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What to do with £200K?
My wife is soon to inherit £200K.:j We have no mortgage or other debts. We pay tax at 40%. Plan to retire in the next 3 - 5 years. We will put as much into ISAs as possible. What would you do with the rest for reasonable growth? Also what to do in the short term - she may get the money on Monday. TIA.
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£250k to invest, T&C's confusing ; please help
Basically we wish to invest £250k in a Bank or BS. We need complete safety as we're a pair of wrinklies. I've read all the best Bank/BS to investment with etc, on the MSE site. But I'm very confused. Some you're meant to save so much a month to get the higher interest, some you can't get at the money quickly etc etc..…
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Cefa
I am looking to study Cefa 1 and Cefa 2 can anyone advise what the cheapest way to do it ... all i need is the books and exam ....
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Experian???????? How Do I Get It
plz help???!!! I think somethings dodgy going on with my credit ratig, as im getting dodgy letters claiming i owe money to companes ive never heard of. barclaycard claim i owe £4000! when ive never had an account with them i need to know how i can get my credit history or experiean? what is it? where do i get it? do i have…
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How much Tax will be on £250,000?
Am getting £250,000 soon If I put this into a normal saving account ,how much would I be taxed on it ? I am a non tax payer at the moment and live on Disability benefits , Thanks in advance Choccy.
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Where to invest £14,000?
Hi fellow money savers! I have had Premium Bonds for as long as I can remember, but having read the piece on here, I have decided to ditch them and do something more positive with my cash. I currently have around £14K in bonds and would value any advice on what best to do with it to maximise its potential. I have thought…
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WOOLWICH - HELP, old savings account found???
After having a sort out of old paperwork at home, I came accross an old Woolwich savings account book that I had completely forgotten about. The last entry is from the 9th Oct 2001 - where there was a balance of £16.06. Now the problem - I cant find a Woolwich to ask anyone about this old account. I've contacted Barclays…
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What to do with 25k? Is the wife right?
Hi all, My wife and I have 25k to invest. She wants to put 5k in bonds as we won £50 from £100 pounds worth and then save the rest in ISAs nad savings a/cs. I would open an ISA each and then do the dripfeed process. OR is there a better way? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Cheers. :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer:
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What do you think of my portfolio
Hi All Just started in the markets from last October. I've built up a 10K portfolio. Appreciate any feedback on my choices: Invesco Perpetual High Income fund 2K M & G Recovery fund 2K European Property Fund 1K Jupiter Russia 1K Jupiter China 1K NS & I Cash ISA 6.3%
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Lloyds regular/monthly saver changes.
I started a Lloyds 2 year regular saver account in January this year. I know Lloyds replaced this acc with the monthly saver account in March. When I log on to view my account online it states monthly saver,has anyone else got a 2 year regular saver and if so what does it state when you log on ? I would have thought the…
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Stopping the tax man claiming my money
The missus has recently had a little bunny so there's not much sleep happening in our warren at the moment therefore I am asking a really stupid question that I think I know the answer too, and I'm sure if I had a decent nights kip I wouldn't need to ask. The missus is going to be a basic rate tax payer this year, I'm…
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Halifax Sharebuilder Account
Can you buy units as well as individual shares with this account, and if so is it any cheaper than buying them through say H-L? Thanks
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asda shares
Can anyone tell me the price of asda shares . Call me thick but i just dont know how to get the information.. Thankyou:confused:
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short term investment
We're one of the many who have been flooded this year. We have our contents settlement but we have to move out for 3-6 months while the house repairs are being completed. So the high cost furniture items will not be replaced until we move back in, several months from now. So where to put the money to earn a bit of…
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Fund Views
Hi All, I'm looking into investing in a couple of funds for the long term after having a recent pay rise. I was just wondering what peoples views were on the following funds: Axa Framlington Health First State Investments Greater China Growth I understand that these funds are both pretty high risk and I'm intending to…
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Best Place to learn about shares
I looking to start buying some shares, nothing majour just a few hundred pounds, just to see if im any good at it. Can anyone recomend good sites etc to get info and insperation from. I have registered for the motley fool Share Builder (£1.50 to buy shares), i have also been looking at the Champion Shares service on there…
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Ftse 100 P/e Ratio
I know the P/e ratio is not the be all and end all of investing but will we look back in envy at the FTSE 100 P/e and Yield ratios end of Thursday 16th Aug. P/E 10.89 Yield 3.34 http://specials.ft.com/siterefresh/stats/pdfs/ftseukindex/FTUK160807.pdf
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Nothern Rock
Northern Rock appear to be clarifying their position on US Mortgage backed CDO'S. http://www.advfn.com/p.php?pid=nmona&cb=1187626170&article=21944137&symbol=L%5ENRK Interesting.
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Britannia CTF £1200 max limit question.
Opened a CTF at Britannia today with an additional £820 cash but forgot to ask the cutoff date for the £1200 max limit :rolleyes: Is it 12 months from today? Or her birthday? January 1st? Thanks.
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