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About Pádraig Floyd

I write about money, how we can grow it and ultimately hold on to it throughout the ever extending journey of life.

‘Do you have £61,000?’ Half of investors seeking financial advice could be snubbed because they are not rich enough

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Very few people are prepared to pay for financial advice – and those who are may find themselves shunned by advisers because they are not wealthy enough.

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Finding Investment Advice for More Modest Retirement Accounts – New York Times

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WealthManagement.com
Finding Investment Advice for More Modest Retirement Accounts
New York Times
For people with more than $500,000 or so to invest, finding first-class help is hard but not impossible.

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AT&T Takes $10 Billion Loss on Pensions, Sandy, Smartphones – Billing World

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Pensions & Investments
AT&T Takes $10 Billion Loss on Pensions, Sandy, Smartphones
Billing World
AT&T says it will take a fourth-quarter hit of about $10 billion due mostly to pension obligations that were larger than expected.

Pádraig Floyd‘s insight:

Pension deficits do it again…

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Tax: Golden pensions get their shine stripped | Portugal Daily View

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Tax: Golden pensions get their shine stripped. Some high earning pensioners may lose as much as 87.5% of their state income. This results from the combination of a series of measures approved in the state budget that are …

Pádraig Floyd‘s insight:

Wow. 87.5%… 

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Ripped-off Britons: Liebrary: Are the unemployed (a) Skivers and (b) A cause of the ballooning benefits bill? ONS and DWP figures show they are not.

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RT @RippedOffBriton: ONS & Department of Works&Pensions figures expose fibs behind govt Skiver/Striver benefits claims:- http://t.co/C71BMxA8 ;

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UK retail sales fell in December – The Guardian

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The Guardian UK retail sales fell in December The Guardian “Given the UK’s ability to grind to a halt with even a flake, the snow has come at a very brittle time for the UK economy, adding to the headwinds that it is already battling against as it…

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