Posts (latest first)

  • Rain, Rain, Go Away. Come Back Another... Season.
  • Avoiding tax avoidance
  • About money, control and writers
  • True cost of a mortgage
  • Principled Money Posts #43: 'in search of summer' edition
  • Online credit cards
  • Flog This!
  • Are you broke? Check out your waste!
  • How much money to change one's life?
  • Impossible is nothing: about achieving impossible feats
  • Income protection is important
  • How Very Dare You!
  • On the value of life
  • Glorious weather!
  • How you can afford more than one holiday this year
  • Principled Money Posts #42: movie stardom and colliding oceans
  • A forced experiment in minimalism
  • Good Morning Light. Good Morning Me.
  • Financial transaction and foreign exchange
  • Setting up a small business – getting started
  • Work from home? Bring it on!
  • Enough is enough: decluttering our house
  • Principled Money Posts #41: where I end up at the police station
  • Shopping for Satisfaction
  • Bankruptcy in Britain?
  • 5 Ways to Make Money before you Start University
  • Tax, prices and pensions: should Amazon pay taxes in the UK?
  • Would Batman need Life Insurance?
  • Principled Money Posts #40: from 'vamp' to 'frump' and back
  • To live or to exist: this is the question! One Year Lived by Adam Shepard
  • A Penniless Wealth of Time
  • Dealing with debt: why I think consumer debt should be paid off
  • Binary options trading: what's the deal?
  • Have you paid off your Christmas bills yet?
  • The Turning of the Page
  • Principled Money Posts #39: ...and since when being poor is offensive?
  • One thing you don't know about me...
  • One for the weekend: are we really 'a nation in debt'?
  • Let's talk about pensions, baby: 'lump sum' vs. 'annuity'
  • Top Tips on Buying Cars
  • Basic Business Structures- Get to Know the Difference
  • Margaret Thatcher - a view of a life
  • About free money and silly design: not all is as it seems
  • Give me my money: inheritance, memories and civil status
  • What is a credit rating and why does it matter?
  • A Room with a View: training week one
  • Could we lose our money? Lessons from Cyprus
  • Why you should claim for mis-selling
  • Barter economies: do you have what it takes?
  • Principled Money Posts #38: Happy Easter
  • Not So Alone on These Stepping Stones: I am going on a training course
  • Can you have too much money?
  • The bedroom tax and UK budget stupidity
  • Mistakes to Avoid when Spread Betting
  • Happy Birthday to Us: The Money Principle is Two Today
  • Buying a car on a low budget
  • No Tools for Trade: illiterate and unemployed
  • Free Money - the 2013 UK Budget Report
  • UK Budget 2013 - winners and losers
  • Easy to forget rule of personal finance: have fun and budget for it
  • Old money and new friends
  • Empty Pockets Full of Time
  • Getting a new car makes financial sense: meet our Skoda Citigo
  • Four principal income strategies
  • About net worth, value and structure
  • Principled Money Posts #37: Happy Mother's Day edition
  • You and I, the System Glitch: Job Centre woes
  • About running, money and life: lessons from Stu Mittleman
  • What do you do about saving these days?
  • Monday in Monaco and my identity as a personal finance blogger
  • Principled Money Posts #36: Apple vs. Samsung and the winner is...
  • How Does It Work? Using An Umbrella Company
  • 5 Cost Effective Ways to do Business with your Head in the Cloud
  • Tax Avoidance for the masses (well some of them anyway)
  • Zen and the Art of Maintaining a Website: the world is changing and we need to move with it
  • Should there be an Option to Bet on War between Syria and Turkey?
  • Principled Money Posts #35: Monday Begins on Saturday edition
  • Court case funding: what are the options?
  • Basic Tips for Saving Money
  • Why being a Marxist and becoming wealthy are complementary
  • Loss Of Child Tax Credits - Are You Affected?
  • Dealing with debt: three stages of debt repayment
  • Principled Money Posts #34: the 'I love being fifty' edition
  • Dealing with debt: frugality is not the answer
  • Investment - an awesome new platform
  • Stumbles on the way to paying our debt
  • Principled Money Posts #33: travel, holidays and a splendid £300 (about $450) giveaway
  • Essential information to be placed on business cards
  • My Father’s only investment
  • £100K ($157K) to zero in three years flat: we are debt free!
