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Info on shares
Dear All, I normally use 2-3 websites for financial news. I then use few more occasionally. I own 9-10 shares, some of which are gaining, some others are losing value, some of which are of big comapnies, some other are of smaller one. Ideally, I would like to reduce their number, as I do not have chance to follow them. I…
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Should I change my Euros to Pounds now?!
HiI'd like peoples advice and opinions please. I have 20,000 Euros abroad (non euro zone country-Croatia) which I'm thinking about changing to Pounds as I'm worried that the Euro will crash. In 6 weeks time the Euros earn £700 in interest but I'm worried that in 6 weeks they will be so weak compared to the Pound that it…
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Bordeaux Fine Wines
I have had a call from this company tonight, they are sending me some literature in the post & calling back on Thursday night, I was told that I could expect 14% return....so what do you think, anyone know anything about this company? Thanks in anticipation!
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would you take advice from a JP Morgan Investor?
If Ina Drew of JP Morgan offered to look after your finances would you let her and if so why?
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Pension or ISA?
Hi could someone point me in the right direction - which is best pension or ISA? I am currently self-employed. I have no pension or savings, i'm 36 and i'm only able to afford £50pm (I guess anything is better than nothing!) i'm just not sure which is best, I have seen Virgin do a pension which you can increase/decrease…
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Historical FTSE All Share Total Return Index Download?
for the Total Return version of the All Share Index, the only historical data i've found is: http://markets.ft.com/research/Markets/Data-Archive -> select "Equities" -> select "FTSE Actuaries ..." -> enter a date -> download a PDF (!) and the total return is in the rightmost column ... very cumbersome, and it only goes…
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A student with £25k...
Hi all, I'm currently a first year university student with £57k of savings from my previous business, but now that I have sold the business on, I don't know what to do with the money left over. I'll be spending quite a bit of money on luxuries for myself and family, such as cars etc and I'll be left with approx £25k. But…
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Anyone waiting for a default to invest their ISA?
I recently took advantage of the latest market dip to reinvest my rebate commission sitting in cash when prices were low. Next is this years ISA allowance. Anyone else waiting for a Greek default or Euro crisis to trigger a (mini?) crash as an opportunity to buy cheap for the long term?
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Investing after berievement
I need some advice on savings... My wife died recently and with all of the insurance money I will have around 300k to invest. I have two teenage boys and I want to do the best job of looking after the money for them so that they can at least be financially secure in the future. As well as coping with the grief, i am…
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isa or saver
hi i have £5000 that i want to put away for 3 years what would be better isa or saver i do not needto access the money and would like to find out the highest interest would it be better to split the money or keep it together any ideas please thankyou xxx:)
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Fund Transfer Question
My ISA funds are currently invested with Cofunds through an adviser, (adviser no longer required as i think he guided me to make the investments to maximise his own commission), and Cofunds through Willis Owen, (2 seperate accounts). The reason for wanting to move the investments is because of the high TERs. My Question…
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what's the best savings account for 16 year old
My son is due to turn 16 and he is cashing in his Childrens Bonds can you give advise where he should invest his money but he wants to be able make cash withdrawls.thank you
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compound intrest sum help
Hi I know how to work out 4% of £2000, but how do I work out 4%interest on 2thousand for 10 years leaving my interest in each year. (compound) Any Help.
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Portfolio weighting
Hi, I have the following funds in a S&S ISA: First State Global Emerging Mkt Leaders Class A Accumulation 80% M&G Strategic Corporate Bond Accumulation 10% JPMorgan Natural Resources Accumulation Units 10% I am looking for capital growth over the next 5 or so years from these funds, I've just started investing recently and…
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New savings strategy - help please (isas & savings accounts)
hello wise mse forum! having steeled myself to debt free status (using tips from the site! thanks!) i now find myself with a "well done" chunk of cash from my newly retired parents (who wanted to make sure i wouldn't waste it - very sensible) and the future prospect of being able to save a big chunk of my salary each month…
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Saving for Nephew
Hey everyone, I just wanted to ask a semi-technical questions. My brother's wife is giving birth next week and I want to invest some money in the babies name. The thing is they live in Belgium but will move back to the UK in November. Can I sort something out whilst the kid lives abroad? Thanks, Matthew
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What to do with £20k???
Hi, hope you can help. I have money to save/invest for the first time ever after selling my flat. I have always been hopeless with money and after paying off all my debts will be left with around 20K. I am renting a property that my parents own and may look into buying it from them in a few years. Just not sure what to do…
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Greek and eurozone crisis-are banks like Santander safe?
Hi, I was listening to (think it was Sky news) yesterday and someone was being interviewed about the Greek and euro zone crisis and repercussions for UK. Jut got the gist of it, but I think he mentioned (if the worst was to happen) runs on banks in countries like Spain, and then went on to mention Santander in UK. If worst…
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Virgin E Savings rate drop?
I opened a virgin money easy access e savings account earlier this year with the 2.85% rate. Just noticed on their website the rate for this account is now 2.60%, on some sites it refers to this being an 'issue 2'. On the Northern Rock website it lists the original account as being under previous accounts (it lists the…
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Childrens Savings Account
My granddaughter (8 months) is getting christened soon and I wnted to open a savings account for her - but struggling to find anyone who has an Online account. Probably looking to put £100 in initially - with a £10 per month investment. More than happy to have an account that restricts withdrawals for up to age 15 or 16 -…
