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Wednesday 19 January 2011

Personal Finance

Personal finance news and expert tips on how to make money and save money.

Barclays ordered to pay almost £70m compensation

Barclays has been ordered to pay compensation of up to £60m to customers sold unsuitable investments. It has also been fined a record £7.7m.

Buy BP and Shell, analysts say, as oil price nears $100

Investors should buy shares in Britain's big oil companies, City analysts say.

Counting toilet roll sheets and removing alarm clock batteries: why we are meaner than ever

Britons are meaner with money than ever before, according to new research by Reader's Digest.

Families need £1,800 extra a year to pay for credit cards

Households will need to find an extra £1,800 a year by 2015 just to pay the interest on their credit cards and other loans as interest rates rise, a report has suggested.

Bolton: 'Gold is the only commodity to buy'

It's too late to join commodities party, the Fidelity fund star says.

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Kristina Rihanoff - Kristina Rihanoff on money

Strictly cash only

'I don't like to use credit – I'm a Russian,' says Kristina Rihanoff.

Man looking in estate agent's window - House prices: detached property buyers negotiate £21,000 discounts

Interest rates to rise to 5pc

Economists fear we are growing uncomfortably used to low rates.

Are your savings safe?

The FSCS is launching its first ever TV and advertising campaign.

Trojan income seeker

Trojan's Brooke: how to maintain an unbroken record of dividend growth.

Best seller tables: Mortgages, loans, credit cards, savings, banking, insurance

Five ways: To save on holiday booking

Before you take the plunge and book a trip check that you aren't paying more than you have to.

You're insane if you don't own gold, investors told

Not owning gold during the current financial turmoil is "a form of insanity", according to an investment analyst at a leading City firm.

Jessica wins £800,000 for readers in 2010

It was another terrific year for Jessica Gorst-Williams, our personal finance consumer champion.

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