  • Net Worth TV on Leveraging College to Help You Succeed
  • What you need to know about the new UK pension legislation
  • Awesome infographic on a troubling matter: the global debt crisis
  • Why print audits are useful for businesses big or small
  • How I earned £128.96 an hour by being skint…
  • Take charge of your finances: focus on 'wants' rather than 'needs'
  • Don’t put your loved ones at risk: get insurance
  • Dealing with debt: seven steps to debt busting
  • How much is credit costing you?
  • Principled Money Posts #32: ‘feeling grand in the Grand’ edition
  • Congestion misery in wealthy Dubai
  • Choosing a Smartphone for Business or Personal Finance
  • Dealing with debt: change your mental attitude
  • Credit Scores – Knowledge Is Power
  • Dealing with debt: ratios and strategies
  • January - Time To Get Financially Fit
  • Received wisdom is problematic: sayings I dislike
  • Some like it hot, others in 3D: our Christmas presents to ourselves
  • Money management 101: tools of the trade
  • Is it the right time for investing?
  • What Should You Look For When Buying A Buy To Let Property
  • Business Day TV Presents Gravity Pro Consulting
  • Does it have to be so complex? Three mental shifts to simplify your financial life
  • Principled Money Posts #31: the one where our son wins 'the money game'
  • Subscriptions: time to have another look
  • How to travel to Europe on a budget
  • About New Year's resolutions, saving and wasting
  • The UK embraces credit cards
  • Do you have debt? Time to get your numbers straight!
  • An insurance community serving the public: a review of Ampminsure
  • Do you have too much debt? At the beginning was...feeling
  • Join the Debt Movement! World Domination coming up!
  • About goals, priorities and general orientation: my words for the year
  • Principled Money Posts #30: end of year round up
  • 'Tis the season to de-clutter...and make some cash doing it!
  • The Best of The Money Principle 2012
  • Merry Christmas, my friends!
  • Is getting in debt the best thing that could have happened to me? Really?
  • Five Questions to Ask Ourselves Before Taking Out a Personal Loan
  • About frugality, co-creation and the return of temptation
  • 15% Rise for Women’s Car Insurance and how you can offset the effects
  • My financial goals: end of play
  • Principled Money Posts #29: karate, writing challenge and awesome writing
  • Unifying investments – Bring an ISA and a SIPP together
  • Should we sell our car: please help us make up our minds
  • Christmas gifts at the workplace: a guide to Secret Santa
  • Loyalty or good rate home insurance? This is the question!
  • Four reasons why freelancing leaves me lukewarm
  • Give Yourself the Spirit of Entrepreneurialism this Christmas
  • How do you feel about Christmas? Honestly?
  • An Investment You Can Enjoy
  • Show me your number and I’ll show you mine: about rebellious personal finance and destiny
  • Osborne's Autumn Statement
  • Watch your money this festive period
  • Principled Money Posts #28: ‘the long way home’, frugality and writing edition
  • How much would you pay for a bottle of wine?
  • Buy what you need when you need it!
  • One habit of wealthy people
  • How much do you need? A retirement calculator
  • Are you saving too much: our 'enough'
  • Top Errors People Make When Looking For Car Insurance
  • Keep warm this winter: the Home Heat Helpline launched in the UK
  • Are you saving too much: where is your 'enough'?
  • Principled Money Posts #27: 'Autumn mood' edition
  • How to Save Money for Care Home Fees
  • Beyond 'I told you so' is 'Ouch!': Paul Knott's epic book about finance and so much more
  • What Happens After Liquidation
  • Why finance IT jobs should be well paid?
  • Mortgages in England and Wales: average monthly payment and affordability
  • Investing in Property in a Tough Economy
  • The Freelancer's Guide to Budgeting
  • Life Insurance: benefits for your family’s personal finance
  • Stone skimming sur le continent
  • Is Gold Investment Accessible To All?
  • Principled Money Posts #26: the 'bonfire night' edition
  • Budget airlines and out of pocket passengers: easyJet let us down
  • Do you believe in coincidences? The marathon that was not to be!
