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Google Finance - Real-Time Share Prices
Just saw this on The Motley Fool site: http://www.fool.co.uk/news/investing/2012/02/21/google-to-provide-real-time-share-prices.aspx Google finance is now showing real time prices for stocks I'm watching in both FTSE 100 and AIM Now I can see the prices go down quicker :(
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how to get rid of your savings so you can get council tax benifits
my mother in law has sold her house because she could not afford the upkeep and maintanence of it .She now lives in a council flat and pays full rent because she has savings of over £16000 the chap next door only pays£16.00 a week because he has savings less than £16000 is there any thing we can do to get her savings down…
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What are the best old style ways to save for your holidays?
Hi, we rarely get a chance to get away during most of the year as we run our own business, but somewhere in the Christmas and New Year period (when the business is closed) we like to go away for a week's skiing. This is not the cheapest way to go on holiday and I would like to come up with a way to put money aside on a…
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calculator for increasing regular savings
Does anyone know of any online calculator that will show how much my savings will be if I increase the amount I save each year? There are loads based on monthly saving, number of years and interest rate but they all assume I will never up the amount I am putting away. For example, I want to see how much I would have if I…
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Having money in the bank is a dangerous thing!
When you have your money in a bank, you get no return. You essentially have no return. In fact I think it was expressed very well by the gentleman that runs UC Resources that you actually get a negative return at the end of the year because inflation’s higher than the return you’re getting on your money! There is less risk…
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ISA for the new tax year
When is the best time to start looking fo an ISA for the new tax year?
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Trusts beat open-ended funds over last decade as RDR pressure builds
http://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/news/2153360/trusts-beat-funds-decade-rdr-pressure-builds “For those independent advisers who have ignored investment trusts and focused blindly on commission paying open-ended funds, the sector’s strong performance should make uncomfortable reading,” One might hope that…
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Self-Trade Cash ISA - Poor customer service
Hi all, I opened a cash ISA in January with Self-trade during the kindle offer period. When the kindle arrived, I was travelling for business. They attempted the delivery twice and kept the item for only 5 days after which it was sent back to Self-trade. Now, this is where the fun begins because I have never experienced a…
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Inherited a large sum of money, what do I do next?
This is my first post so if I've got it in the wrong section then apologies. I have recently inherited a fair bit of money, I have £130,000 sitting in my current account right now and I'm due to get about £160,000 more at the end of April. My question is, what the hell do I do with it? As in, where's the best place to put…
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Liontrust Special Situations
I was thinking of buying Liontrust Special Situations as I like the top ten share holdings but could not afford to buy them individually. However when I looked on HL's website they are income only, which dismayed me because I like income reinvested and mostly have accumulation funds. What would HL do with the dividends,…
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Lowest cost fund supermarket?
Got this mail from Cavendish (presently have one of the family members in CoFunds through them)... Quote: Cavendish Online has created a fund supermarket that provides the cheapest route to buy and manage fund-based investments. The all new Cavendish Online FundSupermarket will be powered by FundsNetwork (Fidelity) and…
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How can the volume of a share traded in a day vary so much?
Today I was reading that the small cap manager Mark Slater had bought nearly a third of a million shares in All Leisure Group. When I looked at the share over the last few weeks on Yahoo Finance there are days when the share doesnt trade at all; the average is tens of thousands and then there are a couple days when huge…
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Foreign property sale !
Dear all, I'm a newbie to this forum. Hope the experts will throw some light on my options. option-1) I've invested in a property abroad and its has decently appreciated. The money used to buy the property was sent via UK bank account few years back. I'd like to know, if I can bring back the money from selling the property…
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What should I do?
I'm 34, live in London, earn about 30k. That is unlikely ever to change...or if it does, it will go down. I'm not in a particularly secure job, although it's as secure as anything else these days I suppose. i'm single. Again, unlikely that will change :) In rented accommodation, sharing with a friend, rent is 560 pcm plus…
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Advice request on S&S ISA - ethical funds
Bit shy about starting a new thread but here goes... :o I want to dip my toe in and invest 50 pounds a month into an index tracker (seems boring to me but this is what I've gleaned from days perusing this forum!). And an Ethical fund. I am 29, married, and saving almost a thousand a month in cash for a house deposit. I…
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Transferring ISAs
Can one transfer more than one ISA to a different provider who accepts transfers in? If yes does it mean that I need to fill in a separate transfer form for each ISA I hold? Many thanks
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Share certificate from 1960
I'm dealing with my Aunt's estate and I've found an old share certificate for 20 £1 shares in John Lewis. It's dated 1960. Does anyone know how to find out if these have any value? I'm expecting it to be worthless, but I have to try and find out really before I wind up the estate. They're called "five percent second…
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Help please with investment problems with IFA and the investment company
2 years and 1 year ago I invested a large sum of money(£171000) thru an IFA(registered) with an investment company. I have raised some serious issues with the company following receipt of a half early valuation of my funds. 1. The valuation showed the IFA being paid twice, I questioned this and after much persuasion the…
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Mis-sold Halifax Ultimate account what to do?
Hi hope someone can help I believe I was misold a Halifax ultimate account. My story begins when I broke down coming home from holiday to find out my AA cover only covered roadside assistance which only got me off the motorway.I have a wife and 3 children 14 mths,8 and 11 already distressed from an hours wait on a cold…
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Storefirst.com
Does anyone have any information about the above - beyond the basic google searches specifically for SIPPS Many thanks
