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Stuart Langridge
Member since 20th September 2006
Occupation: International Financial and Investment Consultant Stuart is an independent international financial and investment consultant who works with expatriates throughout the Benelux region. He also writes extensively about personal finance topics.
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16th May 2007
Experience shows that human nature wants the 'cheapest' or 'best value', but these are not always appropriate. As an investment professional, I can confirm that most members of the public have roughly zero investment skill. This is not meant to be derogat...
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09th May 2007
To an investor looking for high and fast capital gains, a company that makes a dividend payment is a low priority. However, for long term investors, research shows that such a payment is an important part of the overall return on investment.
Many of th...
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07th December 2006
Debt management is an area of finance showing rapid growth. Historically, it has been an area with little or no supervision or regulation and a number of rogues operating with a veneer of respectability. Debt management associations are starting to revers...
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07th December 2006
Debt management is a fast growing sector of the finance industry. With consumer borrowing increasing, an uncertain future for house prices and interest and inflation rates creeping higher, individuals are likely to need debt management services more and m...
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05th December 2006
As individuals around the western world seem to be getting into ever deeper financial water, understanding the nature of personal debt is becoming more important for society.
Without doubt, borrowing money does have positive traits. For example, person...
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10th October 2006
Despite some intensive searching online, I have been unable to locate a fact that I remember reading some months ago.
The fact was this: 80 percent of private investors lose money in their direct investments.
This is the secret that Wall Street does...
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03rd October 2006
If you were doing the logical thing and sunning yourself on holiday at the start of August 2006 you may have missed some pretty scary news about personal debt in the UK.
As if from nowhere, a flurry of announcements arrived in the space of a few days. ...
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20th September 2006
Debt management trouble ... interesting title for a page, huh?
Here's the thing. Things that I recall from my own limited experience of being (only) knee deep in debt and during my time as a mortgage adviser are all overshadowed by one thing. Worry.
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20th September 2006
1. Be honest about it.
If you need to ask a lender for help, tell them why and be honest. If it gets worse in the future, and you lied at the outset, you'll get no help later on. In all areas of money, and life for that matter, having a reputation for ...
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20th September 2006
So, how did you answer? Are You In Debt Management Denial?
You can't normally borrow your way out of debt!
Many within our western society try to borrow their way out of debt. It is possible that this is a form of debt management denial. Borrow mone...
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20th September 2006
There are a number of debt management non profit groups that can and will be really helpful to you. I dont pretend to be a resource that knows everything about every organisation, so I apologise here and now for my ignorance about other groups. I have no ...
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