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baye shares
i currently pay £40 a month out my wages towards travis perkins shares, iam a bit short on cash and am thinking of selling them , been buying them for well over 3 years can i sell them/cash them in now and if so does anyone know if any penalties invovled??
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Certified Documents? Post office bond at the post office?
Hi. I was about to open up a new account -- Post Office 1 Year 3.41%. However at the end, it has asked me to provide two more forms of I.D. I have chosen to use a driver's license and a bank statement. The only problem is that the documents must be 'certified' by a "Solicitor, Accountant or Bank Official." My question is…
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Where to put 25K??
Hi, Like most people am getting sick at the lack of any decent savings products out there at the moment!! I have got a bond about to mature next month and I have been looking around as to where I can dump £25K. Ideally would only like to tie my money up for 2years max, at medium to minimum risk. I have already used my ISA…
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Working abroad, ISA, savings and investment question
Hello folks, hopefully someone with the correct understanding can shed some light on the following. I've thought about trawling the net but decided to open here since there are many people with the right sort of expertise reading and posting. Sorry if this comes accross as sounding a bit cloak and dagger but I think it's a…
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Share Research and Organisation
Hi, if you have seen my previous thread (https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3468475 ) i've been passed down a decent sum of shares. My question to you guys is how do organise you research (spreadsheets, word docs, notepads?) and what do you look at at when doing research for companies you own and are…
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Best investment
Hi, I've got my lump sum - 130k - in an ordinary account with HSBC and want to know where to put it so that I earn some interest and easy access.
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Nottingham b/soc - 2 yr esaver 4%
Just opened one of these accounts as a potential home for endowment policy proceeds. Any thoughts on how secure they are as an operation?(I know they are covered by the fcsc guarantee)
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transferring large sums of money between banks in uk
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baby savings
Hi all, we have just had our 1st baby last week and im looking for info on what may be the best option to start a savings account / bonds etc? Anything goverment backed or the like? Not really had time to go through a lot of the older posts as the little miss is quite time demanding, I have around £250 to put into…
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Maximise 50K
Hi, I looking for the best way to maximise 50K around banks i.e. certain accounts, shares etc. Ideally I would like to invest this over max 3 years as I want to use the interested earned to help repay my mortgage. I do not want to put the 50K towards the mortgage now as it is the only saving I have. Please can you help....…
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Stocks and Shares ISA < £50pm?
Does anyone know of a stocks and shares isa where the min monthly contributionis less than £50? years ago I know that M&S money did one for £25 pm but I can't seem to find anyone who does anything for less than £50. Thanks
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Halifax and BoS Savings Changes
"ALL SAVINGS PRODUCT RANGE withdrawn w.e.f. 5pm 9.9.11, new product range to be announced." https://www.emoneyfacts.co.uk/news/savings-news.aspx?newsarticleid=208784
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West Brom
West Bromwich Easy Access 3. Faster Payments possible inbound anyone know? They tell me not but I don't believe them! Edit: same question for Derbyshire Netsaver....
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Barclays instant access saver as only Barclays account available for online banking ?
I would like to become Barclays online banking customer. The only reason for this is that I will be able to get Kaspersky antivirus for free if I am using Barclays internet banking whilst the banks I bank with which are - HSBC, Halifax, Lloyds TSB and Santander only give their customers rubbish McAfee which I can't stand.…
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Barnsley BS Icelandic recovery... neverending
I am a member of the now defunct Barnsley BS, now subsumed into Yorkshire when it lost £10m in Icelandic savings. The phrase an ex-gratia payment has kept me with my savings account locked up as I have to remain a Barnsley member to have any chance of getting a payment IF it is paid. From 1st Oct 2010…
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Whats your portfolio made since 1994 - and how?
Originally Posted by dunstonh I am running at 12% p.a. since 1994. That is despite the FTSE being higher in 1997 than it is now. There is more to life than the FTSE100. Whats in your portfolio - and what's it made each year?
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Santander eSaver accounts, how many?
Hi there. I have a Santander eSaver account I opened last week. I like the idea of having a couple more for various budgets, but I understood it that 1 eSaver per customer. I just bit the bullet and thought I'd try and open another one.. expecting to get rejected but it opened without any issues and available straight…
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Nice enough fund to dip my toes?
Hi All, Well I've got half of this years ISA allowance and all of last years isa allowance in my account on interactive investor. Looking to invest it in some funds. I have a lot of cash savings already, so this will be my first step into investing. I have around 14k to invest, prepared to take some moderate risk. Would…
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Index Tracking Fund or Exchange Traded Funds?
Hello plz bear with me as I am new to the site. I am considering investing some money and after doing some research these are the areas I believe that I need to look at but I need some advice. I am 26 years old and have about £3,000 to invest. I know it’s not much but it’s a start for now. I intend to invest long term so…
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Life after NatWest bonus esaver ends in Sept
There was a lot of criticism of this a/c after it's launch last September but then things quietened down and for me it has ticked all the boxes. Interest paid monthly into the savings a/c; instant transfer into and out of my natwest current a/c and (given current interest rates) not the worst of interest rate returns…
