Vanguard noobie.. what now?!

eskbanker

ranciduk said:

Ok thanks

so I’ve just added cash using my debit card

its still saying I have zero cash 

so I’m guessing I’ll have to wait a few days before I can use this cash and add it to my LS account...

No need to guess, the question is answered in the online help link I posted a couple of hours ago, further up the page....

And at the risk of labouring the point, you're not 'using cash and adding it to your LS account', you're using cash to buy, or invest in, LS60 units!

ranciduk

Okay dokay

  

poppy10_2

ranciduk said:

why is it so difficult to just have an option where it says along the lines of “add more money to this investment?

There is such an option. Just select the investment you hold, and click "top-up"

Billycock

ranciduk said:

Ok thanks

so I’ve just added cash using my debit card

its still saying I have zero cash 

so I’m guessing I’ll have to wait a few days before I can use this cash and add it to my LS account...

Be patient and wait one business day once the cash is in your account  :why-is-my-cash-not-available-to-invest

ranciduk

poppy10_2 said:

ranciduk said:

why is it so difficult to just have an option where it says along the lines of “add more money to this investment?

There is such an option. Just select the investment you hold, and click "top-up"

Ahh silly me, there it is quite clearly hiding behind three little unlabelled dots!!!

!!!!!!

Eco_Miser

ranciduk said:

poppy10_2 said:

ranciduk said:

why is it so difficult to just have an option where it says along the lines of “add more money to this investment?

There is such an option. Just select the investment you hold, and click "top-up"

Ahh silly me, there it is quite clearly hiding behind three little unlabelled dots!!!

!!!!!!

Perhaps you haven't noticed, those three little dots, sometimes horizontal, sometimes vertical, are appearing all across the internet, and within device User Interfaces, always with the meaning that there is something more if you click/tap on them.

Annoying that there's no label, but at least it's consistent-ish.

ranciduk

To be fair their website is actually pretty good and so far the process has been quite easy and straightforward 

ranciduk

Can someone tell me where you find the option on Vanguard where you can select how you want dividends to pay paid ie reinvested or paid to your nominated account?

i found it ages ago - but now I’m damned if I can find it, I’ve searched everywhere!!

RacingDriver

ranciduk said:

Can someone tell me where you find the option on Vanguard where you can select how you want dividends to pay paid ie reinvested or paid to your nominated account?

i found it ages ago - but now I’m damned if I can find it, I’ve searched everywhere!!

My Accounts > My Profile > Product > Edit > Select Option > Save

ranciduk

RacingDriver said:

ranciduk said:

Can someone tell me where you find the option on Vanguard where you can select how you want dividends to pay paid ie reinvested or paid to your nominated account?

i found it ages ago - but now I’m damned if I can find it, I’ve searched everywhere!!

My Accounts > My Profile > Product > Edit > Select Option > Save

Bingo!

 Thanks for that

so am I right in saying that even though my isa is an accumulation account- by using this option I can still have the dividends paid out to my bank instead?