Love’s Financial Blindness

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Luma.co.uk ran a nationwide survey recently looking into the importance of finances when entering a relationship. Some interesting stats include: only 10.8% chose financial stability as one of their top three important factors when choosing a new partner in comparison to 56% for physical appearance. More worryingly was that almost a third of people get [...]

Forex - February 18 Tuesday 2014 - GU Short -20

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Took this short trade during the London session, the level was set by the day’s Asian high and had been tested the past few days. Valid setup and pullback, just didn’t go in the right direction. Sterling confirmed there was nothing wrong with the trade. -20 pips  

January Forex Trading Roundup

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I started tracking my trades on a calendar since trading live in January and made posts out of the notable ones and will do a monthly roundup of win, losses and BEs (break evens) at the end of each month. Wins: 2 - 2 x 40 pips Losses: 4 - 2 x 20 pips BEs: [...]

American Express Offers £25 Bonus On Platinum Cashback Credit Card

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This is an American Express sponsored post Cardmembers could earn up to £443 cashback on average annual household expenditure Representative example: Representative 18.7% APR variable. Based on annual fee of £25 and assumed credit limit of £1200. Interest rate for purchases: 14.0% p.a. variable. To kick start the year and give an extra boost to [...]

MtGox and Bitcoin Explained

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A Secure Currency Bitcoin is impossible to counterfeit, and has no flaw in the way it is processed. MtGox has not observed proper security protocols, and their internal transactions have been compromised. MtGox is the largest and most well known Bitcoin exchange in the world – or at least, historically, they were. In actuality, they [...]

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