MSE News - Savings tracker bonds launched for base rate gamblers 30 July 2010 at 10:13AM in Savings & investments 20 replies 5.4K views

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"Savers who want to gamble on interest rates rising can open bonds that track the Bank of England ..."

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MSE News - Savings tracker bonds launched for base rate gamblers

Jonbvn

The Coventry account looks good.

http://www.coventrybuildingsociety.co.uk/savings/productfeatures.aspx?ProdCode=GTB1

I think I will be moving over money from Investec High 5, whose rate now looks quite poor.

Wouldn't touch shabby abbey with a bargepole.

pressuredrop_2

Jonbvn wrote: »

The Coventry account looks good.

The base rate rises to 1% and the Coventry product stays the same?

It may be good for the Coventry but not for me. I want a tracker that tracks.

I admire the Coventry for getting cheap funding though.

Lokolo

pressuredrop wrote: »

The base rate rises to 1% and the Coventry product stays the same?

It may be good for the Coventry but not for me. I want a tracker that tracks.

I admire the Coventry for getting cheap funding though.

The only reason it stays the same is because there's a minimum rate. So if the base rate should fall to 0%, the tracker wouldn't go down, it would stay at a minimum of 3.2%. If the base rate goes beyond 1% then you will be tracking.

Jonbvn

pressuredrop wrote: »

I admire the Coventry for getting cheap funding though.

As the equilvalent of a 90-day notice account (you pay a 90-day interest on withdrawals penalty), it is not bad at 3.2%. The tracking facility offers some degree of insurance.

opinions4u

pressuredrop wrote: »

I admire the Coventry for getting cheap funding though.

There is nothing cheap about funding their business at 2.2% above BofE.

The account will be a loss-leader.

Reaper

Jonbvn wrote: »

I think I will be moving over money from Investec High 5, whose rate now looks quite poor.

Not necessarily. I'm not sure about the Santander account but the Coventry one should certainly qualify to be one of the top 5 so will help lift the High 5 interest rate.

The High 5 will never be the top paying account - the idea was always to save you having to keep moving money around.

Mickygg

I first thought this was good - but then of course there was the catch - only tracks after BB goes above 1%. This is not a tracker then.

I have read reports that interest rates may rise etc etc but by the end of 2011 the general feel is that interest rates could be in the region of 1-2%, and no higher. Obviously everyone has their views on this.

Banks and BS's aren't silly - no-one would offer this if they thought base rates would rocket!!

I don't think these are good as base rates in the short term are not going to increase.

Lokolo

Mickygg wrote: »

I first thought this was good - but then of course there was the catch - only tracks after BB goes above 1%. This is not a tracker then.

I have read reports that interest rates may rise etc etc but by the end of 2011 the general feel is that interest rates could be in the region of 1-2%, and no higher. Obviously everyone has their views on this.

Banks and BS's aren't silly - no-one would offer this if they thought base rates would rocket!!

I don't think these are good as base rates in the short term are not going to increase.

It is a tracker. Just happens that the minimum rate is above the current base rate.

Mortgages are exactly the same, are they therefore not trackers because they stop at a certain point?

Jonbvn

Mickygg wrote: »

I first thought this was good - but then of course there was the catch - only tracks after BB goes above 1%. This is not a tracker then.

Yes it is! In mortgage terms it would be called a collared tracker.

Jonbvn

Reaper wrote: »

The High 5 will never be the top paying account - the idea was always to save you having to keep moving money around.

I do understand. However, the High 5 account has now been below 3% for an extended period, whereas this account is guaranteed to pay at least 3.2% for 2 years, and will rise with the base rate.