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E:30/9 Win £7,200

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WIN the 2008/9 Isa Allowance of £7,200
with telegraph.co.uk and Hargreaves Lansdown


Choose the five funds that will beat the rest and you could win £7,200.
Try your hand at the telegraph.co.uk Win an Isa competition to find out whether you have what it takes to beat the market. Up for grabs is next year's Isa allowance, £7,200, for you to invest in an Isa, Sipp or Fund account through Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the UK's leading investment brokers. There will also be a bonus prize of £1,000 for the top portfolio on Christmas Eve.


Simply register your details below, choose the five funds from the Hargreaves Lansdown Wealth 150 - a list of their favourite funds for new investment - and give us your prediction for the level of the FTSE 100 Index at the close of play on 24 December 2007 and 1 April 2008. Closing date for entries is 5pm on September 30.


The person who has chosen the funds which make the highest returns between October 1 2007 and April 1 2008 will scoop the £7,200 prize. In the event of a tie, the closest prediction for the FTSE 100 Index will be used to decide the winner.


From October 1st we will publish the top 20 performers in the competition so far, the week's 10 largest risers and fallers and with your username and password, you will be able to find your position in the competition.
Before you begin, visit the Hargreaves Lansdown Wealth 150 to view the funds with research from Mark Dampier and the company's analysts together with prices, charts and detailed breakdowns.


Please note the Win an ISA competition is only available to UK Residents. One entry per person. Competition winners will be contacted using the name and address given.
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  • This is scary!! I think i'll come back to this when oh is here!! I don't know the first thing about Isa's or shares. :D

    NOW IN COMPING SEMI-RETIREMENT! :D
    AL MAC APPRECIATION SOCIETY MEMBER NO: 550 748 ;)
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,650 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Maybe we should post this on the savings board and get some inside info?
  • Good idea!

    I was about to ask my 3 year old for random numbers and then stick a few pins in the list! :)
    :jMFWin3T2 No 20 - aim £94.9K to £65K:j

  • debsy42
    debsy42 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Have entered but haven't got a clue what I was doing :eek: :rotfl::rotfl:
    ITV Winners Club #87 :eek:
  • essexgal
    essexgal Posts: 2,353 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Well I think I've entered:confused::o

    I hit submit but didn't get any 'you have entered' message - just went back to the entry page....?

    Did anyone get a confirmation message ?

    essexgal
    ;)old enough to know better, young enough not to care;)
  • debsy42
    debsy42 Posts: 1,755 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    essexgal wrote: »
    Well I think I've entered:confused::o

    I hit submit but didn't get any 'you have entered' message - just went back to the entry page....?

    Did anyone get a confirmation message ?

    essexgal

    I've just had a confirmation email from them
    ITV Winners Club #87 :eek:
  • VelvetGlove
    VelvetGlove Posts: 12,008 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Just had a bit of a flutter :)
    Sad because you don't know what to do? :sad: Comping question? Take a look in the Comping Guide to find out :smiley:
  • I fancy my chances on this one, rather than the gaming type ones I am not very dextrous or quick of thumb
    Thanks Cheeky Chicken
  • Gilla_2
    Gilla_2 Posts: 13,228 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    essexgal wrote: »
    Well I think I've entered:confused::o

    I hit submit but didn't get any 'you have entered' message - just went back to the entry page....?

    Did anyone get a confirmation message ?

    essexgal

    When I scrolled up the page I found this:

    Thank you

    Thank you for entering telegraph.co.uk and Hargreaves Lansdown Win an Isa competition.
    The competition launches on 1 October, visit www.telegraph.co.uk/money to see the latest competition news including who is leading the table. You'll also be able to see where you are compared to the rest of the participants.
    Hargreaves Lansdown have set you up a virtual portfolio so you can keep track of your funds throughout the competition. You'll be able to log on and see the funds from 1 October.
    Don't forget next years ISA allowance of £7,200 is resting on the game, good luck.
    42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot
    :hello: Good Luck everyone !:hello:
  • dipsy
    dipsy Posts: 3,137 Forumite
    dont mean to be thick.... not big into stock markets

    but where it says

    <TABLE id=ff-select-funds cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=shaded><TD align=left colSpan=2>Prediction for the FTSE 100 on 24 December 2007:</TD><TD class=smallField><INPUT id=prediction_dec name=prediction_dec> required.jpg</TD></TR><TR class=shaded><TD align=left colSpan=2>Prediction for the FTSE 100 on 1 April 2008</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


    does it mean the name of a company?

    the other drop down lists I coped with .. picked names I liked the sound of :D:D

    have sorted it now....... doh!!!! best I don't go to work in the city :-)
    2007 £1749
    2008 £291.99
    2009 JanMasscara £7.00 Feb megcabot books x 2 £20 XFactor tkts x 2 £58.00 (couldn't go though as they only phoned on day :-( ) foundation £7.99
    total so far for 09 £92.99
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