it. It really resonated with me because I think I’m both a chicken and a risk-taker too. Before I had children, I never stayed … Read more
How, and why, does investing help you achieve financial stability in a time of energy crisis and inflation?
Want to know the truth about investing? The secret, if you like, that makes growing money from money possible is …
That salary we work and train so hard to earn could not only be adding to our income (which, let’s face it, isn’t always enhanced significantly by the CPD we attain) but could be funding further CPD if some of it is invested and earning money for us.
If you spent any significant part of your early adult life in the 80s or 90s, first of all, you were listening to some great music. Second of all, your 90s attitude to money and saving probably screwed you up for life.
This month is a major investing anniversary for me. It’s when I started asking the question “Shouldn’t I be doing something with my savings? And if so …what?”
In ELT we know lots of words that collocate with “money” but some of them are in our active vocabulary while the most important one of all lags behind.
