InvestingStrategies

5 Passive Income Ideas That Still Work In 2021

So you have a job but want a way to earn some extra dosh on the side? While many are crushing it, making extra money via the gig economy (ala Uber, Upwork, Fiverr etc), none of these are in any way, shape or form — passive income. The reality is — not everyone has the time or pick up a second job or participate in the gig economy. Karl Marx famously argued that the only thing…
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InvestingProperty

Why Millennials Aren’t Buying Homes Anymore

If one thing is obvious about today’s economy, young people are not buying houses as much as previous generations. According to Business Insider, only a third (31%) of UK millennials own any property at all, behind the global average of 40%. Further, only 74% of UK…
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Momentum Investing Strategies: What Do They Look Like?

In some ways, rising stock prices are kind of a bad thing for investors. Rising stock prices means that a commodity is hot, which means more and more people will start to jump on the trend, eventually causing the securities to become overvalued. After all, if everyone…
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Contrarian Investing Strategies: What Do They Look Like?

Contrarian investing is an important strategy to consider if you are looking to broaden your horizons on strategies to grow your wealth. In a nutshell, contrarian investing is an investment strategy that is marked by buying and selling contrary to prevailing market sentiment at the time. Contrarian investing intentionally goes against the crowd when it comes to buying and selling…
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How Much Money Do You Need To Buy A House In London?

The answer is, unsurprisingly, “a lot”. Buying a house is an expensive – and not to mention confusing – endeavour, particularly in cities like London. For some, it’s well worth the expense – owning a home can be a wonderful feeling – while for others…
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How To Get Started With Investing - A 2021 Guide

How does investing differ from saving? You’ve probably been told many times that to get rich or make your money work harder, you’ve got to invest. But what does that really mean? And how does it differ from regular saving? While setting money aside in a…
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5 Steps to Understanding the Stock Market

In today’s high tech connected world, it’s now easier than ever to invest. The digital revolution of the past 20 years allows the intrepid individual to take risks in the stock market with the potential for a big payout. The point of this guide is to give some basic knowledge and tips to newbie investors without all the technical Wall Street jargon that makes the stock market seem…
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Small-Cap Investing vs Large-Cap Investing

What Is Market Capitalisation? In order to properly understand the pros and cons of small-cap vs large-cap investing, we’ll need to go over one fundamental principle: market cap. In general, market capitalisationis defined as the value of all outstanding…
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Millennial Finance is Multi-Dimensional: Here’s Why

Hipsters, Whipsters & neo-mainstreamers. Let’s talk money. I’ll do my best to refrain from dwelling on the cards we have been dealt as Millennials. To all intent and purposes, I am probably a mainstreamer. Sure, the occasional lurch to the left as a whipster, I’m often back in line one day later. Just like every ‘generation’ we like to work hard to work out how we have been…
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