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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
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100 words on life and exercise
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Choosing a smartphone for business or personal finance
Dealing with debt: frugality is not the answer
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Five differences between women and men and their effects on our relationship with money
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Get your ducks in line: goal setting for high impact
How much do you need? A retirement calculator
Investing as science, an art form and a game
Money for all seasons I
Money for all seasons II
On ‘financial independence’ and ‘financial health’
Students and money: who said this personal finance stuff is easy?
The 10 steps between a vague idea and definite success
What you need to know about the new UK pension legislation
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£100K ($157k) to zero in three years flat: we are debt free!
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