The sheer wealth of information available makes it seem so big and overwhelming. But just like most things – they make it sound incredibly complicated so it makes them look clever…

Our online introductory stock trading guide has proven popular.

It won’t make you city finance whiz kid overnight. But it will introduce all the basics, and get you started. It’s also completely free, which is nice.

Everything is covered – from what shares really are, to what makes the stock markets work, right through to things like trading patterns and those buying and selling signals.

Head over to Learn Stock Trading Basics to get started.
(Don’t worry – you don’t have to sign-up or anything)

Build yourself a solid knowledge of the basics today, and you can steadily build on them and get the benefit for many more years in the future.

Stock Trading Guide is a post from: The Money Blog

And I’m talking a proper confetti cut paper shredder – not one of those pathetic battery powered ones that are no better than tearing a page up.

The kind of people who are willing to go through bins to steal documents are capable of sticking pieces of paper back together. So even a good strip cut shredder can be risky.

Quick Recap: strip cut shredders cut pages into long thin strips, cross cut shredders also cut those long strips into smaller pieces. Confetti cut are the daddy of shredders, as they blitz pages into tiny little pieces of confetti. Even the most dedicated thief is just not going to bother with confetti!

So obviously confetti cut shredders are the most expensive.

But guess what…

You Can Get Quality Confetti Cut Paper Shredders At Massive Discounts

In fact, I’ve just found 2 top models that are in stock and available to buy online now, at savings of 64%-72%.

That makes them as cheap as a decent strip cut shredder!

So please don’t buy one of those nasty £20 ones from Argos or WH Smiths – they are slow, noisy and will break in a year! And end up costing you MORE. I know because I’ve burned through TWO of them before learning my lesson!

Get one of these and you’ll thank me for it:-

1. Rexel ProStyle Shredder

Why Pay £240

Today Only £68.82

Save £171 Now!

Click Here to Find it on Amazon.co.uk

Rexel make the best quality shredders. And this Rexel Pro Style Shredder is my personal favourite. It can take 11 sheets at a time (that’s a lot – most cheap shredders struggle with 3 pages), and easily destroys old credit cards securely too.

It also has a 20 litre storage bin. This does matter – smaller bins will annoy you by getting full too often and regularly needing emptying!

Plus the motor is much quieter than most shredders which I find highly desirable, so it might matter to you too. This is well built and will last you for years. Looks pretty snazzy too.

2. ACCO Rexel Style Plus Shredder

Why Pay £109

Today Only £38.99

Save £70.25 Now!

Click Here to Find it on Amazon.co.uk

This is the little brother of the Pro Style shredder. It’s sheet capacity is reduced to 7 sheets at a time, and the storage bin is 12 litres instead of 20 litres. But it’s still a great machine, so worth considering if you’re tight on space.

Confetti Cut Paper Shredder – Save 72%! is a post from: The Money Blog

If you want to try a new bank, then here’s a nice ‘bribe’ to get you started on friendly terms

Alliance & Leicester will give you a sweet £100 when you move to their Premier Current Account. It pays a half decent interest rate on your balance (there’s a good chance your old bank doesn’t pay anything!), and they throw in some free travel insurance.

If you’re ready for a change, you can’t really go wrong getting £100 just to try them out?

NOTE: Don’t hang around though – this deal ends on 8th November.

Apply now for a Premier Current Account with £100 Cashback

Here’s the full deal:-

• £100 cashback when you open a new Premier Current Account and move your banking using A&L’s Switching Service. Conditions Apply.
• Free annual multi-trip European travel insurance worth up to £60 (upper age limit of 65 applies).
• 0% EAR Typical overdraft. No usage fees on arranged overdrafts for 12 months from when you open the account (new customers only). A usage fee of 50p a day (up to £5 a month) applies after that. Maximum overdraft limit is £2,000.
• Credit interest rate of 0.50% AER (variable) on balances up to £2,500 and 0.10% AER (variable) on balances over that amount
• You must be over 21. You’ll need to pay in at least £500 every month.

£100 Premier Current Account Cashback is a post from: The Money Blog

Are the newspaper headlines screaming out the good news though? Of course not – there’s lots of other far more depressing stories they can fill our day with instead…

Economy Grows Two Months In a Row

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) says that the economy hit bottom as long ago now as March this year. There has then been modest growth in April and May.

Even the property market shows signs of recovering – with both Nationwide and Halifax reporting about 2 per cent increase in property values last month. First time buyers are still being stuffed for huge deposits, but hang in there folks as the times they are a-changin.

Break Out The Sparkling Wine

No it’s not boom time. So stick with the quality sparkling wine instead of that overpriced Champagne version.

It’s just another welcome reminder that reading the daily newspapers makes you depressed! So why not dump the Daily Drudge. Maybe we should subscribe to Positive News instead.

Shock News: UK Recession Over..? is a post from: The Money Blog

I mean, these days consumers want (and deserve) better from their credit card providers – am I right?

So why should we put up any longer with cards with an annual fee. No need to. What about cards with crazy high interest rates? No need to. What about those cards that hide a really short period before interest starts to accrue? No need to.

Today you can get credit cards that pay cashback, don’t pay an annual fee, don’t charge high interest rates, and have sensible terms.

My card just paid me £119.28 as a cashback reward. Here’s my statement to prove it:-

I did nothing to earn this. I simply switched from my old credit card provider to my new one. Of course, future cashback rewards will also just automatically get credited to my account. Simple as that.

So if you have a credit card, don’t put up with a poor deal. Switch today and put that cash back in your own pocket.

Right now today you can get a stunning deal if you get an amex platinum cashback card – it will pay 5% cashback for the first 3 months, and up to 1.5% cashback after that too.

Or if you want to see what else the market can offer, see all the top cashback cards here.

Cashback Cards Are Top – They Work! is a post from: The Money Blog