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We all need a rainy day fund for those emergency costs or if we lose a job. Finding the best account ensures you earn the best rate and can still access your cash when you need it most.

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Should you worry about the Co-op Bank?

(17 May 13)

Ratings agency Moody's recently downgraded the Co-op Bank. If you have an account with the bank, should you be worried, and what should you do? James McKeigue reports.

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Stamp out hopes of profits from philately

(19 April 13)

For many years now, people have been telling Merryn Somerset Webb that stamps are a brilliant alternative investment. For just as many years, she has been ignoring them. You should too.

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Don’t be baffled by the best-buy tables

(15 April 13)

The banks have been up to their usual tricks to entice unsuspecting punters to their headline-grabbing interest rates. Merryn Somerset Webb reports.

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