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'The Eurozone crisis has little impact on you, but a lot on us' blog discussion

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Im afraid you haven't had an effect my team tell me its right (i never know myself I get far too confused on such things)
Please note, answers don't constitute financial advice, it is based on generalised journalistic research. Always ensure any decision is made with regards to your own individual circumstance.
Wow, really? I've just checked in a dictionary (just in case sleep had addled my brain) and I still think it's wrong. To effect means to cause something to happen. To affect means to cause something to be different (or effect a change in something).
(Should I send you my CV?)
Bu**er the campaign for financial literacy in schools. Let's just start with literacy.
(I know, I kow , if you check my posts you'll find some typos)
That also means that it's a good idea not to tie up a fair bit of your money in long term deals with no exit option, in case you need access before the end. OK for some of your money, just be sure you can live if something goes wrong elsewhere.
Some variable rate mortgages are tied to the European lending rates, others to LIBOR. Some mortgages have terms that allow increases in rates out of sync with the BoE even if they are BoE trackers, in times of financial stress. Mine does. It's possible that there may be some increases in tracker and variable mortgage rates if funding rates increase significantly or money becomes unavailable for bulk mortgage funding except at high rates.
For those who are investing, it's worth remembering that a good time to buy is when there's blood on the streets, when everyone is panicking and all seems doom and gloom. It's hard emotionally but it can be very profitable. Don't stop investing. Consider doing more of it if you have ample emergency money available. It's a sale on investments.
I've recently been using my credit card 0% balance transfer deals. Partly by starting a regular saver account, then a deal ending after the end of the regular saver period. Regular saver will then pay off a chunk of the card at the end of the deal. My offset mortgage interest rate is about the same as the credit card balance transfer fee and I can stick the money in there until I use it in some other way. So I get paid for the card company providing me with free liquidity and money to use for other money making activities.
It's been a profitable crisis for me so far.
Just found this at thisismoney:-
"As the pound has dropped in value against other major currencies like the dollar and euro, travelling abroad has become much more expensive."
Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1652304/Sterling-outlook-What-pound.html#ixzz1cvn7eb4A
(I'm disappointed by the team not knowing the difference between affect and effect, too. What's worse is so many posters in a hurry typing the exact opposite of what they want to say, so we have to assume they missed out the word "not" or that they put "is" instead of "isn't" ... because otherwise their post is illogical.)
It is often forgotten that the aim of the fuel price escalator is to force people out of cars -- or at least force them to use them less. It is meant to be painful. If it doesn't hurt, what's the point?
We are just waiting to see what happens... because none of us knows yet.