  • How to Trade Forex
  • Changing my position on credit cards: a sign of weakness or growth
  • How To Get A Fast Loan
  • Are You Saving Up For Your Retirement: Infographic and Analysis
  • Busy or productive: 2,000 to 10,000 or how to catapult your writing productivity
  • The beginners’ guide to sending parcels.
  • SOS debt management: education is better than information
  • Save on your summer wardrobe
  • Principled Money Posts #25: 'being fifty and mad celebrations' edition
  • How the economic crisis has increased pawning
  • DFD Housing Price Infographic
  • The Gender Rules and You
  • Our financial optimism: 'no spending' to 'home improvements'
  • How has the eurozone crisis affected corporate banking?
  • BUY TO LET – what you need to know
  • Save time and go green using video conferencing
  • Billing guidance tips can help your business cut on energy costs
  • Changing people’s hearts and minds: the magic and practice of enchantment
  • Why comparing your budget to this of other people is a really dumb thing to do
  • Two factors behind debt and what does this have to do with you
  • Principled Money Posts #24: 'the curse of travel' edition
  • Two conversations and a museum: it is important to face our past if we are to have a future
  • Could one have good quality of life in a poor country?
  • Six energy tips for sport and fitness start-ups
  • Top 3 myths about personal injury claims
  • The Money Principle give away: £80 worth of Groupon vouchers
  • Interest rates for dummies
  • Investment options: trading futures
  • Students and money: who said this personal finance stuff is easy?
  • Calculating the Cost of a Payday Loan
  • Principled Money Posts #23: Write on Finance Blog Up
  • Why I don't have aggressive investments
  • Coping with uncertainty: how I decided the level of life insurance to carry
  • Beyond 'The Secret': the seven laws of the Universe Part 2
  • What is professional indemnity insurance?
  • Gosh, renting is expensive! And not for the obvious reasons either
  • Getting the most out of a credit card
  • Principled Money Posts #22: the new academic year is upon us
  • Glorious British Summer We’re Having. Now, Are You Insured For Flooding?
  • Thinking of Emigrating?
  • Beyond 'The Secret': the seven laws of the Universe
  • How to buy your first commercial property
  • Living cheap and feeling cheap
  • Making the most of low US mortgage rates
  • The SME saving guide
  • Last Week The Money Principle was in Six Carnivals
  • Tips for Investing in Ecommerce
  • Factoring to support small business cash-flow
  • Strategic Market Knowledge: The Key to Low Risk Trading
  • Children and money: are we teaching our future the wrong thing(s)?
  • Principled Money Posts #21: 'the holidays are over' edition
  • In the last two weeks The Money Principle was included in...well, many personal finance carnivals
  • Crystal clear with Crystal Stemberger: How I Make Money Blogging
  • Attitudes to life and money: about the ants and birds
  • The Matthew Effect: rich people not only get more, they also need to spend less
  • Jacques Bouchard comment Quebec's Plan for the North
  • Borrowing from the future and the change in pension regulation in the UK
  • The Rise in Health Negligence Payouts
  • Four reasons for not automating our car and home insurance
  • Principled Money Posts #20: 'we all like to be beside the sea side' edition
  • What is international banking?
  • First-time Borrower's Guide to Credit Cards
  • Real estate ownership: a blessing or a bother?
  • Is it possible to get a loan with good customer service?
  • Living life, loving life and budgeting for it: the Cinderella rule of personal finance
  • Principled Money Posts #19: the end of the Olympics edition
  • Unexpected home moving costs hurting UK property owners
  • Do you need to join a gym? No, really!
  • It is voting time again: The Money Principle’s entry in the Personal Finance Olympics is live
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Nine Carnivals
  • Would an end to no-win no-fee agreements be bad for ordinary people?
  • When credit card comparison really pays off
  • Dreams come true: The Money Principle is a finalist in the PF Olympics
  • Three short stories on money and technology
  • Personal Finance Olympics: from a 'dark horse' to a 'finalist'?
