My son’s desire for the specific model bike he saw didn’t wane for weeks. He may have been more easily influenced by that 90 second advertisement because he’d been exposed to very little commercial television. Still, the experience rattled me. I’d believed that a close family and stro...
So when Interactive Investor decided they would charge me regularly to hold an ISA with themI told them to get on their bike. They also did some dodgy stuff in the runup to that, like charging to buy funds as if they were shares, which TD haven’t stooped down to – yet. Now TD ...
Remember, though, once someone buys a house, they’re not only responsible for the mortgage. They also have to pay for the mortgage interest, the insurance on the house, the utility bills, groceries, and gas (or public transportation) to get to and from work. A Boomer’s minimum wage i...
For the keener cyclist there’s another financial incentive. It costs an outrageous amount of money to knock a couple of pounds in weight off a bike, going to titanium bits and bobs. Knock a couple of pounds off the rider does the same thing to your ride, costs nothing and won’t get...
It’s also not just AXA that does health insurance. Getting onyour bikeor justtaking a walk regularlyfor half an hour a day buys you health insurance too. That’s obviously a bastard while you’re working, because half an hour out of the rest of your day after you’ve sold 8 hours ...
the mortgage firm to ask me how I was going to repay the interest and capital within ten years or less. If I couldn’t afford it I’d expect them to tell me to get on my bike. And I’d expect them to demand life insurance to discharge the mortgage should I peg it in the ...