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Where to put £10,000 savings
I have £10,000 to put away for at least 1 year. Where is the best place to put my money with a descent saving rate??
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Savings Help
Need a bit of advice. Have 3 children aged 15,13,and 3. Before my mother died last year she wanted me to put 2000 each in to a savings account for them to get for futher education costs. Unfortunly we didn't get chance to do it before she died. The estate has now been settled and I have the cash to grant her wishes. Where…
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Best card/savings account for a 16 year old....
My son was 16 last September and has had an Abbey savings account since he was a child, of which I am a trustee. He now really needs his own account where he can get his money out easier than having to get me to go with his payment book everytime. He is still at school, and will be for a while yet and doesn't work. Any…
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Looking to move all money from Nationwide accounts, including ISA.
Long title, sorry about that. I've been with Nationwide for some time now, probably since I was a kid, I did have a halifax current account at one time or another, but I got everything in Nationwide now, been reasonably happy until the current times! I have some money in an ISA, which the interest rate is 1.75% which is…
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Halifax Fixed ISA
Credit where credit is due, I renewed a Fixed ISA with the Halifax a few weeks ago at 3.3%, I was told that if the rate changed before the anniversary date I would receive the new rate. I received the confirmation today with a pleasant surprise Rate = 4%. Excellent with interest rates/inflation heading down :beer:
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Want to buy stock/share - advice required
Hi there, 2 weeks ago I was prepared to put £1000 onto barclays and didn't know the best way of doing it, after some online reading I got a better understanding but didn't know where to go. After hearing the news yesterday I felt gutted that I hadn't been more proactive. I was now thinking of investing into oil since a…
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Icesave tax on interest
Hi, Does anyone know were I can find a chronological list or graph of icesave savings rates for 2007/2008. I need to calculate interest received and tax deducted. I've lost the tax certficate from icesave.Have emailed them asking for a replacement but I'm not holding my breath. I need the info for my tax return - thank you…
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help... icesave isa cash...
hello i recieved my money back from icesave along with the isa certificate.... what do i do now? do i put the money in the bank and then send the certificate to the new provider? or do i send the certificate and cheque to the new provider? my main concern is putting the money in the bank and being taxed even for the short…
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shares question
Hi, I am sorry if this is a really silly question but I know absolutely nothing about shares. I have my latest tax voucher in front of me (all other paperwork is filed) and it says: Tax Voucher TESCO PLC Ordinary Shares of 5p each Holding 396 I have looked up the price of tesco shares and it says 357.75 as the latest…
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Is this right?
My mum put £10,000 away into bonds 2 years ago as advised by her bank. She called them up just before xmas to withdraw £2000 as she needed it and received the money ok. the man on the phone told her she would lose a little of the money for withdrawing it (around £500) the guy said he could not give her an exact amount as…
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Gordon 's Press conference at 11am today
This was broadcast on Sky News and contains two important points one true and relevant for all savers and the other an outright lie/deception. 1. He emphasized the importance of the global market in relation to financial matters. Up to 40% of loans in the UK were coming from institutions based outside the UK Therefore when…
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help with child trustfund!
I have 2 sons both have accounts with the halifax. I put thier £250 voucher in the accounts and have been paying £10 a month into each account...... got statement today and they now have £240! less than what they started with! do I leave it where it is and pray it starts making money for them or cut our loses and switch…
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RBS Shares
Hi there i want to invest about £750 in RBS shares,but im a shares virgin can someone give me advice on the best way to do it.
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Share Option Scheme
Apologies if this should be in the Employment section, I couldn't decide which it came under. I have access to a Share Option Scheme at work with the First Exercise Date being 27th Feb '09 and an Exercise Share Price of £1.20 per share. We have the option of buying 1200 shares at that price. The questions are probably…
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Why is United National Bank not included in top savings options?
United National Bank is offering 5.00% for a minimum investment of £5,000.00 but it never seems to appear in any of the comparison tables available on the internet. Is there a particular reason for this omission?
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Tesco offering kitchens under £1000
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FT Short View: Gold, Currencies and Inflation
http://www.ft.com/cms/bfba2c48-5588-11dc-b971-0000779fd2ac.html?_i_referralObject=1013529447&fromSearch=n
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3.5 fixed
Guaranteed Capital Plus (Issue 6) guarantees to give you a full return of capital after 3.5 or 5.5 years. In addition you will get a return based on the performance of the FTSE 100 Index. At maturity you will receive your original investment back plus 12% or 26% respectively for the 3.5 and 5.5 year option, if the FTSE 100…
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How do I buy 5 ETFs cheaply each month
Ladies and Gents, I wish to buy 5 ETFs each month as a way of building an investment portfolio and at the same time hopefully leave something to my children in the future. Can anybody give me any advice as to how to do this cheaply ? Any ideas will be gratefully received. Thanks
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Inflation figures not good news for some NS&I savers.
Whilst Consumer price inflation dropped sharply in December from 4.1% to 3.1%, less well reported was the headline Retail Prices Index (RPI) which fell to 0.9% from November's 3% rate, the biggest fall in 28 years. This is what the National savings index linked saving certificates use as a benchmark, so some of these could…