  • The Limits of Social Acceptability: payday loans and credit cards debt
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Eight Carnivals
  • Tour de Personal Finance: The Money Principle is the winner
  • Self employed? Get professional indemnity insurance
  • Cuts in public spending are not going to affect front line services!
  • Tour de Personal Finance: The Money Principle is in the Final
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Eight Carnivals
  • Summer reads: the best seller, a best written book and a book I wish I wrote
  • Personal Finance Olympics: it is an honour to take part but I am not giving up without a good fight
  • What you are worth and six strategies to increase your value
  • Mid-life angst: my commitment
  • Principled Money Posts #19: the miracle and beauty of life
  • The Money Principle Needs You: Tour de Personal Finance Round 2
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Seven Carnivals
  • About ‘smart women’, ‘nice girls’ and getting rich
  • The Money Principle Needs You!
  • Budgeting for Your Environmental Ethics
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Six Carnivals
  • Bankers behaving badly
  • SOS Debt Management: is debt consolidation worth it?
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Seven Carnivals
  • Money lessons from unexpected sources: the importance of time
  • Investing as science, an art form and a game
  • Principled Money Posts #18: Bella Roma edition
  • There is nothing wrong with quitting; but you have to know what to quit and why are you quitting
  • My financial goals: one year in
  • Who would be Angela Merkel?
  • Principled Money Posts #17: about endings, beginnings and everything else
  • Do you really need insurance?
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Six Carnivals
  • Avoiding procrastination: about eating frogs and ‘frogology’
  • What would you do if you really have no money at all?
  • Three quotes that will help you improve your writing
  • How financially savvy are you and how to clean up your act?
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Seven Carnivals
  • Christine Lagarde is wrong! And not only for the obvious reasons
  • Staying out of the red over bank holiday weekends
  • I found him in a ‘lucky bag’!
  • Carnivals and other splendid news
  • Fire Safety
  • Dyson vs. Henry: what do you think?
  • About the importance of spotting opportunities and acting on them
  • Another Sunday Full of Fun
  • How I Manage Finances in my Relationship
  • Four conditions under which cash loans may not be such a bad idea after all
  • Last Week The Money Principle was Included in Five Carnivals
  • Covered for life
  • ‘Skills we need’ and ‘skills we have’
  • A need or a want: this is the problem!
  • For the love of life and money
  • Politics and economy in the Eurozone part 2
  • The Money Principle was Included in Six Carnivals This Week
  • About Greek art and the little things that make our lives
  • Politics and economy in the Eurozone part 1
  • 100 words on minimalism
  • The Money Principle was Included in Eight Carnivals This Week
  • It is all in the mind: about causality and the millionaire mind?
  • Money for all seasons II: income, spending and age profiles and received wisdom
  • Principled Money Posts #16: the winds of change edition
  • The Money Principle was Included in Five Carnivals This Week
  • Stories and our relationship with money
  • Regulate the people, not the banks!
  • 100 words on strategy
  • The Money Principle was Included in Five Carnivals This Week
  • Money lessons from unexpected sources: murder, domineering matrons and money
  • Money for all seasons I: income, spending and age
  • 100 words on job interviews
  • About money, happiness and the lessons Hector learned on his search
  • Zen and the art of motorcar ownership: how much are our car ownership costs, really ?
  • 100 words on making lists
  • What do ‘ketchup’ and Control Your Cash have in common?
  • Five things older people have and young people...
  • Have you heard the news? The Money Principle is a ‘Mighty Site’!
  • Principled money posts of the week #15: April Fools’ Day edition
  • Eeny, meeny, miny, moe; catch ETF investing by the toe...
  • Baby boomers and the generation divide
  • Happy Birthday to Us: The Money Principle is One Today
  • A week of budgets: how to manage expenditure
  • The large effect of modest saving
  • UK Budget response
  • Savings calculator: check out this nifty PF tool
  • What did the Romans do for us? A story of banks and tax
  • About mice, change and other pests: how do you cope?
  • Have you reached your peak earning years?
  • Five differences between women and men and their effects on our relationship with money
  • Where to buy property 3 - local issues to consider
  • Breathe out and be: I have a job!
  • Principled money posts of the week #14: the ‘Catch 22 and Nately and...’ edition
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what would you say if someone didn’t pass a hurdle?
