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NPI Flexible Bond with Profit bond 11 - through Chase De Vere
Hi, My mum took out an investment in the above in April 2002 investing 20K. This gave her a monthly income of £83 pm. The value has just been statemented @ £19089 i.e. lost £910. She has also been advised that the £83 monthly income will no longer come from any profit but from her capital. She can of course keep the money…
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Lottery syndicates
[I'm not sure this is the right spot for this query, but here goes] In rollover draws more cash is up for grabs, right? So if I set aside £1 each draw, and wait until a rollover occurs, and then bet £2 on the rollover [or £3 after 2 rollovers etc] am I not marginally increasing: a) the chances of winning 'a' prize [e.g. 2…
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Funds for Capital Gains
Can anyone recommend a fund which only produces Capital Gains?
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Best Child saving account?
Hi! I'm 15 years old with a regualar income from work of roughly £35 weekly. I have had an A&L First Save account for a good while but they announced a drop in rates for this month so I want to change to somewhere offering at least a little better. Where should I go? Thanks in advance for your input, Dan G
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Shares from work
Hi In my last employment, the company gave me 350 shares....they gave these free to all people who were employed from x date. Which I promptly forgot about, they held them for you. I was made redundant at the end of last year and had still forgotten about them! Well, 5 months down they line, someone obviously remembered…
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Egg Savings Account
Does anyone have any advice regarding opening an egg savings account? I tried to use the search but the word egg is too short!!!!! Basically I don't really have much money spare at the end of the month but I want to try and put away something, no matter how small. Thanks guys, X
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Joint account / new house / housing association/ advice needed?
Hello After years of academic study my partner has got a part time job so for the first time we should be able to afford to save some money and get a joint account. At present all the bills come out of my bank account and I transfer money to his bank account to cover the bills he pays for and some spending money. I'm not…
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Saving Regularly
Hi I'm just about to finish my degree, and am now seriously wanting to start saving towards a house. No plans as to when I'll be buying one yet, but I want to start saving well in advance so I don't have to worry financially when it gets to that stage. At the moment I've got £900 in a Halifax Websaver and I save £40 a…
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Reccomendations for moderate/high risk funds?
all totally impartial of course but has anyone got suggestions for more risky higher yield funds, my funds carried through from last year barely moved and i'm looking to take part out to spread into something a little more exciting and a bit more volitile, It will be an ISA packaged fund through interactive investor but…
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Savings in Trust for children
I have 3 children and have invested £ 25 K for each. From August I need to start drawing on 2 accounts for school fees etc. I want to place the money in a high interest account in trust for each child and link it to a current account from which I can draw by cheque. A+L won't let me open a trust account, any other…
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Share Dealing Discussion Area
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Share Dealing Discussion Area
This thread is specifically to discuss the content of the 'Cheapest Way To Buy and Sell Shares' article To discuss or ask a question about this article: click reply IMPORTANT: This is not for the discussion of how to choose shares (for that go here) but just for talking about brokers and dealing costs.
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Great deal from Derbyshire BS (Limited offer)
MSE Martin has commented previously on the great deal from the DerbyshireBS for their regular savings accounts paying 5.85%. However at the moment, they have a special offer on where you can have TWO regular accounts. As the maximum you can pay in is £1000 per month, over a year that amounts to a total investment of £24K…
