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£7000 to Deposit
I am posting this for my mum who has £7000 in her current account. Can anybody suggest where she should deposit her money to give her the best return. many thanks :snow_grin By the way..... I am not looking to invest in your bank account!
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How to work out geniune returns on investments
Whether they have to by regulation or are allowed to by regulation and just think it's a good 'honest' selling point, investments are often described as 'returning X% over 5 yrs'. To me this is simplistic and misses the point that if you are a saver rather than an investor you have probably built up those investments over…
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Natwest British Airways Advantage International Account
http://www.natwestinternational.com/content_ba.asp?id=ADVANTAGE_INTERNATIONAL/ADVANTAGE_BA_MILES_BENEFITS Is this account any good, would the points be tax free?
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how do i trace old unit trust certs
dad died last month now going over all his papers, got some old unit truct certs for lloyds bank dating from 1974 is there any way to trace these or find if he had any over unit trusts or shares there appears to be lots of papers missing as i believe he had a few bank accounts but i can find only 1 now
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Advice on a lump sum investment.
I have just sold my parent's house on their behalf and have a lump sum of £650 000 to invest on their behalf. They are in their late 70's early 80's and are away travelling at the minute. They hope to return in April 2006 and may need access to, but not income from the cash, to purchase a replacement property. However it…
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free daily historical share prices???
I'm trying to find free historical ftse100 share prices (share prices and not index). Does anyone know where I can obtain them?
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P and O Takeover
Hi We've had 600 P and O shares (the only shares we own) for donkey's years in order to get cheap crossings. We've now received a horrendously complicated document about the takeover by the Dubai Corporation and don't know what to do. Help, please! Does anyone understand this offer? Chris :confused:
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Saving Gift???!!
Hey, I thought this xmas I would set up an ISA for the bf.. I've just tried it online, but as i'm paying from my debit card I can't do it! Does anyone know any places or any types of savings accounts were I can set something up without him knowing?? Obviously when it's online he'll have to sign, but that's okay as xmas…
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Brother with special needs - tax question
Hi My younger brother has special needs, he is 24 and will sadly never be able to work or have an income etc. I would like to know if there is anyway of using his status as a non tax payer to his advantage? We recently inherited some cash, not a huge amount, im going to take out my first ISA and I guess I can do the same…
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Egg/Prudential Share Offer
Just received bumf through the post re Pru offering 0.2237 PRU shares for each egg share. Also in the pack was a 'Form of Acceptance ....yada yada yada'. Is this form for me to sell my egg shares, or just an instruction/agreement that PRU can give me 0.2237 of PRU shares for each egg share? Oh, also in the pack were two…
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Saving HELP Required
I am a little nervous about posting my financial details on here but I think I NEED too. I am a tax payer, hubby is not. We have over £40,000 to save. Its presently sitting in a high street saving account earning pennies. Having had REAL bad problems with internet fraud and my credit card, I am unwilling to hold any card,…
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Unit Trust Discounts
Merry Christmas All I am looking to invest a reasonable sum of money in unit or investment trusts. I understand this can be considerably cheaper if I go through an IFA than through he provider themself. Does anyone know of the IFA who gives the largest discounts for Ivestec products? Thanks
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Saving & Investing in Ireland
Hi, I recently moved to Ireland (Swords, Co. Dublin) and was wondering where I can find the best possible savings account with a decent interest rate. I'm also interested in investing in funds or stocks and would like som feedback on this. I have tried different UK banks with 5% interest rate, which I think is good,…
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Another savings question
I have nearly £2000 sitting in my ING account. I have just over £2000 sitting in my Halifax Websaver from when my regular saver matured in November. I have just opened a A & L account so i can gain the 5% interest rate on the current account and also fund the higher rate regular savings account. I cant afford to pay £500…
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where to put my money?? help...
am selling my house and moving to spain. with the remainer of my dosh (about £100.000 ) i need to put it somewhere so that it would give me some extra income per month. i am not too good with figures, had a look at building societies online to see what rate they give and was hoping for about 5%!! I dont want an account…
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christmas savings club
:xmastree: NEXT YEAR, STARTING FROM JANUARY. I PROPOSE TO START A SAVINGS CLUB FOR XMAS 2006 FOR MY FAMILY & FRIENDS. AT PRESENT EVERYONE BUYS SHOPPING VOUCHERS,WHICH LIMITS YOU TO SELECTED STORES ONLY. THATS WHY I WANT TO OFFER A CASH ALTERNATIVE. MY QUESTION IS, WHO OFFERS THE BEST INTEREST RATES FOR SAVINGS LASTING ONLY…
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Christmas 2006 Savings for a group of 20 workmates!
Hi, I'm taking over managing the christmas savings for about 20 of my collegues for Christmas 2006. Is there an internet bank that would be able to help me mange this via Standing Orders, rather than collecting cash every month? Help! Is there anything out there that I can use? :xmastree:
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Saving for next xmas. Where to put my money?
I have been reading all the articles on which type of savings account to use and would just like some confirmation on my thinking. I have £30 per month to put towards next christmas. I plan to start paying with my first pay of January & I do not plan to take out any of this money until the end of November (oh, and probably…
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Organising savings and using computer
Hi Guys I am not sure if this is the right place for this post so please excuse me if it's incorrect. I am in the lucky position of being in quite a well paid job and as I have no particular financial ties (I have a mortgage but no other debts or children/anyone to support) I have managed to save quite a lot of my income…
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My New Year Resolution
Everyone likes to talk about winners. How about suckers? Don't you remember the rule of making money is not to lose it. Even though Spring cleaning is still far away, how about including this in your New Year resolution : I will get rid of suckers. My suckers list is - Baring Fund Mgrs UK Corporate Bond I Inc - Abbey…