  • Where to buy property 2
  • 100 words on high hills and steep slopes
  • Junior ISAs vs Child Trust Funds
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are you reading at the moment?
  • Types of Credit Cards: Positives and Negatives
  • Where to buy property
  • An accident of birth
  • The Money Principle Brainteaser: what gives you most pleasure in life?
  • Do you read blogs by people who are in debt?
  • Principled money posts of the week #13: about ‘white calmness and Irish coffee’
  • 100 words on the questions we ask
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are your fears for the year ahead?
  • No education means extermination: my most idiotic financial mistake
  • Principled money posts of the week #12: the one where ‘mountains are mountains and not just hills’
  • 100 words on ‘understanding’ and ‘changing’ life
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are your hopes for the year ahead?
  • Could I say ‘no’ to 2 million dollars?
  • Principled money posts of the week #11: the ‘day before Paris’ edition
  • 100 words on bringing up children
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are your words for the year?
  • Positive Money - Part 2
  • Our houses: homes and investments
  • Instead of a round up
  • 100 words on life-work balance
  • How can one ‘be’ when there is nothing ‘to do’?
  • Positive Money - Part 1
  • Would I still be working when I am sixty four?
  • Principled money posts of the week #10: the ‘Sunny Sunday’ edition
  • 100 words on life and exercise
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what is the worst thing you ever spent your cash on?
  • The 10 steps between a vague idea and definite success
  • I am so going to win this! How about you?
  • Principled money posts of the week #9: the ‘welcome to 2012’ edition
  • 100 words on writing
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what is the best thing you have ever spent your cash on?
  • Get your ducks in line: goal setting for high impact
  • Instead of a New Year’s resolution
  • Principled money posts of the week #8: the ‘so long 2011’ edition
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what is the New Year's resolution you kept to?
  • Dream your goals and plan your dreams: the Walt Disney groove
  • Principled money posts of the week #7: Merry Christmas edition
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what do you really want for Christmas?
  • Breaking up with tradition: our Christmas lunch
  • Tell me your dreams and I’ll tell you your goals
  • New UK banking regulation
  • Principled money posts of the week #6: about opportunities, women and weight loss; no handbags please!
  • Love drop: do something worthwhile this Christmas
  • What gives me most value?
  • Gaming and life: lessons from Cashflow
  • How did the banks mess it up?
  • Principled money posts of the week #5: pensions, saying ‘no’ and choose Scrooge not Santa
  • Ups and Downs in Europe
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are the three stories for children you like best and why?
  • What have Baby Boomers done for us?
  • Why banks love to lend
  • Principled money posts of the week #4: new affinities, credit score improvement and earning ‘from home’
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are the three habits that are preventing you from achieving your goals?
  • How much do you waste on food?
  • The Big British Walk Out
  • Why we need banks
  • Principled money posts of the week #3: professors, do we worry about the wrong things and plumbing advice
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are the three personal possessions that you value most?
  • 20 Ways to Celebrate Christmas With Kids Without Overspending
  • If you fall in debt, would it be forever...
  • Unsustainable interest
  • Principled money posts of the week
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are the three most financially dumb things you’ve done?
  • Between two Rocks: the Yellow Rock and Northern Rock
  • How sexy are budgets?
  • The Three Taxes - a review
  • Principled money posts of the week
  • The Money Principle Brain Teaser: what are the three most financially savvy things you’ve done?
  • About ‘extreme frugality’
  • We live in interesting times
  • I ‘discovered’ Groupon
  • Move Your Money Day – 5th of November
  • Stuck between ‘always’ and ‘never’?
  • Coping with trouble: in the long run
  • I just joined the Yakezie Challenge
  • The market knows best?
  • Thrift or keep: charity shops running out of stock?
  • Coping with trouble: in the middle term
  • Funny Money
  • Coping with trouble: short term measures
  • It is The Money Principle’s anniversary today!
  • A spot of bother!
  • Happy birthday to me and...6 things that I’ll stop doing
  • Money Principle Ideas Generator: and the winner is...
  • Millionaire Maker? You must be kidding!
  • How big is your jar?
