A few months ago I opened Halifax Children’s Regular Saver accounts for my two young nieces. It was an easy choice to make because it pays a whopping 10% for a year.
Tag: Investments
Motley Fool: Buy-To-Let Boom Spells Doom
Buy-to-let is about making money from rental income, not about capital gains in rising house prices. It’s also a poor investment choice which is doomed to failure, even for skilled investors. Ha! Just kidding! I only wanted to make some landlords’ blood boil. You see, property investment is a controversial subject. If you’re familiar with […]
Motley Fool: Make Money In Any Market
The stock market has certainly been volatile recently — the term “roller coaster” springs to mind. As an investor, those wild swings present a dilemma. You have to be invested to take advantage of the long-term upward movement in the market. Yet any investment in the stock market has an element of risk, and there’s […]
Family Finance: Check Before You Let
Author: Dot Piper
The buy-to-let market is buoyant, with buy-to-let mortgages up by over 475% in five years. As falls in share prices dent the confidence in the stock market, many buyers have moved to this more “hands on†type of investment, and most are very happy to have done so. Typically you may get a […]
MoneyExpert: Ethics As Important As Returns Say Savers
A new generation of savers are increasingly looking for ethical value from their savings in addition to the best rates available to them, claims Friends Provident.
A Good Bottle of Plonk To Pay Off Your Mortgage?
A new product has been launched which invests in fine wines in order to pay off a mortgage.
10 Investment Tips
The Scotsman has published 10 investment tips “you can bank on”.
Turning £100 Into £788
The Motley Fool has an article showing the power of long-term compounding.
Seven Deadly Sins of Private Investors
Fidelity have released what they call the “Seven Deadly Sins of Private Investors”.
Commission Free Trading
If you’re interested in starting some share trading, it might be worth looking at a new deal from execution-only broker TDWaterhouse.