The Sun's Financial Diary

I came cross an article on SmartMoney.com yesterday titled “The Girl’s Guide to Retirement? and there are some interesting numbers in the article that caught my attention. Everybody knows women tend to live longer than men (on average five years longer), yet when it comes to retirement expectations, women usually underestimate the amount they need [...]

Remember the CapitalOne commercial? While CaptialOne is not in my wallet, I do carry a couple of cards: American Express True Savings card: It’s associated with my Costco membership and I only use it at Costco, which gives me 1% rebate together with the 2% cashback I get from Costco of being an executive member. [...]