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Re: Premium Bonds are you a winner?
Moderator action:- Apologies for hijacking your post jaybee but I had to remove the lead post of this topic becausethe signature broke our rules. This is the content of the post:- I wish! Mine are stuck at the bottom of the bucket >:( :-[
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Nationwide BS Bonus Saver
Hello. I am trying to work out my interest. Does anyone know what interest rate this account was at on July 2004. I looked at previous rates on the site but it isn't useful to me. Thanks.
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25K to invest for monthly income
I have £25,000 lump sum to invest. I want to invest it in a way that pays me interest monthly as Iam low paid and this will help towards my bills. Can anyone outher tell me thest place to invest it and what monthy return i can expect to recieve ???
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Birmingham Midshires – 7 days to transfer out
Anyone here experienced transferring £'s from the Birmingham Midshires 'Internet Easy Access' a/c? If so, how many days were your £'s deprived of interest? I could find no indication in the Terms + Conditions re duration for transfers. But having gone online to arrange a test transfer to my linked a/c, I was disappointed…
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double checking interest rates
As I have some house sale proceeds to invest for a short while could I please check the best rates..... £50k cahoot 5.65 The rest in Birmingham Midshires at 5.4 Thanks Smokeyone
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Buying shares in companies that give discounts
Many moons ago I read an article in a finacial mag about buying shares in companies that give good discounts on their services or products e.g a ferry company gave free/discounted trips to France. I lost the article but thought it might worth asking if anyone here knows of any good tips on this subject. M.Tx ;D
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5.35% gross Alliance + Leicester online a/c
5.35% gross interest is to be offered, starting Sept 7th, for Alliance + Leicester's Online Saver a/c. I learned this from MoneyFacts website – but A+L's site doesn't announce it yet. http://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk/savings/index.asp?page=online-saver&ct=flashsecondaryonlinesaver510percentnewl Disappointed it takes 24…
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Stock Market Value v Election year
With 2005 being an election year I am keen to pull on some of the knowledge out there to ask whether traditionally, the FTSE has increased or decreased during election periods - is it worth looking at investments now or staying cautious? Any feedback would be welcomed. ;)
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Linking A Current Account To Another Account
Aplogies if someone has answered this recently - I'm a newbie and just registered! I've looked but cannot find a tip that Martin gave about linking accounts so that money can transeferred faster that the normal 4 wking days between account such as a current account and a high interest savings account. Does anyone know the…
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Derbyshire Regular Saver account
I've read a few posts about Derbyshire's great rate of interest on their regular saver account and went on to their website to apply for an account. I e-mailed them as I couldn't find a link to apply and they've come back to me to say the account can't be managed on-line :-/ I've got all of my accounts on-line (Isa,…
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First Bank Direct £25 Offer
Following the Jeremy Vine programme I have tried to enter the site of First Bank Direct to open an account all I get is a message saying Connection refused when attempting to contact nwserver.firstdirect.com Do you think this could be anything to do with the fact that Martin has made people aware of the chance to make £25…
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Abbey National With Profits Bond
My mum desperately needs some advice. She lives on her own in a co ownership flat for which she pays a monthly rental (she owns half of the property for which she has no mortgage). She is 56 years old, divorced from my dad and works as a checkout operator in a supermarket. On 20/04/01 she invested £10,000 in an Abbey…
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What is a unit trust?
In simple terms please, and how do i find out about them?
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Best returns
I am selling my house with intention of moving to Spain - any recommendations as to where to place the money for the period I am looking in Spain. I need access so cant have it locked away and there must be no risks attached. Can ING be beaten? Thank you
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International Power Rights Issue
Has anyone seen information on this issue. 1 for 3 @82p each.
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Closing First Direct account
hi all, created an account wit hfirst direct as reccommended from this site. joined just before they finished their £25 incentive offer. i received a txt from them (woke me up at 4am!) to say my account had been credited with the £25. so am happy. now how do i close it? should i just keep the account open with them for a…
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Halifax Regular saver or websaver
Ive got a small lump sum im a halifax websaver which at the moment is at 4.9% interest, and i just got £248 interest from last year, but was wondering whether its better to keep a lump sum in this websaver at 4.9% (its been going up slowly for a while now) or to start a year regular saver account with halifax also (where…
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Investment Trusts
Over the years I have accumulated small amounts of shares given to me by bigger companies. for example "THUS". These are worth so little that it would cost almost as much to sell them as I would receive from them. I know that , in the past, some Investment trusts have taken shares and converted them into their own shares…
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Keeping on top of interest rates?
I have accumulated three Current Accounts, one savings account, and 6 or 7 online savers, most with money in for different purposes - but now i am beginning to wonder how to keep on top of the interest rates of them all? Do you write them down somewhere? How often do you check the rates? Or do you wait for notification…
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Form pressure group-With Profits Bonds
I've been rooked with a With Profits Bond, quite deliberately. Have you?
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