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share prices
Does the BoE rate affect share prices? I am looking to sell a small amount of shares this week and wonder whether I should hang on until Friday in the hope that the price rises. Any advice on the best time to sell would be most welcome. :confused:
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Which is the BEST child's Savings Account's
Can anyone tell me who I should invest in, It's for my 4 year old son's first savings account!
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loughborough BS mailing to R/Savers+
loughborough BS appear to have mailed out to all their regular saver+ savers ith covering letter titled "great news-improved savings rates" even though the regular saver + rate has not changed, what a waste of money :rolleyes: from now on loughborough BS will have to mirror all base rate changes on its reg/saver + account…
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Certificate of deduction of income tax.
Hi, Does anyone know, should I have received the certificate of deduction of income tax from ICICI Bank for 2006-2007 by now? I received one for the 2005/2006 year on the the 11th may 06 but nothing this year so far. Thanks for any help.
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Will the BOE rate change on Thursday?
What do people think, will the BOE change the rate on Thursday or leave it alone?:confused: FWIW I reckon that it will remain unchanged this month.
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A&L DirectSaver
Hi What's the minimum balance for the A&L DirectSaver? These pages says £1,000: http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/savings/index.asp?page=dsaver&ct=savingshome http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/dsaveruserguide/index.asp?page=page4 This page says £5,000: http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/faqs/index.asp?page=dsaver…
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Taxation of Cash funds
Here is a question for financial advisors and other knowledgeable people here. I am not far of being a higher rate tax payer and was wondering if I could put cash into a cash fund instead of a savings account to allow the gain to be taxed as capital gains rather than income? For example I was looking at the Gartmore Cash…
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Best savings/dripfeed account?
Hi I have a Halifax regular saver and i will be putting in the full £250pm. I would like to know what the best savings account is to have to use as a dripfeeder/saver. I was thining along the lines of ICICI's HiSAVE 6.05% but have been told in the past that online only accounts don;t like standing orders/dd going into a…
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High interest savings/fixed deposit accounts?
Hi all I've heard lots of good things about this forum, so thought I'd ask my question on here and hope you'll be able to give me some feedback. Are there any kind of long-term(ish) fixed deposit or savings accounts out there which gives you very good interest for an amount of say £50,000? What are the best banks/accounts…
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Private equity deals
Hi all, Just curious if any of you have experience with private equity deals, ie getting an investment in shares prior the IPO? I have gathered some info and would like to discuss with any experience on the field. The basic idea is to be a funder of early stage corporations, a few as an investment, a few thousand dollars…
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Question for Financial Advisors
Hi All, I have recently completed CeMap and have my exams for Cefa 2, 3 and 4 coming up. I'm a little worried as I'm only young and a few years ago I had 2 x defaults registered against me. They were only for small amounts and have been cleared since. I have a few items on my credit search that show payments have never…
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Lending at Zopa.com
I have only seen Zopa mentioned in passing on this forum. I was considering putting in some spare cash say 500pcm (as a lender). Any thoughts? Would a good regular saver be better? Any experience or info regarding zopa would be gratefully received. TIA.
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Given Money, What To Do?
Hi have come int some money £10,000 I do not have any debts so can invest it all. What is the best thing to do with it, I will be wanting to use it for a deposit for a morgage in about 6 months
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Bank of Scotland - High interest Current Acc.
Hello guys, I have opened a few days ago a high interest current account on Bank of Scotland's Website. Today I have received an email from Halifax (which is the sister bank as far as I understand) giving me a username and procedure how to continue with the registration. If I am supposed to be registered with Halifax, what…
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Mse University ?
Hi all I have just had a look at Donald Trumps University ... all geared to make the US worker richer ... but it dosn't ship to the UK ... shame on him ... What are the UK alternatives then ? Is there financial education on wealth creation for people in the UK ? Are there online courses ... say in Stocks, Shares and…
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Where to put £247,000?
Hi, have recently sold my investment property (house prices hadn't moved in 3 years), paid off my small mortgatge and now need to put the capital somewhere where it can generate a similar amount of income as I was previously getting (£700pcm) while staying out of the property market. I have £247000 to invest/putting into…
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Icesave Cancellation
Is it possible to cancel future transactions? I have a transfer pending for 5th June which I need to cancel. Thanks
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Best exchange rate for Euros
I am looking to exchange £100,000 into Euros in the next couple of months which will be used as a deposit for a house in France. How and where can I get the best exchange rate?
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Selftrade new ac query
I have just opened a few weeks ago my own dealing account with Selftrade (got fed up with etrade). Anyway i did all the online checks and account was opened within minutes, Then i got a letter in the post with a verification code - entered that and all no problem. then i logged in a week later (today) to add some…
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A&L Direct Saver Withdrawal
I've got a direct saver, where the interest isn't applied for the withdrawal month. It's currently 5.8%, and I was thinking of moving it to the icesave 5.95%, long term. Question is: when would this be worth it, and is there a "best time" to withdraw from the A&L?
