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Long Term Savings Accounts?
Hi, I am interested in placing around 30k in savings. What I would like to do is place this money in a long term savings account, say ten years plus . How good is this type of account and why are they not mentioned on this site, or at least I don't think so. Regards Othalian
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help with barclays /woolwich shares
okay my mum and dad had a woolwich account that gave them shares some years ago...this all got transfered to barclays when the woolwich closed my dad recently died and my mum needs to get them changed over to her name , and then she wants to cash them in weve written to them and they say we need to fill out a small estates…
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Funds Charges - Fidelity & HL
I have invested in funds through Fidelity in the past. I am now considering a reasonable investment of £30k across a number of funds and have on this occasion considered investing through Hargreaves Lansdown. I simply can not get my head around the difference in initial charges and would appreciate confirmation of some…
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Stick all your money in the First Bank of Nigeria
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/saving-and-banking/article.html?in_article_id=429022&in_page_id=7
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ICICI Bank
I have applied and sent my initial cheque to ICICI. They emailed my account no/Login Id. My password arrived in the post. First time of trying to use I received the incorrect password/user logon error message. I phoned the tel no and was told to try again an hour later. Success I logged on and changed my password. Today I…
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ICICI Bank
After 4 on line attempts and one telephone attempt, have given up on opening a savings account - they are hopeless!! If you can't get your money in, how on earth do you get it out? Suggest you avoid like the plague.
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Where to put a lump sum for 6 months?
We've sold our house and about to move into a rented house temporarily for about 6 months. We'll have about £140,000 to put somewhere - ideally with monthly interest that will help offset our rent. Even better if the interest can be paid into another account (e.g. our current account). If the right house to purchase comes…
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I want to work in Funds!!
Hi All Over this past number of years I've put together a portfolio of funds and I've found that I really really enjoy picking funds, looking at companies in the funds and how they are performing and reading up on the macroeconomic + political tensions in each area. I would really like to get into this area. The problem is…
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northern rock paying 9.49% till March 1st !
If you had an account with them before all the fuss Northern Rock are paying a 0.5% bonus on amoounts with them between Jan and March 1, which added to their 6.49% rate makes an amazing short term bonus, and of course it's 100% safe for any amount (unlike icici icebank etc) small print http://www.northernrock.co.uk/savings/
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Is the cash withdraw limit e.g. £300.00 really the limit?
Hello, Something interesting I was told by a Llyods remember of staff: You can in effect double the limit. If you withdraw money over the counter e.g. £300.00 then you can also withdraw another £300.00 from the ATM machine, as they work on a different counter system? All within the same day. Anyone heard about this? Also…
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Teller could not close savings account
This lunchtime (I know, bad time), I went into Abbey to close a matured 7% account which is now paying 3.5% (or 3.4% on balances below £2K). My intention was to take some cash and transfer the majority of the funds to my current account with Abbey. Having queued for about 15 minutes to reach a teller (but I was prepared…
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Can u open an account with a cheque made payable to yourself?
Hello, For opening a new savings account can you use a cheque which has been made payable to yourself? i.e. not a cheque you have written yourself. Or do you need open the account first, wait for it to be setup then go in as a customer with the cheque and pay it into your new account? Also when you open an account with a…
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Children's saving accounts?
I wondered if anyone had any advice - I am searching for a regular savings account for my daughter who is just 16 months old - we want to open something to put her birthday/xmas money in that she can use when she gets older - we already have a child trust fund set up i just want somehting simple for her. I have been…
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Investment in 'yellowcake'?
No, it's not something from McVities, 'yellowcake' is the base for enriched uranium fuel for nuclear reactors. As we pass peak oil, nuclear looks to be the only way of keeping the lights on in the West unless we all want to go back to knitting our own yoghurt. The price has had a multi-year bull run, fallen back a bit now…
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Is investing in funds/stocks for <3 yrs a bad idea?
Hi, I know there is no right or wrong answer to this, we all have different attitudes to risk etc., but is investing in funds/stocks for <3 yrs a bad idea? All the stocks and shares ISA that I seen seem to advocate a period of at least 5 years. For your information, the amount I'm thinking of investing is about 3k. Any…
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Northern Rock EGM - Decision Time
Have others with Northern Rock shares found it incredibly difficult to decide whether to back the board or the hedge funds in the forthcoming EGM? I have been a long term depositor, originally when it was a building society and received my shares when it became a bank. I've always been impressed with its involvement and…
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ICICI: Transferring money.
I read somewhere on here that you could make electronic transfers to your ICICI account from a non-linked account if you have the sort code and account number. I was talking to customer support today:rolleyes: and th bloke told me that this could not be done, mind you it sounded like an overseas help desk. I don't think he…
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savings while having a current account mortgage
Hi savers! I usually post on MFW and OS threads but I sometimes lurk on here and wondered if any of you guys could help? I have a virginone account and trying to pay off the mortgage using various methods of overpaying (stoozing, done carpet bagging in past, os style tactics such as meal planning etc, mortgage piggin',…
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No linked personal current account
Hi new poster - I hope that someone can help. I am a small business man and now need a savings account but I don't want it to be linked to my personal current account (as monies will be going to and from my business account). Any suggestions for the best account?
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5-10K investment in Funds
Hi Guys & Gals, I have between 5-10K which I would like to invest eithe in Technology & Telecom sector or somewhere else ethically. I have other savings so I am prepared to take risks. How do I go about doing my research on which funds to pick? Thanks
