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Getting your money working whilst living abroad
More and more people are starting to seek employment abroad and it pays to take stock of the financial implications carefully before taking the plunge. Although this article is specifically aimed at UK expats, it does raise questions pertinent to all expats.
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Getting Started 1
So many people talk about their stock portfolios, offshore accounts, mutual or hedge funds as though all of us have at least one of them. Do you ever feel left out because you've no idea what they're talking about? If the answer to that is 'yes', then this series of articles is for you. Scott Landers takes the baby steps.
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Getting Started 2
There's an episode of 'Friends' where the neurotic Monica runs short of cash (For trainspotters it's the episode called 'The one with the Prom Video'). She's able to tell her parents that she's lost her job but has great difficulty in asking them for money. Her father assumes she's always saved 10 per cent of her income, like he taught her and Ross. Scott Landers uses a US sitcom to draw a financial parallel...
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Getting Started 3
It's all very well preaching about how you should save every month and put that money away, but it's not easy. It really isn't. Next month always seems like a better prospect, doesn't it? Here's an idea, illustrated through a true story about a good friend of the editor's. Scott Landers tells the tale.
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Getting Started 4
For this column I sat down with the editor and picked his brain for ideas. That didn't take long, but he did manage to echo the point of this series of articles - they're really all about the importance of regular saving. And, before the obligatory reminder about deadlines, he told me the story of the children of some friends of his. Scott Landers has more savings wisdom.
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