Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

Mr MWC is home :kisses2:

After dithering for a while, I cashed in my L&G S&S ISA today. Over the last 14 years, we've paid in just under £25,000 and today it was worth just over £35,000 However, it hasn't performed well over the last couple of years (-0.3% and 0.1% return)

We've decided that the money will be transferred to the mortgage!

I need to research and apply for a new, better performing S&S ISA - any recommendations?

Eggs IN 6
Eggs OUT 2 (poached for my dinner)

greent

No idea re S&S ISA but am loving the recent recipes - plan on trying that pork/ rice one when back home

Looking forward to hopefully hearing of chick arrivals in the next couple of days

xx

muddywhitechicken

greent wrote: »

Looking forward to hopefully hearing of chick arrivals in the next couple of days

She's still sitting on 4 eggs... *fingers crossed*

I've had a few more LTI shares vest this month so I'm approx. £1,400 better off :T

Eggs IN 4
Eggs OUT 0

gallygirl

muddywhitechicken wrote: »

I need to research and apply for a new, better performing S&S ISA - any recommendations

A simple low visit index tracker - just pick your index . Where do you think there will be least volatility/most growth, depending on your risk tolerance?

Karmacat

Eggs and income, yay

MissCreative

Loving the photo of the hen :j
Do let us know if you uncover a gem of an ISA

muddywhitechicken

I tried to sell my sharesave shares online this afternoon (the share price went beserk!) but I was thwarted by the system :mad: I need a shareholder reference number that isn't in my online account details and they won't give me over the telephone...

CathT

Ed's diary is a good one for isa tips. Even I have a s&s ISA after following his diary!

muddywhitechicken

I've found the correct reference number and I'm ready to sell first thing tomorrow morning :T For a whopping 80% more than I paid for them :shocked: :j

We could be mortgage free next week :eek: We probably won't be as we are meeting with an IFA and I can't imagine for one minute that he will advise us to pay it all off the mortgage :rotfl:

We have a busy weekend ahead - London tomorrow night for the David Bowie prom (Mr MWC is using loyalty points for a hotel room) and then we're on the guest list for a festival Saturday/Sunday :cool:

Eggs IN 4
Eggs OUT 6 (1 box sold for £2.50)

Pearla*Merle

Wow on the shares! :eek: :T

And you lucky lady - the Bowie prom! Mr M and I booked a hotel then completely forgot to keep a tab on the day the booking opened (:o ). Though I was sure Mr M had put a note in his diary (since he booked the hotel) but apparently not. At least it was on a cancelable rate