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210 million ounces of silver SOLD last year, the second highest in history!
NEW YORK, May 11 (Reuters) - Investors bought 209.7 million ounces of silver last year, the second highest in history, and silver's strong appeal as both a precious and industrial metal will lift demand further in 2010, according to an industry report issued Tuesday.…
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Friends Provident shares
As far as I can tell, my Friends Provident shares now seem to be worth about 1/30 ith of what they were worth about five years ago. Is this right? Can anyone advise please.
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Investing Abroad, earning on my investments but living in the UK
Ok, I'm new here but this site seems like the perfect place to start for answering a query that I have. I live in the UK but travel quite a bit and have found an excellent investment opportunity that gives high, fast returns which I am going to set up within the next few months on my next trip. I expect my investment to…
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MSE News: Barclays signals end of cash Isa season
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The bank has revealed its 3.1%-paying best-buy cash Isa deal will close in three weeks ..." Read the full story: Barclays signals end of cash Isa season
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Where to put my money
I save £40 for christmas so its drawn out at around November/December each year and then started again in January. I also have another account (an ISA) so as to keep the money seperate where I pay £100 a month to cover things like holidays, car insurance, car tax. Sometimes this account can have as much as £1000 in but…
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Best saving products for a non tax payer ?
My wife has been given some money by her parents, about 10k. She doesn't work or pay tax, and she is happy to tie the money up for say 1 year. What's the best way of investing this cash ?
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Monthly Income
I am looking for pointers as to how best to make my cash work with a view to semi-retirement so looking for monthly income. I have £125k mortgage which is on lifetime tracker @ base+0.49% Various ISA’s which I assume would be best left alone. I have 2 x Investec High 5 accts in mine and my wife’s name with £40k in each and…
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Dividend date change costs £3600
Has anyone else been adversely affected by the early payment of dividends in the 2009/10 tax year? My husband has been investing regularly in Foreign & Colonial IT for many years. The latest dividend was expected in May but has been paid at the end of March, putting 3 dividends in the last tax year. I gather this is to…
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1st contact nirebates
www.1stcontactnirebates.com Has anyone heard of this company? Any experiences? Sorry if I have put it in the wrong place. Thanks in advance
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I need advice about an offer made to me by first direct after ISA cockup
I have received a letter from first direct who have held a cash isa for me for 2 years the amount is £7200. They say it was not set up correctly by them and as such is not an ISA it currently is residing in a 0.25% e-savings account instead of the fixed 3.1% isa i thought it was secured in. They are offering me…
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Safe haven currency or property?
If the US and all Eurozone economies are sitting on a debt time bomb then I assume that inflation and devaluing currencies is unavoidable. I don't want to hold any more in Sterling than necessary. So for now I have put the cash element of my savings into USD, but I see this as just a stop gap. I thought of Chinese Yuan (I…
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Help calculating how much interest I owe
I wonder if anybody is able to help me. I borrowed some money from a friend that I have just been able to repay. I borrowed:- £35,000 on the 1/12/2005 and £15,000 on the 14/08/2008. My friend withdrew the money from their Abbey Esaver account so we agreed that when I repaid I would pay interest equal to what the money…
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Best Approach to Savings
Hi I'm new to this so sorry if this is in the wrong place. Just wondering what people think is the best approach for me to take. I have £25K of money currently in a savings account with another £8K in ISA (this years allowance already in). I have a mortgage of £130K currently on a fixed rate 3 yr plan. I'm just after…
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Invest in an ISA
I have some money to invest in an ISA but I am confused, I know on here you were counting down to an ISA date in April does that mean I cant get one until next year. I do have a cash ISA with Natwest but theres only £40 in the account, I tried online to transfer money to it but it would not let me. I have been looking at…
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what do i do with my investment?
i have a sum of money invested in the halifax some in an ISA investment and some in a personal investment it is supposed to be in for 5 years. it will be the 3rd year this summer and everytime it starts to make money it just droppes even more, would it be worth taking my money out and investing els where? and where would…
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Santander stitch up
To say I'm apoplectic with rage is an understatement. I inherited some money in 2008 and invested it into an E Saver account on the advice of my local Abbey branch. After a year I received a healthy interest payment of £2K which I left in there and subsequently, following the very stressful sale of the inherited property…
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Stocks & Shares ISA
Got an old S&S ISA from 2002 (Artemis Capital Fund), which has been up and (mostly) down like the proverbial bride's nightie (apart from in 2007 when it very briefly was looking like it might live up to the promise of outperforming a standard Cash ISA). Cut a long story short, the small amount (2K) was invested on behalf…
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£15,000 to save, but where?
Currently sitting in an egg savings account. I pay 20% tax on earnings. I have not used any isa allowance for this year. Any advise greatly appreciated.
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We're moving abroad - what should we do with our child trust funds?
I have two children - aged 4 and 1. We started child trust funds with the £250 voucher they received when they were born. We'll be moving abroad later this year to the States permanently. They, like me, have dual citizenship. We don't know what to do with these accounts. We'd like to continue putting some money into them…
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MSE News: Santander restricts Zero card online applications
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The plastic is now only available online if you have a current account or mortgage with the bank ..." Read the full story: Santander restricts Zero card online applications
