Savings & investments

Discussion List

• Buying Shares on-line

  I need to buy some shares in a particular company The Big Food Company to be exact. Can anyone tell me the quickest way to go about it on-line. I would be new to this. Thanks

• ING To Increase

  ING are to make an announcement on 13th August about the amount of increase that will take effect from 1st Sept.

• douglas st james???

  just got a call from a guy from company called douglas st james -swiss. they are based in switzerland. apparently; they analyse shares and give hot tips. they r not na stockbroker and u pay them no money. they get their money because when they beleive that the share has reached its peak they tell u to sell and they get…

• £600 to invest - don't know what's best!

  Oooh that rhymes ;D My two children were left some money in a Will, I wasn't happy with the executor having the bank accounts in his name so I asked for the money to reinvest into their names and I now have two cheques of £611 each. Can anyone advise me what accounts are best for them please? One child has just turned 14…

• £1000 to invest!

  In September, I'm getting a £1000 grant. I'm thinking about investing it somewhere, but I don't know where. I don't need instant access to my money, but I do need to be able to get it if I need it. I'm 18 and a student and I have no idea where to start!

• PIPS4PROFIT to good to be true?

  I have been recomended this site as a good investment. Does anyone know anything about it, good or bad?

• Have £500 a month to save - what is best option?

  I am hopeless with money and very new to the idea of saving it! By sheer luck I have managed to get my debt which was at £25,000 last year down to zero and so now am in a position to save at least £500 pounds a month. But where do I start? What is the best option for me? The aim is to have a decent deposit for a house/flat…

• not much money to save - any advice??

  Due to being a broke, single mum, I can only afford to save £30 a month. It's not intended to be saving up for holidays or anything, but to eventually be a sort of safety cushion in case of redundancy etc. At the moment, I've got it going into an ING account but is this the best place for it?! I am really new to all this…

• Rock safe investment?

  Reading the finacial colums means that I am extremely suspicious of asking banks or any other part of the financial world questions on investment because to put it simply they appear to be a bunch of crooks and the so called independent financial advisors do not seem much better. For the first time in my life I have a…

• Halifax regular saver account 6.05%

  This account pays a healthy 6.05% but limits the investment to £3000. Is it possible to open this account with an investment of £2,700 then 12 monthly payments of £25 ? I am currently awaiting the blurb from Halifax but thought that the savie money saving experts might know.

• £20k+ to invest - catch: No internet banks..

  Hey there, Lately me and my family have come across a large windfall of funds, which we want to invest for the long term. I know there's cahoot + egg, but my family rather not use internet banking (they're old fashioned) and so was wondering what's the best non-internet alternatives at the moment? I was looking at the…