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Savings accounts
I want to invest about 150k in a savings account which pays monthly interest and has no penalties for withdrawals. I am over 50 and have looked at loads of accounts but cannot work out the best one. Anyone any ideas please ?? This is my first posting. Thanks
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Mate of mine wants to throw away his cash- help please!
A mate wants to invest in the following countries: Angola Chile Vietnam Turkey He's struggling to find any ETFs or OIECs etc. Any ideas? Angola doesn't even have a stock exchange I believe!
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ICICI Login Problems
Is anyone else having problems logging into to their ICICI account today? Both myself and my bf have tried and it keeps telling us that our User IDs or passwords are wrong. I have checked them loads of times and we're definitely putting in our right ones. Am just getting a bit worried as our wedding savings are in the…
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Life after A&L Regular Saver
Please can anyone help, my regular saver is due to expire and A&L will not let me have the 12% reg.sav So where next? Andrew.
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U.S. Dollar Account Help!!
Hey Guys, Here's the story... I'm 22 years old and have a US Dollar account with Barclays (as well as a sterling account) which has a very healthy balance... now the problem... the rate of conversion to Pounds Sterling is pretty pathetic with Barclays and doesn't really mirror the exchange rates from sites like xe.com etc.…
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Egg sold to Citigroup
See here. Mostly credit card I suppose, but there may be some 'savings' implications.
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Mature PEP looking for new home with safe capital
Hi, My husband has a £15k PEP which matured in October and needs transferring to a new investment. It was an HSBC PEP which had guaranteed capital with a proportion of stock market growth. HSBC are not offering a guaranteed capital alternative, and having lost capital in the past we don't want to go there again. We also…
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FTSE Tracker vs. Invesco
My parents opened a Invesco Perpetual investment fund for me when I was little, it was their 'Children's Fund'. Now I am 30 and my mum has decided she no longer wishes to pay the £10/month into it. The value of the fund now is around £5200. I also have a FTSE Tracker fund, held within an ISA which I invest into each month.…
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Lincoln Maximum Saving plan
Wondering if anyone can help with advice on this one: I have a Lincoln maximum saving plan that started in 2000 and is to run until 2010. I am currently putting £75 per month in that increases by £5 every year. I'm wondering if anyone recommends whether to carry until it finishes or transfer into a more beneficial saving…
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Allliance & Leicester new rates announced
They aren't showing on the A&L website yet, but they are on MoneyFacts. Online saver issue 2 going to 4.9% (5.8% if you have the 0.9% bonus until March 2007). I.e. full 0.25% passed on. Direct saver going to 5.8%, only 0.15% passed on. Rates effective 2/2/07…
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Northern Rock - any news?
Has anyone seen any announcements from Northern Rock as to rate increases? They are usually very reluctant to pass on the full whack, but I haven't seen anything so far.
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Stroud and Swindon 6.00% bond (no longer available)
Just noticed this - 2yrs fix on minimum of £5000.... http://www.stroudandswindon.co.uk/internet_savings_accounts.aspx?icid=B076-44875512-092D (Was available until 30th Jan only!)
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scarbrough regular saver
hi ya guys a girls does anybody know if scarborough will be increasing their regular savings rate?
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Childrens Savings accounts - can I use it?
Just opened an account for my son with a rate of 10% for the first year, its an easy acess account and the only limit enforced is a cap of £5000 per annum. I have a modest savings account and was wondering what was stopping me putting this money in my sons account for the interest?
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Multitude of investment ramblings
So am covering a few points here so please just select what you can to comment on, thanks in advance. 1) Been sent info on the new Fidelity Multi asset strategic (accumulation). Comments please? Seems best for those with low-risk and wanting "assured2 returns but at my age (<30) that's not so much an issue and anyway... 2)…
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Help selecting an index tracker.
Hi there, I have decided that I want to invest in an all shares uk index tracker. However I'm confused about the best way to do it. Legal&General do one which costs 0.51% a year. How do I go about finding how these perform and whether there is a cheaper provider to use. Thanks in advance for any advice, Mike
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Hoping to move abroad
Can anyone advise, we are hoping to move abroad this year to another EC country. We want to invest about 140,000£ to provide a monthly income. We will also have a mortgage (interest only) on a buy to let property investing about 40K ourselves. Am I correct in thinking that we wont pay any tax as we are a couple aged 50ish…
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Cahoot Instants Savings rate up to 5.25%
Up to £250k. As of 7th Feb. Previously 5%. If you're interested.....
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Best place for short term investment of £80,000
We, are about to be given £80,000 by my father in law and want to buy a property abroad within the next few months. Where is the best place to put the money in the meantime to get the best interest?
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Premium Bonds - How much have you won?
I've had some premium bonds for over £30 years and have won..........NOTHING. :mad: How much have you won?
