Timeless Financial Wisdom in Honor of Chinese New Year
Posted on January 17th, 2012
If you thought your New Year’s revelries were over for the next 12 months, think again! Chinese New Year is Jan. 23, and around the world billions of people will celebrate the arrival of the 4,710th year in the Chinese calendar.
Anything that’s been around for that long probably has some wisdom to impart, don’t you think? Here are a few timeless tidbits of Chinese wisdom – and our thoughts on how they can apply to your financial life as you celebrate Chinese New Year:
- Count not what is lost, but what is left – This one may be particularly appropriate if your investments had a rough time in 2011! It may also ring true for you if you indulged in some overspending this past holiday season. Instead o
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Water bills ‘have risen 10% each year’
Posted on April 17th, 2011
City-dwelling Aussies are spending an increasing amount of money on their water bills each year, recent figures indicate.
According to data from the National Water Commission, the cost of the resource has risen by ten per cent each year, reports the AAP.
Those who pay their bills with credit cards may have noticed that this increase has occurred annually for the last three years.
The typical bill in cities with more than 100,000 people living in them rose from $756 in 2008/9 to $837 in 2009/10.
Individuals looking to offset the rising cost of water may want to compare credit cards online to ensure they do not pay more interest on purchases and bill payments than they need to.
Earlier this month, the same publication cited a survey conducted by Dun and Bradstreet, which indicated consumers are tightening their belts and that spending is expected to decline in the near future.
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The four financial resolutions to make in the New Year
Posted on December 20th, 2009
Forget drinking less or promising to go to the gym. If you really want to make 2010 a good year you’d be a lot better off making financial resolutions. Here are a few suggestions.
1. Dump your bank manager
If there is one lesson to take away from 2009, it is that banks don’t care about customer welfare – so don’t think loyalty pays. It doesn’t. That means that if you want the best bank account on the market – or even an adequate bank account – odds are you need to switch. Almost all the most rewarding offers are exclusive to new customers.
The best account available for those who are always in credit is Halifax’s Reward Current Account. It pays you £5 a month regardless of how much money there is in your account. Given that most current accounts pay little or no interest, this is very good indeed. The only requirement is that £1,000 is paid into the account every month. <