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Telefonica v Vodafone
how do these two companies compare in terms of?: Market Capitalistaion Turnover Profitability Potential in Developing Markets
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transferring money to India
I need to transfer some money to India to my brother. What is safe and reliable way to do ? Has anyone used ICICI net transfer, money2India. Is it good and reliable. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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Has anybody invested in agricapital.com?
Hi Folks Has anybody invested in a company whose website address is www.agricapital.com. They claim to give a 15% return on money invested (minimum £2k approx). This is more than 5 times as much as standard bank interest rates these days! Do you think it is too good to be true or a very good investment opportunity? Thank…
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Hopeless financial reporting
If you read this article you will see they say: Sadly they failed to notice there has been a 10-1 share consolidation so actually the share price is down. I wonder if any of their readers rushed out and bought or sold on the news. Kudos to Jackdow on the iii forum for the spot.
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Money from our house sale
We have just sold our house and are emigrating to New Zealand (in May/June). We will rent for about 4-6 months, then will hopefully buy a house. Where, in the meantime, should we 'put' the £130,000.00 from the sale? Thanks in advance
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Gym Membership
Hi guys, Not too sure if this is the right section to post it in, so apologies if it isn't. Anyway, last year I signed up to the gym but unfortunately I got made redundant a couple of months after. The first thing I did was cut back on my spendings immediately, and I cancelled the direct debit for my gym membership. They…
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What do I do with £7.500
Hi there.The story is that a few months ago we aplied for a working tax credit and other and we only just got paid all of them as a back payment of 7.500.We rent at the moment and can`t get a house just yet so I would like to save the money in some way.Is it possible that I put them in an account that I don`t have to pay…
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Low risk pension investment?
What would you suggest for someone looking for a low-risk short term (4 years) pension investment? Needs to be in a pension wrapper. Thanks
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Regular saving of £2000 per month
Hi, I am in the process of selling my house and moving in with my in-laws whilst my wife and I save up a larger deposit for our new house. We are going to be with them for around a year and will be saving around £2000 per month during this time. What I'm after is some advice as what to do with this regular savings amount?…
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gold and silver investments
How do ETF's in gold and silver work, specifically within an ISA ? - are they taxed? - is HL a good way to invest in this?
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ISA Question
Just wondered if anyone could clear up a query? I have just opened a new E-ISA with Nationwide and intend to transfer my old ISA savings to this account as it has a much better interest rate - i'll then save into it monthly to try and hit my cash ISA allowance for 2011/12. There's a standing order of £50/month from my…
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"Enough"
Hi all, ..not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I was "scanning" the forums the other day and came across a reply that somebody had written quoting a good book to read called "Enough" (John Naish I think)...any how, popped into the Library last week to get it, and have not put it down 'til finished. A…
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Which platform for investing ETFs
Hi all, Bit of a newbie question, but I am looking to open an account somewhere to use for investing in a couple of commodity funds. I will probably be looking at a low volume of trading, although with an initially small float so would still need to benefit from the lowest price per trade I can. So far iii and x-o are…
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Joint account
We have a joint internet account that is my husband and me I found out you can only have only one bank account linked to it which is my bank account Got me thinking if anything happens to me can my husband still get money out through my account or could he change the linked account into his own account
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Got this far with my investments, what now?
Hi All, I've been fairly happy with my investments over the last couple of years. All funds seemed to recover quite well, but now that everything has stopped riding the recovery wave I should probably take another look. Here's what I have: Here's what I'm thinking: Not much change for the S&S ISA, although I should stop…
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Any views on Gulf Keystone Petroleum
Been reading a lot about a company called Gulf Keystone and have invested a bit in them. Today the IRaq govenrment passed its budget which meant doing some deals with the Kurds where the company has several drills ongoing. Just wondered what anybody else thoughts were. Cheers
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£1000+ to invest, who should I go with?
I'm looking to get involved in using a £1000 fund to invest with a company who offers investments. I'm not looking to top up the investment, month to month just place £1000 down for a year or more. I'm looking on feedback from you guys on who I should go with and if you have started out just like me only having such a…
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Shares help
Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me. I have worked at a number of companies in the past and at some period must have joined their share scheme, in that I recieve dividens (although small) every now and again. I have no idea how many shares I have or what they are worth. How can I find this out? Any help appreciated
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Gaining access to money when unable to go to branch
My Grandad has savings with Santander but he is currently in hospital following a fall and has broken arm and shoulder, he can no longer walk at all now as he is too week.. He wants to take some money out of his account but santander have refused saying he has to come into branch. This is an imposabilty as he is so frail…
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Getting started - buying stocks, shares
Getting started Every now and then I decide I’m going to get a chunk of my money out of savings and into stock. I sit in front of the computer and start reading and end up with no clear direction. I then return to this forum, read some more ask a few questions and still end up no where. One of my last posts here (over a…
