Savings

Do you do Premium Bonds? Should you? The answer largely comes down to your tax bracket and the size of your stash.

Better known as a global investment giant, Vanguard is currently paying a highly competitive interest rate on cash parked in its ISA, SIPP, and general trading account products. Vanguard doesn’t publicise it but you can currently earn a Vanguard cash interest rate of 3.0935% to 3.1% on money you leave uninvested in its platform.  This [...]

Rising interest rates mean you need to think about paying tax on your bank account earnings…

Every year seems weird these days. Maybe it’s all down to the coming singularity. Certainly 2022’s quadruple whammy of war, drought, inflation, and plunging equity and bond prices has provided enough contrast to please even a late-stage Picasso. Crops wither while inflation runs wild! Energy prices soar while portfolios plummet! Or maybe it’s just the [...]

Cash savings rates have been dreadful over the past few years, with many accounts offering rates as low as 0.01% AER. (That’s equivalent to 1p per year for every £100 saved. Don’t spend it all at once!) This low-interest environment has punished many with a frugal mindset, but most obviously those who’ve kept a large [...]

A few years ago I was the proud manager of multiple bank accounts. Pretty surprising, considering I’m hardly the most industrious rodent in the rat race of work. In this post I’ll talk about how I ended up with so many bank accounts and what I learned. I’ll also share a few tips to help [...]

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The FSCS has just changed up how much it covers under its cash compensation schemes. Here’s the skinny.

A one-off, hard-hitting special in which an old pro shows us how to survive in a low interest world.

Inflation linked savings bonds look set to become more common than ex-North African dictators house-hunting in London. But not all are created equally.

National savings certificates offered attractive vehicles for our savings, but there are various alternative homes for your money.