June 2009 - Finance -

NEW credit card calculators on compareandsave.com

You can now take control of your credit card finances with the three new calculators we have just launched on compareandsave.com. All three of our new calculators are easy to use and will display your results in writing, as a graph and in a table, giving...

Published 06-30-2009 8:45 PM by The Financial Blogger

Filed under: Personal Finance

Randgold Resources leads miners lower

Europe’s equities markets saw declines Tuesday as the banking sector and miners lost ground and the oil sector was mixed in London. The FTSE 100 was 1.04 percent lower to 4,249.21 while the FTSE 250 fell 0.84 percent to 7,414.56 in London. Miners were...

Published 06-30-2009 7:32 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, commodities, Wall Street, Investment News, London equities, European equities, Asia-Pacific equities

CIM survey reveals optimism among financial marketers

The latest Marketing Trends Survey from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has revealed that financial marketers are cautiously optimistic about the UK economy. The survey, conducted for the CIM by Ipsos MORI, the independent market research organisation...

Published 06-30-2009 7:05 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, Economy News, optimism, Marketing Trends Survey, Chartered Institute of Marketing, CIM, financial marketers

Eurozone inflation falls sharply

There are fears for the euro zone today after official figures revealed that the area is heading for a period of deflation. A short period of deflation (where prices fall rather than increase) could be a serious threat to the economy because it deters...

Published 06-30-2009 6:48 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, euro zone, Economy News, European Central Bank, recession, inflation, interest rates, fall, unemployment, deflation, threat, Eurostat

Conference Board reveals fall in US consumer confidence

After a recent run of good news in the US, the Conference Board has today revealed a dip in consumer confidence this month. The news came as a bit of a shock since the latest University of Michigan’s index of consumer sentiment rose from 68.7 in May to...

Published 06-30-2009 6:26 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, Economy News, recession, US, fall, GDP, confidence, consumer, stock markets, June, Conference Board

Airlines flout EU insurance rules

A number of low-cost airlines are flouting EU rules on automatically adding travel insurance when flights are booked. An investigation by consumer rights group Which? found that easyJet, Jet2 and Monarch continue to automatically add travel insurance...

Published 06-30-2009 5:53 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, UK, Insurance News, Company News, Which?, rules, Europe, travel insurance, EU, airlines

Check your bank balance via text message

Customers at Lloyds TSB are now able to request their bank account balance via text message. The “Balance on Demand” service was launched today by the high street bank. To check their bank balance, customers text BAL and the last four digits...

Published 06-30-2009 2:50 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, Banking News, new product, current account, Lloyds TSB, text message, mobile banking, bank balance

Does your home insurance cover DIY blunders?

DIY Brits planning to do up their homes on the cheap should check their home insurance policy covers them for any DIY blunders before they get out the toolbox, Saga Insurance warned this week. The over-50s insurance specialist issued the warning to coincide...

Published 06-30-2009 2:48 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, research, Insurance News, home insurance, Saga, over 50's, DIY, injury, accident, hobby

Household running costs down 17%

The cost of running a home in the UK has plummeted to a three year low, according to new research from Halifax. A study by the bank found that the cost of owning and running a household has fallen by nearly a fifth during the past twelve months to the...

Published 06-30-2009 2:45 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, Economy News, UK, survey, Property News, Halifax, research, costs, mortgage repayments, household, energy bills

Lloyds Banking Group to axe further 2,000 jobs

Lloyds Banking Group has dealt yet another jobs blow to its staff with the news that it will axe another 2,100 jobs over the next three years. Lloyds Banking Group, which is 43% state-owned, has shed thousands of jobs following its merger with HBOS last...

Published 06-30-2009 2:41 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, HBOS, Banking News, Lloyds Banking Group, job losses, merger, Unite

UK economy in sharpest contraction since 1958

Official figures have today revealed that the UK economy shrank by 2.4% in the first three months of 2009 - far worse than expected and the biggest quarterly decline in 51 years. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the fall was worse than the...

Published 06-30-2009 2:30 PM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, Economy News, recession, UK, contract, Alistair Darling, Office for National Statistics, ONS, 1958, worse

4 Stocks for 2009 Competition: Another Quarter, Another Champion!

As you probably remember, a few personal finance blogger and I entered into a friendly stock picking competition on January 1st 2009. The purpose was to pick 4 stocks each and pray that we are lucky enough so we can create a positive return at the end...

Published 06-30-2009 11:34 AM by The Financial Blogger

Filed under: Investment, Market and Risk, Trading

House prices up 0.9% in June

Good news on the UK property market, with Nationwide reporting a 0.9% rise in the average price of a home in June, to £156,442. According to the building society, prices have increased during three of the past four months, easing the annual rate of decline...

Published 06-30-2009 10:38 AM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, Property News, 2009, Nationwide, rise, June

A Simple (and Impressive) New Three Factor Return Model

The CAPM model for estimating expected returns is the oldest and most widely know of all finance models. In it, exposure to systematic risk (i.e. beta) is only factor that gets "priced" (i.e. that's related to expected returns). Next, in...

Published 06-30-2009 9:35 AM by Financial Rounds

Filed under: Investments, Academic Research

HMV profits boosted by collapse of Woolworths and Zavvi

HMV, the music and games retailer, has benefited from the demise of rivals and posted an 18% increase in full-year profits. The group said pre-tax profits for the 12 months to April 25 were 11.5% ahead at £63 million. Furthermore, annual group-wide pre...

Published 06-30-2009 9:26 AM by Finance Markets: Finance News - UK Personal Financial News & Financial Markets

Filed under: All Financial News, Economy News, sales, rise, Company News, collapse, profits, HMV, Zavvi, Woolworths, benefit, rival

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