The Platinum Line

Category: Balancing your budget

  • Retiring soon? What should you do with your home

    Retiring soon? What should you do with your home

    Retirement is on the horizon and one of the first decisions you will have to make about your future is what to do with your home. Whether it’s staying put, downsizing, renting out, or selling up, there are many options available. You may also want to think about using some of the money you’ve saved…

  • Important tips to help protect your retirement savings

    Important tips to help protect your retirement savings

    Planning your retirement can feel a little daunting. You’ll want to ensure that you are financially secure, and figure out the best way to protect your retirement savings. As you transition into retirement you need to adapt strategies that protect you from significant financial losses in your later years due to mistakes exploitation or fraud.…

  • How buying a house helps with retirement planning

    How buying a house helps with retirement planning

    Many people can’t decide what is best when they become financially secure enough to buy a house. Sure, it’s nice to own your own property, but do you really want to be in debt for decades with a mortgage? You’re happy renting a flat or house, so what’s the point in buying a home?! Well,…

  • You don’t need a lot of money to start investing

    You don’t need a lot of money to start investing

    A lot of us think that investing is something that only the wealthy can partake in. While it’s true that you need a lot of money to invest in some assets like property and gold, there are other forms of investment that don’t require spending as much money upfront. In fact, you can start investing…

  • Ten questions about money

    Ten questions about money

    I am joining other bloggers for ten on the tenth. April is the start of a new financial year so it is apt that this month’s questions were all about money.

  • Why you should avoid Bitcoin

    Why you should avoid Bitcoin

    The soaring price of Bitcoin is incredibly damaging for the planet

  • Why Students Need To Have A Health Insurance Plan

    Why Students Need To Have A Health Insurance Plan

    Health insurance is not something a lot of students tend to give much consideration to. After all, when you are young and healthy you don’t usually worry about potential health issues.  Yet the truth is you never know when you could need medical treatment and most people would agree that there is nothing worse than…