Finance
Tax
UK Tax Year: starts on 6th April each year and ends on 5th April in the following year.
UK Tax Week: consecutive periods of 7 days starting on 6th April each year. Week 1 is 6th April to 12th April inclusive, Week 53 is made up of the remaining day(s) after the end of week 52 and 5th April inclusive.
UK Tax Month: starts on the 6th of one month and finishes on the 5th of the next month. Month 1 is 6th April to 5th May inclusive.
UK Self-Assessment Dealine: normally 31st January
Credit Score
Your credit score is influenced by:
Accounts in arrears
Credit card cash withdrawals
Credit use (keep below 70% of credit limit)
Debt collector searches (these searches removed after 2 years)
Defaults and repossessions
Electoral roll
Hard searches (removed after 6 months)
Legal action (6 years)
Missed payments (6 years)
Mortgages and secured loans
Unsecured loans (Keep below 3)
Investing
Income vs Accumulation
Income means having dividends paid into your bank account.
Accumulation means using dividends to buy more shares.
The rule of 72
72 divided by the expected percentage rate of return (e.g 6) returns the number of years it would take to double the investment (i.e. investing at 6% will take 12 years to double in value)...
72/6=12
£10000 @ 6% = £10600.00 after 1 year £11236.00 after 2 years £11910.16 after 3 years £12624.77 after 4 years £13382.26 after 5 years £14185.20 after 6 years £15036.30 after 7 years £15938.48 after 8 years £16894.79 after 9 years £17908.48 after 10 years £18982.99 after 11 years £20121.97 after 12 yearsInflation
Bibliography
2021
- https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-bitcoin-mining-ban-kazakhstan (China has triggered a bitcoin mining exodus)
0% Commission Trading
- https://www.marketwatch.com/story/youre-saving-a-penny-to-lose-a-nickel-why-robinhoods-65m-fine-is-a-cautionary-tale-for-retail-investors-2020-12-17
- https://www.marketwatch.com/story/heres-how-charles-schwab-and-td-ameritrade-stack-up-amid-reports-of-a-blockbuster-discount-brokerage-merger-2019-11-21
- https://www.marketwatch.com/story/fidelity-cuts-fees-to-0-as-it-jumps-on-zero-commission-bandwagon-2019-10-10
Inflation
- https://www.mymandg.co.uk/mandgbuy3/selectfunds#/selectfunds
- https://www.swanlowpark.co.uk/savings-calculator
- https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/08/capital-losses.asp (The Art of Cutting Your Losses)
- https://www.investopedia.com/investing/limiting-losses/
- https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/capitalloss.asp
- https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/050813/4-behavioral-biases-and-how-avoid-them.asp
- https://vivaldi.com/blog/why-vivaldi-will-never-create-thinkcoin/
- https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/05/22/bitcoins-stupendous-power-waste-is-green-apparently-bad-excuses-for-proof-of-work/
- https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(18)30177-6
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_work
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_stake
- https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin
- https://www.coindesk.com/price/ethereum
- https://www.fool.com/articles/cryptocurrency/
- https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/03/18/what-is-blockchain.aspx
- https://www.coindesk.com/16-ethereum-predictions-crypto-oracle
- https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/10/ethereum-what-is-it-and-how-is-it-different-to-bitcoin.html
- https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics
- https://crypto.com/eea/cards
- https://help.crypto.com/en/articles/4777911-fiat-wallet-general-information
- https://transitnet.io/blog/what-is-a-fiat-wallet/
- https://www.cryptopolitan.com/fiat-wallet-review/
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cwg2-further-guide-to-paye-and-national-insurance-contributions/2022-to-2023-employer-further-guide-to-paye-and-national-insurance-contributions
- https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/tax-rates/
- https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6410739/excel-spreadsheet-for-personal-tax
- https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/pensions-and-retirement/auto-enrolment/use-our-workplace-pension-calculator
- https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/employers/new-employers/im-an-employer-who-has-to-provide-a-pension/choose-a-pension-scheme/understanding-your-costs/making-contributions-to-your-pension-scheme-