  • Money Principle Ideas Generator: economic meltdown and what would you do?
  • You want to be rich? You want to be wealthy? Stop being poor then!
  • Friday begins on Sunday
  • ‘Opening the robe...’
  • On ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ mentality
  • How much would you pay for water?
  • Pinpoint your spending ‘blind spots’
  • I paid my credit card in full...twice
  • Why do we get in debt?
  • On wealth: European and American style
  • Who holds the strings? Transnational corporations are really in charge
  • Celebration time: eighteen months and over half of our negative wealth gone!
  • How long can 1 euro and 20 cents last?
  • On financial independence and financial health
  • And was it worth it?
  • On ‘personal finance’, coffee bars and wasps
  • Phew! I have a bank account...in Bulgaria
  • The Money Principle Budgeting Tool: let’s play
  • Why I say ‘negative wealth’ and not ‘debt’?
  • My financial goals: four months later
  • The opposite of ‘poor’...
  • Look in the mirror... and meet your main asset
  • 80 steps...and I won the race
  • Four ways for organising family finances
  • Castles and homes: when does it make sense to rent?
  • Letter to my 75 year old self: what I shall leave my children
  • Match made in heaven: the beauty of Zopa finance is, it cuts out the bank ‘middleman’!
  • Live today and plan for tomorrow: let’s talk about pensions, baby
  • Financial sense and financial sensibility: repairing appliances
  • Five reasons why we shall not be parted with our bread-maker
  • Cheap things that are very costly: who said camping is inexpensive?
  • The Money Principle Brain Teasers: Lao and Leo
  • How to change your money blueprint?
  • Seven Traits of Successful People: do I have what it takes
  • The Money Principle financial health: who controls the flows of your money-river?
  • The Money Principle financial health: balancing the money flows
  • The Money Principle financial health: money is a flowing river
  • Money Principle Brain Teasers
  • The Money Principle Running: how I started running?
  • Morals vs Money: round three
  • What is your money blueprint?
  • Budgeting that works: The Money Principle Way
  • Why using credit cards is a really bad idea
  • The Money Principle Store Cupboard: three things we learnt
  • How to create a store cupboard that works for you, your family and your lifestyle?
  • Why create a store cupboard?
  • How ‘financially fragile’ are we?
  • Change to publication schedule of the Money Principle
  • Morals vs Money: round two
  • A Nice Girl changing her money profile
  • Budgeting that works: Arkad’s Simple Rules
  • The Money Principle Running: three running AHAs for life and wealth
  • The Money Principle Brain Teasers
  • Four ways to reduce spending on food
  • Money Principle wealth chat: wealth in the UK
  • Morals vs. Money: round one
  • Nice girls don’t get rich! Or do they?
  • Budgeting that works: The Balanced Money Formula
  • Where did my money go? On shoes, for one!
  • The 10 commandments of successful budgeting
  • Three things I’ll not give up
  • To budget or to have a budget?
  • Ferriss, Timothy (2007) The-4 Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich
  • Three course French menu for £1.50 per person?
  • Why I’ll choose ‘controlling money’ anytime
  • Why my first budget was a complete disaster?
  • What do I do to keep sane?
  • Clason, George S., The Richest Man in Babylon
  • My life goals: five things to get me going
  • What is money?
  • What do young people talk about when they talk about money?
  • My financial goals
  • Am I a ‘not so well to do’?
  • Money: a brief history
  • In a way of introduction
  • The Money Principle Net Wealth Calculator
  • Kiyosaki, Robert and Sharon Lechter (1997) Rich Dad Poor Dad
  • The Money Principle: back to the drawing board
  • My ‘protected wants’
  • Exercise One: Master your wants
  • Conquer your needs or master your wants?
  • Changing the ratio: variable expenditure
  • My Money Principle
  • Changing the ratio: the power of small
  • Changing the ratio: looking at expenditure
  • Money movie: analysis and action
  • Money portrait: what next?
  • The Money Movie
  • The Money Portrait Two
  • The Money Portrait One
  • Love thy numbers
  • The Money Principle: and the fun begins
  • Why The Money Principle?
  • Join TMP's 1600 followers!