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Are Stocks Cheap Right Now?

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I recently read an intriguing article on Interactive Investor about the relative price of stocks in various countries around the world, compared to government bond yields. Now, whilst we love dividend growth investing and value stocks here at There’s Value, there are other places to put your money. Savings in your NISA (tax-free) or other …

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Understanding Money – Saving

saving money means going upwards

  Welcome to our series on understanding money. We hope this will help you make some headway into understanding, and getting a hold of your financial matters.So far, you’ve learnt about everyday money as well as budgeting… hopefully you have also  been relatively successful in sticking to your budget over the last two weeks. Now is …

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UK Bloggers Meet Up – 21 March Stratford-Upon-Avon

Just a quick note to say that there’s going to be a bloggers meet up for any of you personal finance or financial independence writers out there in the UK, or nearby (like BELGIUM!). Huw, from Financially Free by Forty is organising it: Stratford-Upon-Avon 21st March 10:00 Please contact Huw, or check his site for more …

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Understanding Money – Budgeting

I'm too broke to pay my bills

    Welcome to our series on understanding money. We hope this will help you make some headway into understanding, and getting a hold of your financial matters. This is written from the UK perspective, but we welcome comments, comparisons, and questions from any country! It’s always good to know how money works on an everyday …

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Understanding Money in Everyday Life

Understanding money, bank accounts, credit cards, direct debits, etc.

    Welcome to our series on understanding money. We hope this will help you make some headway into understanding, and getting a hold of your financial matters. This is written from the UK perspective, but we welcome comments, comparisons, and questions from any country! It’s always good to know how money works on an everyday …

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Dividend Stocks Watch List

best value dividend stocks and value stocks watch list by M from There's Value

It’s time to show you my value stocks and dividend stocks watch list I’m long overdue for beginning a monthly lowdown of my UK dividend stock watch list. Every month, I go through a list of FTSE 350 value stocks and dividend-paying stocks.  I start off with all 350 stocks, and I rank them in …

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New Year’s Resolutions

I know we’re still in the middle of Christmas, but I just thought: ‘Hey! It”s nearly New Year!’ It’s time to make some resolutions. Now, I know we get all positive and tend to make a load of resolutions like ‘go to the gym to get in shape’ and ‘eat healthy’, ‘sort out my finances’, …

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Recent Trade – Buy National Grid and RDSB

Now’s the time to buy Royal Dutch Shell I did it. I am finally updating you as to what I did with the money I got for my recent sale of Royal Mail Group (LON:RMG). With the recent dips in oil, the opportunity was great to average down on my randomly bought one share of …

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Reasons to Be Thankful at Christmas

merry christmas

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! I hope you are all happy on this very special day, and that you are at peace. We have many reasons to be thankful at Christmas. We have a had a fantastic year here at Chez There’s Value! We managed to get a really great bargain on …

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Recent Trade – Sell Royal Mail

sell royal mail shares?

I’d prefer to hold shares forever… I rarely sell a stock. Come to think of it, I am struggling to remember what the last one I sold was… without having to log in to my broker, I can’t really remember! It could have been Tesco, which was sold in the Spring of 2013. This is because …

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