Financial Eyes & Ears

The planned creation of a consumer financial protection agency isn’t the only aspect of financial regulatory reform that could impact your wallet.

Welcome to Wise Bread’s Best Money Tips roundup. Today, give you tips for getting free airline upgrades, information on an important recall, and the basics for an amazing rice pudding! Top 5 Articles 10 Tips for Getting Free Airline Upgrades — While it doesn’t happen as much as it used to, free upgrades are possible! [...]

The FTSE 100 is up, but the FTSE 250 is up more. Does this mean UK investors take comfort from the Tories and which index is the better measure of UK sentiment?

The simple rubber (or elastic) band is one of those nifty little items that costs next to nothing and yet has so many uses. There’s always a bag of them in our junk drawer, and I also make sure my office drawer has a plentiful supply, too. But just how versatile is that modest rubber [...]

Private investors are expected to start selling shares and second homes in the coming days, in an attempt to take their profits before capital gains tax is increased in the coalition government’s first Budget

There’s a reason we tend to talk about getting our finances in order. More often than not, the first issue we have to deal with is organization. That may mean sorting through stacks of paper for bills and statements we didn’t really want to see in the first place, or it may mean dealing with [...]

The Bank of England says it expects inflation to fall in the coming years, removing what little pressure there has been to increase interest rates

Interest rates rates on fixed mortgages are finally falling, providing a dilemma for those enjoying low standard variable rates