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Gold Hits $1,000
Gold futures rose above $1,000 an ounce on Friday as jittery investors turned to the yellow metal to preserve wealth amid a tumbling stock market. Long-term inflation worries fanned by the massive U.S. economic stimulus package signed into law by President Barack Obama this week has driven investors into gold, which is…
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7% Isa's
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Corporate Bonds Halifax
Just looking for opinions on the current state of corporate bonds as i dont understand them that well.. My mother has some invested with Halifax and she has a loss of £11k so far on her initial fund investment. we are looking at pulling them out and putting them somewhere with less risk and loss.. obv halifax are saying…
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Bank transfer limits and charges.
Anyone know of any banks with good transfer limits and charges on current accounts? I've just had a very big sum paid into my current account with a major high street bank and want to spread it out across lots of savings accounts to keep under the £50,000 limit for FSCS compensation. My bank now tells me I can only do this…
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ICESave Tax paid certificates
Its in the title, but can anyone tell me how i get hold of the tax certificate which outlines the tax i have paid on my Icesave savings income prior to the collapse? 2008 to 2009 tax year Its just these usually come out at the end of the tax year, but will they now as my account is closed and money refunded, who will now…
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Young saver wanting to start a new savings account
I'm 21 and wanting to start a new savings account for the 1st time in my life. I'm wanting to save up for college fees and crap like that. I don't know much about them, but i'm wanting to be able to take the money out my account whenever i like. I'll only be putting in small amounts per month £20 - 40. I've read the…
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Legal & General Porfolio Bond
I have a substantial amount of money tied up in this Bond for the next five years and am getting increasingly worried about it. It is all I have in the world and am wondering whether I should cut and run or worry and wait! Help please??? My Financial Adviser says to sit tight. Krissie
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Cash Bags
Hi all, Ive been collecting coins for a while in odd pots and jars and have amounted quite a few. I recently bagged them up into the clear bank bags. Do I have to cash these in at a bank where i have an account? Im with A&L but my nearest branch is quite a way (i use online banking - pay cheques in the post office) Can I…
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Acces to Egg
Has anyone had access to the Egg site today at https://www.egg.com ? I've been trying for the last 2 - 3 hours (since about 1:00pm) and there is just an "undergoing Maintenance" sign and nobody is answering phones. I'm sure there is nothing to worry about, although Maintenance would never be scheduled for business hours on…
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Which software.
Hi. Does anyone use any free chart software about trading? Traded some years ago(when Markoni was around) with £5000, won £500 on the first day, won £700 on my second one AND... well you may now ......lost all the winning and another £1000 on my third day.:mad: :mad: . Not a good experience. Wishing to go back there…
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Joint Account Question
Hi all, im new to this so i got a question. Me and the mrs want to open an account together and begin saving for the future. We have found a monthly savings account with barclays to look the best but does anyone know if its possible to have such an account jointly or if they will only let you open it in one name? If they…
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Live stock market trading screens??
I'm curious to find if anyone knows whether I can download or look up a website that shows live stock market screens (including companies listed in the FTSE 100 index) rather than relying on a 10 - 15 minute delay from most sites like Google/Yahoo Finance etc... Is it possible? Thanks.
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Anybody ever invested in wood.
Hi, was wondering if anybody knows about investing in wood. I have looked at a few companys offering up to 25 year investments in teak and the returns seem very handsome, and tax free. Cant find out much info on the companys themselves though. Anyone had any experience? thanks
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Internet Accounts
Are Internet Accounts safe? How do you get one? And what proof do you have of your Money? When you open an account at a branch you get a passbook:confused:
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Do I change from AXA Property To Distribtion or get out
Need some help as I am not as knowlegable as everyone here. Took a 23K AXA Property fund in 2004. It did go up to 29K at one point. It is today at 19K. So after 5 years its lost £4000. I spoke to our FPM August 2008 wanting to pay the 1% penalty and cash it in as it was then back to the original investment of 23K. He told…
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ISA or Pay Off Credit Cards?
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Isa Help Needed Asap!
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ISA Tessa
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OMG my Stocks and Shares ISA!
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£1000 = ISA or HISA???
