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How to invest/protect €240,000?

EnglishTutor · 2024-12-04 11:13:04

We're investment novices, we know the basics, but now need help. My wife and I have just sold our holiday home in Europe. On exchange, in August, we took a deposit of approx €50k that we converted to sterling (rate 1.16) and put £20k each into a Cash ISA with T212 - each £20k is spread JP Morgan £2.5k, Barclays £8k,…

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PARALLEL Posts: 7 Forumite

5 December 2024 at 8:34PM

That sounds like a plan. Don't forget to stay in touch with your broker too. Headline rates can often be beaten by brokers. In the background, whilst you might not be aware, are big deals goind down, and they often piggy back smaller transfers to make the numbers up. You might get lucky!! Good luck.

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