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Who do you invest with? (not bank savings accounts)

In 5 days time we'll all have another £11K to invest in S&S.

Just wondering who do you use as your provider (eg. Fidelity) and what is the majority of your port folio based on?

Are you going for aggressive risky investments for high return, or steady, long term investments?

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  • Linton
    Linton Posts: 18,200 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Hung up my suit!
    66% Fidelity for aggressive funds for long term growth

    33% iii for portfolio of dividend paying shares for income.
  • srcandas
    srcandas Posts: 1,241 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    HL with Troy Trojan 33% to balance out my super agressive portfolio of funds and shares :j
    I believe past performance is a good guide to future performance :beer:
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    srcandas wrote: »
    HL with Troy Trojan 33% to balance out my super agressive portfolio of funds and shares :j

    Which trojan?
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • grizzly1911
    grizzly1911 Posts: 9,965 Forumite
    Cavendish /Fidelity

    Average 70/30 equities/bonds.

    We have 3 portfolios with different profiles although largely under ISA wraps. 1.) Largest is long term investment not quite aggressive 2.) Smaller, a bit of a play thing, smaller holdings with some riskier stuff in there 3.) Much more stable, again long term as a better haven than cash.

    I do monitor another portfolio of low risk income funds/bonds for a relative. Their choice via an IFA and it is interesting seeing that holding its own or though the income taken is a little higher than Hale recommends.
    "If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....

    "big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham
  • srcandas
    srcandas Posts: 1,241 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Which trojan?

    Sorry Troy ACC/Sebastian Lyons. I always type Trojan into my browser for an instant link to fund prices so it's stuck in my brain :cool:
    I believe past performance is a good guide to future performance :beer:
  • Dragonista
    Dragonista Posts: 138 Forumite
    Standard Life. Technically a bank but I'm offshore and it's not treated as such.

    Being young, whilst cautious, my investments are on the high risk end of spectrum.

    I've only just started so we'll see.
  • hey,
    I am always prefer to invest in gold
  • Forever
    Forever Posts: 295 Forumite
    I'm with HL and my core is:

    CF Ruffer Total Return (mixed)
    M&G Optimal Income (strategic bond)

    I then have 5 high risk funds.
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