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Advice or suggestions?
I have £15,000 that I need to move as I have over the 'safe' £35,000 in an account at the moment, I have used up my cash isa allowance for this year, I don't need access to the money, I want it to be tax free and I don't want any risk to my money. I am thinking of putting it into NS&i Index-linked savings certificates but…
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Egg not shown on Table linking Banks together
Can anybody please advise why Egg wasn't included on Martin's useful Savings Table which shows which banks are linked together for the purposes of Compensation. I know the building societies don't appear, but I thought Egg was a bank and should therefore have been included ?? I believe it's owned by somebody else but not…
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Halifax paying 6.85%
If you want to tie your money up for 5 years - this seems a decent rate..... http://www.halifax.co.uk/savings/fixedwebsaver.asp
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Nationwide Fixed Rate E-Bond Up to 6.4%
There we go people who were posting saying that Nationwides fixed rates would fall due to the last base rate decrease. :p http://www.nationwide.co.uk/default.htm
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Friends Provident Capital Bond Plus Query
please delete this message from site
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Urgent advice needed
I am at the verge of selling my house.Will be getting some extra cash from equity release.My question is what is best,least time consuming way to get the money form the sale-Cheque free but takes time to come nto account,also goes into current account with poor interest.Time again on transferring it to toher accounts. Bank…
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BM e-Saver Account 6.5%
Just seen this account, not on Martins Best buy list.;) Birmingham Midshires E-Saver account 6.5% Link here: http://www.askbm.co.uk/savings/i/easy/product.asp?id=151
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Barclays Tax Haven ISA
I have opened Barclays Tax Haven ISA on 13th March 08 but have heard nothing from them except letter saying thank for chooseing Barclays and will send welcome pack. I went to local branch to put £3599 but they will not accept it as the account is not open. I wonder how long this process will take?
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Will I qualify for Gross interest on savings?
Hi, I am having to retire shortly. I will have 3 years to wait for my State retirement pension. My only income will be £1650 PA from a private pension plus my wife will have £100 per week from her state pension. We will have to live off our savings for the next three years, until I get my money from Gordon Brown. Will I…
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Where to transfer ISA to?
I haven't posted a thread for years, but here goes.... I have a Cash ISA with IF for a number of years (approx £6K-7K to date) which is at a current rate of 5.35% AER/Gross. After reading about the various current improved Cash ISA rates around, I would like to tranfer to either Alliance & Leciester (rate 6.25%) or Icesave…
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Alliance & Leicester
Has anyone else had trouble trying to draw money from an Alliance & Leicester online savings account. My wife has been trying to draw out money for over one month. She regularly telephones (0870 Number!!) and receives promises that a cheque will be sent but it never is. Does anyone have a higher point of contact at…
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Short Term Investing
I have just sold my house and have about £140,000 to invest. Not sure of the current housing market so I want to wait for about 6(?) months to see what happens in the UK, before I buy another property. I have £35K in NS&I Income Bonds, £30K in Premium Bonds, and not sure what to do with the rest. Not too keen on high-risk…
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Old Savings Accounts
Whilst having a clearout recently, I found an old Post Office savings book and a Norwich & Peterborough one. I can undestand now why, when you come to close an account, you are encouraged to keep it open by leaving in a small amount. There has been £1.09 in the P.O. Book since 1986 - I wonder how much that has grown into…
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Are you 16-20??
If like me you are this should be of interest... Alliance & Leicester Premier 21 account: 10% AER upto £1000, but the most beneficial part...exclusive access (only available to 16-20 year olds who hold a Premier 21 current account) to their 10% AER ISA. This is a fantastic deal, there is no mention of this whatsoever (from…
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Icesave nominated accounts
I have always had 2 nominated accounts set up for my Icesave savings account. Last week, I deleted one of the nominated accounts online and requested another account to be linked in writing. To-day, I was told that they changed the T&Cs in October and that you can only have 1 nominated account now. Strangely, in December…
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Foreign tracker funds?
I'm looking to dip my toe into investing in China, India and Brazil or Latin America, but would prefer to avoid actively managed funds in favour of a tracker type fund, tracking the local equivalent of the FTSE. Does anyone do tracker funds for any of these countries? If so, where do I look? I've never been able to find…
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Case Study needed for ITV1 Tonight program on Safe Savings
Hi folks, Martin is presenting an edition of ITV1's Tonight programme, on Savings Safety, and the production team are looking for a case study who are willing to appear on the show. If you have a lump sum of money you want to keep safe for the future, are concerned with the present financial uncertainty facing the markets…
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Know of high interest savings accounts for non-EU citizen?
Does anyone know of a bank offering a high interest / no fee account to a non-EU ciitizen who's been in the UK for <2 years. So far I've been declined by two institutions (including A+L) due to my short address history (<2y) in the UK? I've been fully employed in a well-paying job in the UK since arriving in '06 and do not…
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More wise Words from the 'Sage of Omaha'
....actually it's more of the same....Mr Buffet has one basic approach and has stuck to it through thick and thin to great effect. This is a small sample from an interview published in 'Fortune' magazine.... What should advisors say to investors now? The answer is you don't want investors to think that what they read today…
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Savings account
I have £10k-£15k which i would like to put away in a high interest savings account. I was going to open an ICICI but have been put off by a financial advisor i mentioned them to - he had not heard of them and was sceptical. On looking at Martin's advice i am going to open a Yorkshire BS regular savings account but you are…
