Money Box: Your toolkit for balancing your budget, growing your bank balance and living a better financial life
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‘Everyone will find something they didn’t know in this unexpectedly funny womb-to-tomb guide to looking after your money in Britain today – the laws, the loopholes, the pitfalls, and who to call if it all goes wrong’ – The Telegraph
Manage your money, manage your life.
In a time of such economic uncertainty, it has never been more important to take control of your money. For over 40 years, Money Box has been arming you with the most up-to-date knowledge, giving you the confidence to take on the financial world.
From understanding credit cards and buying your first flat to investing, relationships and finance, and will writing, Paul Lewis’ Money Box gives you the tools to balance your budget, grow your bank balance and live a better financial life.
Paul answers all of your questions, breaking down complicated financial jargon into simple, understandable nuggets of useful information. He also shows you how to beat the banks at their own game, and treat the finance industry not like a friend, but more like a vague acquaintance you don’t really trust, but have to see from time to time (and who always makes you pay for the drinks).
CONTENTS
1 Birth and before
2 Childhood 1-11
3 Teens 12-18
4 Starting out 18-23
5 The working world 23-41
6 Spending 23-41
7 Getting sensible 41-60
8 Preparing to wind down 55-70
9 Wound down 70-99
10 To infinity and beyond
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Additional information
| Publisher | BBC Books (5 Jan. 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 304 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1785947079 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1785947070 |
| Dimensions | 13.41 x 2.79 x 21.21 cm |
by Jennifer M.
A book written by someone who is a jack of all trades, master of none.
Save your money don’t bother
by Val
A good guide I to finances. In a way, it’s like a dictionary for everyday finances. Very useful.
by Neil F Liversidge
Paul writes “The way to get the best possible [mortgage] deal is to go to one of the big, national, independent mortgage brokers – don’t find a mortgage broker over the local kebab shop in the high street.” That ‘advice’ is misleading and mistaken and risks seriously harming the consumers whose interests Paul always claims to have at heart.
The big firms have their place, sure, but it’s a major mistake to automatically assume they’ll get clients a better deal or deliver better service. Paul sneers at small brokers but it’s just such firms who, eschewing the expensive premises and major overheads of the nationals, can be hyper-competitive and deliver way more value than their larger competitors. Competitiveness is a big part of what running a small business is all about. Personal service though is a much bigger part, and that’s where small firms really excel. To use a nautical analogy, the big firms are the bulk carriers. Small firms by comparison are the speed boats that run rings around their large and ponderous competitors. In late December 2010, a client brought us a letter from GMAC offering to wipe 20% off his outstanding mortgage, a full £30,000, if he’d remortgage elsewhere by 31 January 2011. Despite his bad credit rating, we rammed the case through at warp speed using a nearby law firm. Would one of Paul’s big nationals have pulled that off? I very much doubt it. That case was anything but untypical. Before 2008 and for several years after we regularly pulled rabbits out of the hat by always going the extra mile to get clients a deal that was just that bit better, that bit faster.
Possibly the greatest endorsement of small advisor businesses was that given by Harry Markopolos, the American former securities industry executive who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff. On YouTube, you can find an interview with, Mr Markopolos where he states that he would only ever use a small family adviser firm. St Paul of Money Box, however, thinks he knows better. He doesn’t. He should re-write his book, and he should publicly apologise.
by G. Harris
What a waste of time.
by paul washbourne
I have read some of the book which has great facts and advise and I look forward to exploring it further
by J C Carter
For all ‘ordinary’ citizens a detailed financial road map through life’s major issues.
by mihai
This is a book that is quite obviously written by a journalist in his lunch breaks, rather than by a seasoned Financial services professional.
A lot of the comment made by Mr Lewis appears to be either inaccurate or stated from a very jaundiced personal viewpoint. The relevant and factual elements most children learn when their parents give them their pocket money…hardly relevant in the grown up world!
I got half way through the book on Audible, and began to lose the will to live. I certainly will not be putting my hand in my pocket to buy this load of tosh…there are many far better books available!
by mihai
Financial education bible for everyone living in the United Kingdom.