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Halifax Guaranteed Saver transfer delay worries
I tried transferring money from my guaranteed saver into an ISA earlier today and was greeted by a message saying I had agree to some ISA declarations for this year. After that it said it would take up to 48 hours to transfer money, which is fair enough. However, I then noticed that no evidence of the transaction pending…
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Maxi isa:
Hi All, I was after a little bit of guidance - I have around £4,000 and would like to invest it for the medium term 3-5 years as its currently just sat in my cash isa earning hardly any interest. Am happy to take on some risk or put it all in the stock market at present What are the best Maxi Isa out there at present? And…
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rare stamps
Just read a really interesting article [Stanley Gibbons] about investing in rare stamps.All reads good better returns than any other investment plus your capital is guaranteed,anyone tried this and whats your thoughts.
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Santander - moving more than 10,000 ?
My mother is in the process of a house purchase and will soon need to move a few tens of thousands out of her Santander current account. She can though only move up to 10,000 per day, so is there a way to move more than that in one fell swoop, online or otherwise? Also, do Santander have a telephone number that takes you…
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Post Office Investment Account from 1992....would it still be live?
I have just found my sons pass book which I thought was long lost. The last entry was late 1992 and there was £40 in the account. I have never had any interest added to the pass book, so can I expect there to be almost 19 years of interest? Would the account be classed as dormant?
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Commodities & Bond Funds
Recently I have been reading alot of articles on asset allocation and the importance of diversifying across the various asset classes. Having ran my portfolio through Morningstar's X-ray tool it would appear that 18% of the portfolio is in industrial materials and 11% is in energy. Would it therefore be unnecessary to have…
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190,000 euros to save
Hi, I am selling a property in spain and will receive a draft for 191,260 euros after deduction of tax on Friday. I would like to save rather than invest this portion of my portfolio. My thoughts are: 2 X 15,000 in NS&I index linked savings certificates. 2 X 5,100 in cash ISAs I would appreciate your advice on where to…
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£500-£1000 risk / investment?
Hello please can you advise where you think £500 to £1000 should be invested for the biggest gains / losses? Ive done share trading before but dont like the fact every transaction costs £12 + to buy/ sell. (not really worth it for a small amount?) Would a small unit trust be the best way in a high risk fund? Any…
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Best place to put lump sum of money
I'm not sure if this is the right place to put this question or if I should be asking this question at all, but I am totally lost with all the different accounts you can put your money into. I am 18, and I've got £45,000 from an injury claim, and I want to put it into savings to earn as much money as possible. £40,000…
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A good financial education?
I'd like to learn more in-depth information about financial systems, economics and investing. I want to learn how it's all related and how money moves around and is created. I spend time on this forum and others, read books, listen to relevant seminars and courses, but I'm learning slowly in tidbits as I find them. I feel…
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Scottish Power and Hydro Electric interim certificates
I have some Scottish Power and Scottish Hydro-Electric interim share certificates which I found in a drawer. They are numbered. Also dated 24th June 1991. I am getting lost as to how to find out if they are worth anything or should I throw them away. I have tried ringing Equiniti but they can't find anything registered at…
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Financial tweeters, suggestions please
Maybe wrong thread but anyway I need tweeted inspiration, I'm currently following; @jilltreanor @Peston @_fionawalsh @JuliaKollewe @deborahlhyde @michaelhewson @iancowie Have you got any tweeters you can recommend? Put 'em on here. Thanks.
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Euro Cheque what to do with it
:beer:I am about to receive a cheque in euro’s (55Kish) and I don’t have a euro account any ideas.
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Saving for university in the future. Where?
Hi I want to start saving for when my son goes to university (if he wants to). I've got 14 years to go but can't save a lot each month. Do any of the banks/building societies have "college funds"? What's the best bet for long-term, fairly low amount (maybe £20-30 a month) savings? Any advice welcome. Thanks
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MSE News: Inflation in surprise fall but prices still rising sharply
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates eased today as inflation showed an unexpected fall in June ..." Read the full story: Inflation in surprise fall but prices still rising sharply
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Child Savings from Overseas
I am in the HM Forces serving in Cyprus and am trying to find a competitive childs saving account that I can apply for and manage online,( current one pays measly 0.75%) most banks etc require you to open an account in a branch to prove identity. Obviously I can't do that. Any suggestions?
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Money, Trading, Investments etc
Hi guys Looking for a bit of help and advice regarding ..well pretty much everything really:o After reading a book called rich dad poor dad (re-inforced a lot of stuff I always thought) I want to learn more about making cash and financial intelligence I guess, I have none really, standard education which never really…
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Lump sum
Looking for ideas relating to investing a lump sum what are the basic invesments i should be looking at? Risk is medium 50years old unsure on funds there are so many to chose from??? Idea so far use this years stocks n shares isa ( again what do i go for?) use this years cash isa emergency fund 6months net pay £65k please…
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xraybot and grass fed beef shares?!
Is this a new boiler-room scam doing the rounds? I keep getting emails from an obscurestocks@xraybot.com trying to get me to buy stocks in something called Grass Fed Beef.. I have no idea what the hell this is on about or how they got my email address - all very worrying!
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Best place to invest £15,000
I have just got my redundancy payment of £15000 and want to put it away where it can get some good interest. I dont need it just now as my other half is in work and I may pick up some part time work soon. I have filled up my Isa for this year so can't put it there. I dont want anything risky and was thinking about national…
