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Anglo irish bank 1 year fixed 7.05%
From Today Anglo Irish Bank Launch A 1 Year Fixed Rate BOND Paying 7.05% A 9 Month Bond Paying 7% And A 2 Year One Paying 7% Minimum Investment Is £500.
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Principality over 50's fixed rate bond 7.15%
From today principality launch a two year and a three year fixed rate bond for the over 50's paying a nice 7.15%.minimum 10k investment.
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7k to invest for a year.
Hiya! Here is my situation, i'm 17, I have 7k in a builiding society with hardly any interest. I'm off to uni next september and thought doing something (non risky !) with this money would be a good idea to up my savings a bit. I just opened an alliance and leicester account which gives 10% for the first year so i'm…
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Business saving accounts
Hi there, I have 2 business accounts with the Abbey: a current and a reserve account. However, the reserve account still pays quite a low interest rate. I've looked at opening general saving accounts for the business, but they all seem restricted to personal accounts. Can anyone recommend a high interest business reserve…
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7 % bonds a good deal?
Now that I've got a tidy sum to invest, I'm wondering whether some of the bonds I've seen advertised are a good deal. 7% sounds healthy, but I'm wondering whether it's best to get a year-long deal rather than a 3 year deal. A fixed 7% deal sounds good - and I know banks are offering good rates now that they're after our…
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To fixed bond, or not to fixed bond
Morning all, I am considering putting some money into a 1yr or 2yr fixed rate bond. There are several about at 7%. However, with the rate of inflation increasing and pressure on the BoE to up the interest rate, would I be better off waiting for 6 months and hopefully grabbing a bond with a higher fixed rate? In the…
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What are First save like? Fixed rate 7.1%
Has anyone experience of First save? They appear to be the highest fixed rate at the moment of 7.1%. I would appreciated any feedback. Thanks
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Savings Investment Help Needed.
I am in the process of sorting my finances and I need some advice as to what I should do next. My only debt is £6000 of a student loan, my long term ambition is to buy a house. I have currently £1000 invested in Premium bonds. £18000 saved with IceSave's regular account. I am also in the process of transferring £18000 into…
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Capital Gains Tax for shares?
Never paid CGT, so need some direct simple guide from you guys, not the complex government sheets. If I put in 10000 in stocks last year, lost 6000, left 4000. If I put in another 20000 this year, sold before 01/04/2009 with value 39600 in the stock account (not shares), another 15000 in shares market value on 01/04/2009.…
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help! 10% regular saver or 6% ISA
which is better? I need to start saving. I haven't got an ISA and it's all very confusing. i want to save £50/month
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Premium Bonds - Miss Marple needed!
Hi All, First post here, and a challenging one! When I was born (many moons ago!), I had some premium bonds bought for me by my great aunt. Unfortunately she passed away and I have no record of them - could these be traced somehow??
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£30,000 to save
Hi, I just thought I would come on here to ask as I know you are all hot on money/investments etc. My Dad currently has around 30k that he wants to put away in a non-risk type of way (got stung with an isa that has still not made up the money).. He has told me he is going to see his Bank Manager tomorrow to ask him what he…
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Egg Savings Advice
Hi, I've seen the Egg Savings account, and I may apply, has anyone opened one of these? Is it worthwhile? Do I get a cash card etc.? Is the customer service good? :confused: Thanks in advance:beer:
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Investments
Ihave got £25.000 in investments with the Halifax and also my husband and I have an investment isa each, which was worth £8.000, but is going down daily. What I would like to know if, where could we put our investments so they will make us a profit? Should we switch to savings acounts? Any help will be appreciated as we…
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Retired Saver
Hi! My mother is 70years old and has around £20k in a good interest Cash ISA. She also uses a good Regular Savings Account. I wondered if anyone could suggest a better idea for what to do with the money invested in the Cash ISA? She moves it to the best rate each year. If she finds a savings account that pays better…
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Personal Inflation
I saw the figures for inflation today at 3.3%, I know that there are lots of ways of working out inflation but this figure must not be very accurate. I live a very modest life with my wife, we both work with no children we have one car and live in a one bed flat. we have no debt to our name. Our personal inflation rate is…
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CF5 Advice
Hi, There seems to be a few threads about people seeking advice about CFP exams so i thought id give it a whirl... I was wondering if anyone has recently completed the above and had any revision tips that they would be kind enough to share. I only ask as i am not currently working in the industry and have no one to discuss…
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capital one 1 year bond 6.95%
from saturday capital one will laucnch a 1 year bond paying 6.95%.
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nottinghamshire bs 7.10% bond
nottingham bs launch a fixed rate bond paying 7.10%, its a postal bond and needs a minimum of 1 thousand to invest.matures july1st 2009.
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Halifax 10% or ISA?
Hi there, I'm a bit of a novice with this sort of thing and was wondering if someone could help? I am going to be putting £75 per month into some sort of savings account and I thought it would be an ISA but now I have seen the advert for the Halifax Regular Saver offering 10% I'm not so sure. Is anyone able to advise where…
