Economy
It’s the new investing superstar. Should you buy into Scottish Mortgage?
If in January 2020 someone had told you that Amazon shares were about to jump by 75%, and video conferencer Zoom’s value would rise by
January 15, 2021
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Could your Bitcoin become worthless? Iona comments
Yesterday, the UK financial regulator issued a stark warning about the risky nature of investing in crypto currencies like Bitcoin. The Financial Conduct Authority said
January 12, 2021
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A not very Happy New Year? The financial problems & opportunities ahead
It’s only Jan 11th of a New Year and it’s safe to say that if 2021 was on a free trial, we’d have cancelled our
January 11, 2021
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What to expect in the Spending Review: me for BBC News
Today is the Spending Review – and Rishi Sunak is outlining the government’s spending priorities for the year ahead. I spoke to BBC News about
November 25, 2020
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Saving is BACK – but what does the future hold?
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been talking a LOT about saving. Later I’ll be back doing one of my fave things in the
October 20, 2020
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FT Money Clinic Podcast: Budgeting as a graduate
Could there be a worse year than 2020 to graduate from university? Lockdown disrupted final exams, not to mention final goodbyes. As companies reel from
October 16, 2020
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Is this how the government treats savers?
Savers have never been treated more contemptuously than last week, when NS&I refused to explain or even apologise to customers over drastic cuts to their
October 1, 2020
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Enough is enough. Young people must live, love and object to further restrictions
Young people should no longer tolerate being ignored and mistreated while flawed science and weak political leadership blights their future. Here’s why Young Money doesn’t
September 28, 2020
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How financial brands should react to Covid
This week the ‘Rule of Six’ came into force, with people facing fines of up to £3,200 if they don’t abide by the new measure
September 25, 2020
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Pre-order Own It! – coming March 2021
Are you young and feeling left behind financially? It doesn’t have to be this way. The UK’s leading millennial money expert, Iona Bain, is on
September 21, 2020
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Iona joins Paul Johnson for new radio series: “The Austerity Audit”
One or two of you may have spotted this over the weekend in the press radio previews: I’m really pleased to confirm I’ll be joining
September 8, 2020
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Iona on BBC’s GrownupLand podcast
So I was invited on the BBC’s GrownupLand podcast recently to talk about young people + money… We ended up having a really interesting natter
August 24, 2020
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Apprenticeships: are we failing disadvantaged young people?
Iona took government minister Steven Barclay to task last week in her debut on BBC’s Question Time. She noted how he had failed to defend
July 3, 2020
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Why I’m switching away from HSBC
Late last year, I wrote about why it was good to have “FOBO” – that’s the fear of better options – when it comes to
June 22, 2020
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How much are young people borrowing during COVID-19?
So NOW we know what happens when you lock down pretty much the entire consumer economy: GDP and spending plummets, while debt repayments and saving
June 19, 2020
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What is the new normal for young people?
It was a pleasure to take part in a recent debate with future guru Patrick Dixon and ‘Queen of Shops’ Mary Portas, hosted by JLA.
June 15, 2020
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Covid-19 News Round-up: Updates on furlough and self-employed
The government’s extension of the Job Retention Scheme (JRS), which has seen 8.4 million workers ‘furloughed’ by their employers since March, may not be enough
June 2, 2020
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Iona speaks to the Feminist Finance Podcast
This week Iona Bain, founder of the Young Money blog, joins the podcast to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on women’s and young people’s finances.
May 28, 2020
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The lowdown on support for the self-employed
The Self-employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) is now up and running to tide over young freelancers during lockdown – much earlier than expected. Iona digs
May 26, 2020
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Covid-19 news round-up: inflation, unemployment, students and mental health
Inflation – that’s the rate of price rises in the economy – tumbled to 0.8% in April, its lowest level in three years, thanks to
May 22, 2020
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Young people: the economic victims of COVID-19
We’re all in this together. Or are we? It’s hard not to notice that, although the virus itself may target the older population, its effects
May 20, 2020
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Home Truths: how will housing change after COVID-19?
One thing’s for sure. If housing was a huge political issue before the coronavirus struck, it will be an even bigger one when this crisis
May 19, 2020
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Young Money backs future female financiers for competition
Young Money Blog has been invited to judge the prestigious Future Asset Investment Competition which aims to introduce a new generation of girls to the
May 19, 2020
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How COVID changed the way we buy & eat food
In the space of a few weeks, coronavirus has upended our lives – and one of the most surreal consequences has been the curbs placed
May 13, 2020
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Coronomics: how bad will it get?
Who would have imagined that the economy could be stopped in its tracks? Yet that’s what seems to be happening thanks to the coronavirus lockdown.
May 7, 2020
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Don’t make millennials pay for COVID-19
I recently wrote the foreword to Common Vision’s Millennials and Banking report, outlining my concerns about how this latest crisis could derail the younger generations
April 2, 2020
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Don’t bank on a youthtastic Budget today
This should have been a golden opportunity for the Chancellor to ‘level up’ the country, not just geographically but demographically too. But the frightening potential
March 11, 2020
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Investing amid coronavirus: should you freak out?
Ahhhhhhhhhhh…FREAK OUT! Last week was a scary week for investors – especially young people who are relatively new to wild drops in the stockmarket. So
March 3, 2020
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First homes: how will it work?
The government is tinkering with the housing market. Again! Desperate to come up with initiatives to help new buyers in more expensive areas, it plans
February 18, 2020
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What’s happening to your credit card?
First it was payday loans, right now it’s overdrafts, and soon it will be credit cards too. The regulator is at last cracking down on
February 17, 2020
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