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good online savings resources?
I'm finding it more difficult to read these days, wondering if anyone has either audiobook, podcast, or radio recommendations? I'm mostly interested in savings and personal finance, to give you a sample of my favorites check out the InvestTalk podcast, that's my best resource: http://blog.investtalk.com
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New Northern Rock 6.5% savings account
As per martins email but when i go to northern rock website no account with this rate exists, have refreshed pages and cleared cache, i presume the account has not launched yet or i have misread his email, can anyone else confirm if they can see this account on the NR website? thankyou.
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Need some savings account suggestions
Looking for some suggestions for a savings account with a competitive interest rate, instant access, no fixed term, no regular saver, no bonus terms. The following banks are out, so please don't suggest them :) Icesave BMidshires Kaupthing Where currently is the next best saving account that isn't connected by any parent…
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B. Midshires Interest
Just a quickie, opened a BM account two months ago (£17K) and to date, no interest is showing either in account or linked account, have I missed something? Ta Mark
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How best to invest/save £100,000?
Hi there, I'm looking for some advice about what's best to do with £100,000. I'm not wanting to invest it all, but not looking to save it all either since I'm going to need access to some of it to pay rent etc. on a monthly basis. I realise that splitting it up into amounts across different banks is 1 way of securing my…
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fixed rate accounts paying monthly interest
Hi Does anyone out there know the best rate obtainable for several investments of £35000 fixed for one/ two years with interest payable monthly. Any info would be appreciated Stu
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Help choosing savings account
Hi there, first post so please move if in the wrong place. My girlfriend and I are buying a house together in October and are looking into getting a joint instant access account that we can pay both wages into (approx £3-3.5k pm). We would like to also use this to pay our direct debits from and also with a high interest…
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ICICI hisave - Taking out early
Two months ago I transferred funds from an ICICI regular account to a Hisave account for a years term. My circumstances have changed unexpectedly and I now need to take this out before the end of the year.. I phoned ICICI and was told this will not be a problem but the interest will be 5.something % It was difficult…
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would it be wise to tie up a sum in northern rock for 3 years?
would it be wise to tie up a sum in northern rock for 3 years? if not why?
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Bradford & Bingley Share Offer
Is it a wise move to take up the share offer? I need to move quickly on this if I am going to take it up so I would appreciate some fast feedback. Thanks:confused:
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Any top payers allow multiple savings accounts?
Hi all, I am looking to manage my money more effectively. Instead of having one account with all my savings in, I would like multiple accounts with names such as holidays, car, insurances etc. I think this would help me budget better! Any of the top payers such as Kaupthing Edge allow this? All the best Si
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Inflation discussion
Sorry if this is off topic for this board but just reading the press today about Mervyn King's comments and looking into the rationale for their rate-setting; it appears to be based on 'subjective probablility' [Bayesian Probabilty] assumptions that rates stay at their present level [5%] and this gives rise to a 'fan of…
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online savings
we currently have an EGG on-line savings account. It only pays 4.75% interest, so we are thinking of moving to one or more of the recommended accounts paying over 6.0%. The Egg account is very flexible: payment can be made from it to any account on registering the sort code and account number ( ie not only to the nominated…
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Doing my head in!!
Hello everyone, I've been searching for a few weeks now for somewhere to save a six figure sum that I want to put towards a house. I don't want to buy a place to live yet (probably in 6 months time), but I want to put the money away where I can't keep nibbling at it. That makes me think something like Icesave, but I'd also…
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To sell or not to sell?
We (well DH really as he invested before he met me) have three investments. I have just gathered together all the data I can find on them and entered it into a spreadsheet and compared them to paying the amount off the mortgage at an interest rate of 6%. NEW STAR (very poor performance) Initial investment in 2001 of £2500…
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What are the best high interest savings accounts?
Hi, Can someone let me know what the best high-interest savings accounts are pls? I'm after short and long term savings. Thanks.
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alliance&leicester
what is going on with a&l shares is see they are up at £3 50 takeover price £3 16
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help need top monthly paying uk savings account were?
as title, need but cant find a decent monthly payer. is there any? excluding hbos though and overseas accounts? links would be great.
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20K to Invest
My mother has £20K to invest. She has an ISA this year (just a cash one), and has £1000 of premium bonds. She is looking to retire in 2 or 3 years time and would like the money to work for her in the meantime. Any good ideas? I was thinking Government bonds or suchlike but have no real idea of these or wether they are…
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Tax on savings accounts
Hi, I am about to inherit some money which im looking to invest. I am about to enter my last year of University and won't be using the money for atleast a year because of it. Because of this i planned on opening a 1 year fixed rate account but it occured to me that when the interest comes to be payed (around Sept 09) i…
