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Gold and is going south fast
Loos like the Cyprus gold sale news has smashed the metals through the major support. Could be interesting to see where this ends up.
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Nax out stocks and shares isas
Hi, We would like to invest x 2 whole isa allowance in stocks and shares. We have enough cash reserves built and no debt. We currently have an ISA with HL via the vanguard 80 equity product. This totals 11k. Would you suggest we stick with putting the money into the same vanguard fund or should we diversify? I am not…
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Savings plan / investment info
Hi guys. I've been trying to digest some of the top info on this site. My wife and I have some savings and I have a few questions. We have approx £80,000, 30k each in ISAs + 20k in an esaver. #1 Our current plan is just to find best rate possible for new ISAs & savings account and then to drip feed cash from the savings to…
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Cash ISA transfer help please
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investment funds isa help please
Evening all Could somebody please help me with the costs involved in an investment funds isa. I'm new to the stock market so don't have a clue. My normal isa is only getting 2%, so I have decided I will stick a couple of grand in some funds for the next 3-5 years. (I am aware I would do better leaving the money for longer,…
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Critique my Investment plan
Aim to provide a top up to my pension (already guaranteed £10k+) in 20 years time. All dividends reinvested, £500 added per month using dividends to buy £1k of new stock at a time. I have approx £2k in each of the following. (On retirement I will have to pay off my interest only mortgage £56k @ BOE rate +1%) AstraZeneca…
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Skipton Online Bonus Saver
The minimum opening balance is £1000 So can the balance drop below £1000? Also what is the interest rate after basic payer tax is taken into account - 2.00% gross AER? http://www.skipton.co.uk/savings_and_investments/e-savings/online_bonus_saver/
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Leeds Online Bonus ISA
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Santander issue 4 interest
Just wondered if anybody knew what the rate is for, Santander esaver issue 4, now that the bonus period has finished, Interest was added monthly (which is a little less than annual)
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Are there borrowing alternatives in the UK for non UK residents?
Thank you all.
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We need lose £10,000 before social services grab it
My mother in-law has savings of between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds ( not sure of the exact amount) that she has saved over the years to leave to her grandchildren. She now finds herself in ill health and may need to go into a home ( she is 80 ) a couple of years ago my wife put some of her cash in an ISA, but the rest is…
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ISA...quick question
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Domain names as investments?
Like land "they're not making any more" - not absolutely true in either case but my researches suggest there are almost no unregistered single word (nouns) .co.uk domain names, not even llanfair... (that place in Wales with a long name) or Rumpelstiltskin.co.uk Sure you can get variants but if I were to buy tesco.ae.org…
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Bitcoin
Hi, I like the idea and thought of buying 500-1k coins (mostly for excitement). With prices as low as they are now and use picking up (in the US at least) plus all media attention – what is your opinion? I’m not asking bubble-wise but if it has any settled future as intended, taking into account anonymity, total/trading…
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Bitcoins
Has anyone here got bitcoins? Would you consider it?
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Critique my planned portfolio please
I've been reading about asset allocations, risk tolerance etc and am about to start my S&S ISA. I'm 46, and my pension and cash ISA happen elsewhere. I'm open to suggestions on anything obvious I've missed/gone too light/too heavy on below: Vanguard Lifestrategy 80% - 20% (16% equity/4% bonds of total) UK tracker - 17% US…
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Quick ISA query
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Children's Regular Savings
Could someone shed some light on this as I haven't tried them before.:o How many accounts can a couple open for their 2 kids? Are those tax free? Thanx in advance:)
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storefirst pod investment
Does anybody have any experience of this type of investment? Seems too good to be true, but from what I can see the company is growing. Last year I almost put 18k down on one. Only risk I can see is if after the 5 years they don't buy the pod back, then your stook with a store pod. Any thoughts? Cheers…
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Can I open savings a/c for someone else's kids?
My brother died 8 months ago and none of our family have been able to see his kids since. Is there any kind of savings account we could open for them so we can put in money for birthdays etc?
