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£25.00 on maximum holdingNot Rachmaninov
But Nyman
The heart asks for pleasure first
SPC 8 £1567.31 SPC 9 £1014.64 SPC 10 # £1164.13 SPC 11 £1598.15 SPC 12 # £994.67 SPC 13 £962.54 SPC 14 £1154.79 SPC15 £715.38 SPC16 £1071.81⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Declutter thread - ⭐⭐🏅0 -
Absolutely nothing since May 2020, 20k holding
MFiT-T7 #17 (Jan 2025) £193k (Apr) £177k (July) £159k (Oct) £139,900 (Jan 2026)
SPC 19 #6 £29.50
Regular Saver A/C (24/25) £2800 (25/26) £
SPC’s (1)£27.19 (2)£728 (3)£1471 (4)£357 (5)£435.18 (6)£1114.92 (7)£1492 (8)£392 (9)£1952 (10)£1866.65 (11)£1177.74 (12)£1445.39 (13)£1608 (14)£603.30 (15)£672 (16)£2563 (17)£1300 (18)£353.50 (19)£0 -
£25 win on 37k holding.Saving goal for BTL mortgage - 28600 / 60000 ( July 2021) , 37600/60000 (December 2021) , 39300 / 60000 (august 2022) , 41000/60000 ( January 2023)0
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First draw for me.
£50k holding - £25 won.
I'm not going to lie, a slight anticlimax.2 -
After my false start - nothing this month.1
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3rd month of nothing on £40k
How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0 -
3 x £25 winnings this month (£75 total). I have recently increased my overall holding to £45,000.
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£25 on maximum holding.
Does anybody think there's any chance of NSI maximum holding being increased so that we could once again start reinvesting our prize money in extra bonds?0 -
3 x £25 on 50k0
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My 12 month performance on PBs.Columns are:Month Winnings Running total of holdingsAs of this month total winnings over previous 12 months: £125
Feb-21 £50 £10,000 Mar-21 £0 £10,000 Apr-21 £0 £10,000 May-21 £0 £10,500 Jun-21 £0 £17,175 Jul-21 £0 £19,675 Aug-21 £25 £21,275 Sep-21 £0 £22,875 Oct-21 £0 £23,875 Nov-21 £0 £23,875 Dec-21 £25 £23,875 Jan-22 £25 £23,875 Average holding over previous 12 months: £18083Equivalent interest rate: 0.69%
If you want to be rich, live like you're poor; if you want to be poor, live like you're rich.1
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