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Lloyds Banking Group
I have option on the new Lloyds rights issue anyone ant thoughts
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ns&i application form
I am filling in this form. There is nowhere on it asking monthly or yearly interest. Does that question come in another form ? Thanks
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New To Savings - A Graduate With A Job
Hello everyone, As a heads up, I'll give you an outline of my situation. Feel free to read the next few paragraphs if youre in a reading mood! If not, skip ahead below to see my questions. I've graduated from Uni this November, but in reality I 'left' Uni at the end of June this year after a final, pre-planned work…
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Best Place for £20k - save
Hi there, I have a £20k bond with Nationwide maturing any day now and am after some advice as to the best rates available at the moment. Ideally 1 year term, but possibly up to two if the rate was significantly better. Looks like I'd get 3% if i stick with nationwide Anything better? Many Thanks
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Moneyfacts
I hate the new moneyfacts design! The old style meant you could quickly look through the latest rates, and do a more specific search when required - I find the new one impossible to use unless you're prepared to sit down for a while Anyone else?
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Saving with a bank Thats different
I'm considering taking out a 2yr fixed savings account with the "Islamic Bank of Britain" Im attracted by the ethics of this bank (does not invest in companies that sells Weapons,alcohol,Pornography. to name a few) also they are offering a very good return ,currently 4.5%. Does any one have any experience with this bank.
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Urgent ctf advice needed
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me. My daughter has a CTF with £3,400 in it. We took out a non-stakeholder CTF with Abbey 3 years ago. Today I received a letter from a company called Family Investments saying they were now running the CTFs for Abbey. It also said it was a stake-holder account with an…
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Quidco £35 for Nationwide ebond
Just spotted Quidco are doing £35 cashback for a Nationwide ebond. Conditions are only one bond and £5K minimum but well worth going for it if you were considering one anyway. Link
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Lloyds Shares which one ?
Hi, I want to buy some Lloyds Shares, I have 2 options........ Lloyds Banking Grp New Ord 10p FP Rights LBGF.ISE ISE Lloyds Banking Grp New Ord 10p NP Rights LBGN.ISE ISE But whats the difference between FP and NP ?. Thanks
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NS&I More Bonds on the way ---- Maybe
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/savings-and-banking/article.html?in_article_id=495355&in_page_id=7 National Savings & Investments has assured savers it may launch best-buy saving products in future and that it was not cowed by other savings providers into pulling a recent 3.95% bond from the market.
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Recommend me a good Live share dealing subscription
Any idea of a good live platform I could use? I used to have iii.co.uk for £20 a month but I didn't like that I could find little help on the platforms abbrevations and hence was limited into what I could understand from the info on my screen. Their faq and glossary was no good. Some other brokers offer live data but for…
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Jupiter Absolute Return fund - new launch
H-L speak very positively about this new launch. Is H-L's enthusiasm usually well balanced, or fuelled by over eager marketing? I have never bought into a new launch before, and I suppose with no fund analysis, you have to judge the fund by the fund manager?
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Egg Money Manager - getting there!!!
Hi Just a quick post - I have just tried logging on to my ABBEY current account and my Coventry Building Society savings account via EGG MONEY MANAGER. I have been unable to log on this way for around a month. so i am amazed about what I am going to say............. They are both up and running and logged in - no hassle!!!…
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30 day dilema
I've got an endowment policy maturing in a month's time worth around £23K but am jittery as fund still in equities - a balanced Managed Investment fund with a former Lloyds TSB fund. I can switch for free to another fund e.g cash or am thinking maybe property fund which seems to be taking off. Is the risk of a property…
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What are Sainsburys up to ??
Sainsburys Online saver was paying 3.2 % for balances over £1K for accounts opened until 30/11. They seemed to have dropped the rate to 3% for accounts opened 1/12 to 3/12. Now they've put it back up to 3.2% as of 4/12 !! http://www.sainsburysbank.co.uk/savings/support/support_onlinesaver.shtml Is it some cunning marketing…
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Dollar - predictions - any ideas?
I know there is never any 100% certainty but... ...are you generally expecting the dollar to go up soon or keep going down? I will have to buy a little bit of it (~$100k) in the next year and I am wondering: get it before the end of 2009 or maybe wait till the middle of next year etc... Any ideas? Some opinions? Thank you…
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Interactive Investor account?
Has anybody ever signed up to the 'Portfolio Builder' at http://www.iii.co.uk/sharedealing/ ? I am interested in getting this account and I wondered if anyone has any good or bad experiences with the Portfolio Builder account?? Is it really a low commision trading account compared to other trading companies specifically…
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CTF account(s) questions
Hi, Basically I have 2 CTF accounts for my daughter, one I opened when she was born and pay monthly into until she is 18, the other was set up automatically with the government vouchers ( I had moved house and the government vouchers went to the wrong address- my fault not theirs -if you don't set up an account of your…
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Coventry Poppy Bond renewal 31/12
For those of you that had a Coventry Building Society Poppy Bond in late 2008 (at 6.25%), they're offering a renewal at a rate of 3.5%. This will be for the period 1st Jan 2010 to 30th April 2011. Coventry will also donate 0.1% to the Poppy Appeal. You can add to the balance or choose to invest just part of the maturing…
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Grays Building Society Revisited
http://www.bygonegraysthurrock.co.uk/grays_building_society.htm
