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Bradford & Bingley nationalised and safe ? Get 67% on their bonds !
Bradford & Bingley PLC5 6.25% Perpetual Bond Bid 2.05 14.65 offer [market price] Running Yield 67.37% pa Yield if redeemed 81.86% pa
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Kaupthing Rate reduced by 2%
ING are taking the opportunity to reduce rate from 6.55% to 4.55% AER which is a 2% drop compared to the 1.5% base rate cut. They would say they are "striking the right balance between providing great customer service and value whilst maintaining a strong and sustainable business. " There are currently no fixed rate…
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Halifax Bonus Bond MVR's
Just some info for anyone that has a Bonus Bond with the Halifax, as of 6th November there will be an MVR applied to withdrawals. At the moment it only applies to plan taken out between 1 Jan 2000 and 30 Sep 2001, although it may well extend to others in the near future. The amount of it depends on the start date of the…
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halifax 10% regular saver
I signed up to this savings account in july could someone tell me whether the rate is fixed at 10% for the 12 month duration
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Anglo Irish - FCSC Covered or not?
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/safe-savings#whatcounts The above page is confusing. The table shows: Anglo Irish listed "This table was compiled by checking the FSA registration number of each bank on their websites, and is based on the FSCS definition that each independently registered institution receives the…
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Bank Of Cyprus fixed rate bonds?
Does anyone have one of their fixed rate bonds? Or applied for one? I was thinking about applying for their 2 year fixed rate bond, at 6.55% AER. Does anyone know of any reason not to invest in Bank Of Cyprus? They are under the passport scheme of protection. The only thing that I've read so far which concerns me slightly…
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Nationwide Fixed Rate ISA bond
I have just noticed that nationwide have cut their interest rate on their 1 year fixed ISA bond to 4.75% - not exactly great i know. My current fixed rate isa is about to mature with nationwide and they sent me a form a couple of days ago offering me a 5.75% fixed rate. I hadn't got round to sending it off - do you think…
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Where to put £1,027?
Hi All, A bond has just matured (I get £1,027) and they've sent me a cheque. As the interest rates have just gone all belly-up, I was wondering whether anyone might suggest I could best put the money? I can't do stocks/shares etc. as I don't really have much money to do this. I WAS thinking of using the £1k to go into mini…
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Latest rantings from guru Peter Schiff
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ahaczm7Ahw&eurl=http://911truthnc.blogspot.com/2008/11/peter-schiff-on-radio-obama-print-print.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_aJ7LcAAA
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savings account
Hi I am not really sure which bank would be best to keep my savings in. Any recommendations please. Thankyou:money:
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A&L e-Saver 2
Do you think they will drop the rate further than the current drop to 6.3% from 6.6%
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Suggest a saving product please
I have £7000, which are currently staying in HSBC Online saver (3.53% interest after taxes) I realize this is not the best saving account out there, but it used to be. I haven't used my Cash ISA allowance this year as well. Where would you suggest to put the money? I was thinking about this drip-feeding options - one…
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Investors Chronicle or Moneyweek
The title says it all - which magazine would you want for a Christmas pressie subscription? Cheers fj
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Investments in Gold and other precious metals
I really apologize if this has already been covered, but I was unable to find. With the current crisis - particularly for those who have substantial savings (which sadly isn't me!), what is the financial advice for investments in Gold, Silver, other precious metals and items of similar value? Are they better than cash…
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ICESAVE FSCS Fixed Rate Bond TAX Question.
I don't know if I am looking into this too deep but I have a question I have not seen answered anywhere. Icesave customers who opt to keep their fixed rate bonds until maturity will receive all "interest" at the end of the term at the rate originally promised , that I understand. What I am unclear about is will this really…
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AA Savings
Just checked this one out and it's still showing interest at 6.28% gross. I already held an account with them and have arranged a transfer deposit, but does anyone know if that will stay or drop?
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Close Brothers
Hi all, Just sent a cheque off to Close Brothers. (Premium Gold 7%) Just wondered out of interest (excuse the pun) how much interest £15,000 would attract (net) over 12 months. Also how much interest over the same period would £15,000 @ 6.25% attract. Thanks very much.
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Political game of bank bashing
It is a pathetic sight, this bank bashing by all parties. [Labour, LibDem, Conservative, they're all at it] The taxpayer has provided £500bn of our money to support the banks, and now the politicians are all engaged in telling off the banks for trying to make money [which is needed to repay the taxpayer - preferably sooner…
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OK to transfer savings out of Kaputhing?
Hi everyone I'm about to buy a small yacht to live on and need to take all of my savings out of my aptly nicknamed Kaputhing account. I am aware that customers who tried transferring money out shortly before the bank collapsed are still having problems getting their money, but I want to know if I am OK to do a transfer now…
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Which banks/accounts do you like(security/ease of use)
1) Which accounts do you like for security - number of logon pieces of info, variation on info required 2) Which do you like for ease and speed of transfer - no of linked accounts, DD or BACS, faster payments, direct payments 3) Which accounts have you stuck with despite not getting best rates. I actually quite liked ING…
