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Why Staying Healthy Is One of the Smartest — and Most Overlooked — Investments You Can Make
When most people think of "investing in the future," their minds immediately turn to pensions, ISAs, property, or the stock market. Financial security, after all, is something we’re constantly [...]
Big Mac – Should be the Same Price in Milan as Manhattan
Many of you will be familiar with the 'Big Mac' Index. The idea behind this index is that a Big Mac should have a comparable cost in one country [...]
Concerned about the Euro? – You May Wish to Consider Your Options
It is not the intention of this post to state an opinion as to what may or may not happen to the European single currency as a consequence of [...]
Most Expensive City to Live?
With Tokyo holding the top spot for the world's most expensive place to live for many years Zurich, in Switzerland, has now taken over that coveted position. According to the [...]
Portable Retirement Plans for Expats
AES International is involved with writing editorial content for various media outlets including Expatica.com which is considered to be the premier website, for internationals and expats, in ten major expat centres [...]
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?!
Want to Become a Millionaire? It is Possible... Since the global economic recession, a majority of people are giving savings and investments a higher priority. When it comes to [...]
As Janaury Goes so Goes the Year..
The argument behind the so-called January Barometer is that a positive first month in the stock markets is very often a precursor to a positive year as a whole. [...]
China Trade Growth Slows to 2-Year Lows in December
Many are looking upon China to 'drag' the world economy out of the doldrums, however, data released on Thursday shows that China's exports and imports grew at their slowest [...]
Euro Continues Decline – Should We Be Surprised?
The Euro continues to fall against the USD, however, should we be surprised? Not withstanding the issues surrounding the current Euro debt issues - currencies will often revert back to what is [...]
Transferring Your Pensions Away from the UK? Is such a thing possible? It is with QROPS
Transferring Your Pensions Away from the UK? Is such a thing possible? It is with QROPS On April 5th 2006 a brand new pension regime was introduced to the [...]
Modern Portfolio Theory In Action
Modern Portfolio Theory makes a preposition that diff assets move in different (some say opposing) directions particularly when markets experience periods of high volatility. However during extreme periods of [...]
Pioneer Fund Breaks One Million % Return Mark
The Pioneer Fund which is the third oldest mutual fund in the US, has now returned over 1 million percent since its inception on February 13 1928. Please click [...]