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index linked gilts
Does anyone know the best and cheapest way to buy a substantial amount of Index linked Gilts? Is it best to buy them at issue? When are they issued? I read recently that one should have a major portion of ones investments in these things later in life. As I am coming up to 55, I thought it appropriate to start buying.…
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Marks & Spencer
PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! I tried asking Adam Shaw ages ago but never got a reply, so really would appreciate one here. As I am sure many of you know, M & S were making a grand gesture a few years ago and supposedly "giving back" to their shareholders. End result was my shareholding was cut from 1000 to 809 shares resulting…
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Fund investment - avoiding initial charges
Hi, I wam plannning to invest in funds for example fidelity special situations fund etc. however these funds have initial charges like 5 % or so. As i understand that if i buy these funds through some site like http://www.directinvest.co.uk/ or others i will save on the initial charges. Is it safe to invest through these?…
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Alliance & Leicester current account 5.5%
see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,3604,1262887,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704 and http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/currentaccounts/index.asp?page=premier-plus&ct=flashprimarypremierplus55wrecker You are getting 5.5% for a current account, and if you put in more than £1,000 a month you get free annual travel…
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Where to save £6K
I have about £6K that is saved with the Nationwide which is absolutely rubbish, can anyone advise any good savings accounts? or bonds, ISAS? Cheers
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Successful share buying method
Here is a genuine share purchase method that has brought me in a lot of success:try it as a dry run and in a bad market you won't find many qualifying shares to buy: Select a share in a normal sector (ie. not say in the AIM) which has the following: 1.It should be below £1.00 2 A fairly close spread 3 Yield must be 7.5 or…
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regular transfer with ING
is it possible to set up a regular transfer (standing order style thing) from an ING account to a current account. infact, is it possible to set up a standing order from any savings account???? Halcyon
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Best way to invest £50 a week
Hi all . can any one help me with ideas how i can invest £50 a week for the long term. Thanks
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?best bank to save with???
hi. i wanna bank account on which will give me benefits. i wanna save alot for a new house hopefully in a yr or two. i'll prob save about 200 a month i think. what can i go for as i only have a current account and dont know much abt banks. cheers!
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Corporate Saving
Hello,I dont know if this is the correct site or not but our little business have recieved a sum of money which we need to invest for a few months.Our usual corporate savings account with the RBOS offers just over 2%!!! Can anyone offer or know of anything better? Thank you Johnny
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Which offshore savings
I am going to retire in France and have approx £100K that i would like to tie up for max one year at a time but get monthly interest gross paid to my current a/c in France. i am finding it quite difficult to get interest rate info for whats available offshore. What particularly puzzles me is that the interest rates quoted…
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Alliance & Leicester 5.5%
:D Why bother with all the hassle on the internet with cahoot when you can walk into Alliance & Leicester and get a 1yr fixed rate bond at 5.5% and talk to a REAL PERSON or telephone 08000 68 66 99??? You need to invest a minimum of a grand though and 2 types of ID are required
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Use your child - best child savings account
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Childrens Savings Account Freebies
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Tax Free Savings?
I have 15k to save, and need it to be tax free as I already pay 40% tax. Looking at NS & I they do a 2 year at 3.5% Fixed rate, or a 3 year 1.25% Fixed rate + inflation. Either would suit, I am just wondering which you think would perform better? Or, alternatively, do you know of any other tax free systems worth…
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Buy Premium Bonds By Telephone
Today On page 537 Teletext Channel 4 says "Premium Bonds are going to be sold over the phone for the first time since they were launched in 1957" It says that they can be bought by calling 0500 007 007. But guess what!! YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS FOR AGES ALREADY FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 2 YEARS COS I HAVE BEEN BUYING THEM…
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ING first anniversary customer draw.
Has anyone been successful in getting a free day out from ING in their recent draw? http://www.ingdirect.co.uk/summerevents/ I put my name in the draw for the rail trip from Newcastle on July 19th but have heard nothing so far so guess I missed out. :-[ Anyone had better luck?
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Open a savings account?
Is there anyone who can tell me why when I try to open a savings account the building society does not want to do this without me seeing their financial advisor first? I know what type of account I want and do not appreciate their (in my view misleading) advise. I have 85.000 to invest but as it is earmarked to do up our…
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UK Savings accounts for ex-pats
I've been working abroad now for a number of years and would like to see my hard earned savings grow with a higher interest rate. Although my salary is paid into a UK bank their interest rates are not that great. I wanted to switch and open a few of the accounts which Martin has recomended but unfortunatly on all of the…
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5.80% fixed rate bond
8)Dunfermline building society have just launched a fixed rate bond(issue7) paying 5,80% gross fixed until 31st july 2005. Great rate!! Only thing to watch out for is that after that date you have 28 days to take your dosh out ...or they will put it in a 90 day notice account for you...how thoughtful!! Rest assured that I…
