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The only place your money is safe poll
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The only place your money is safe poll
66Cash and I mean cash stuffed in a mattress10.61%7Gold!18.18%12Buy To Let. Safe as houses.7.58%5Soft Commodities. Then Chinese and Indians gotta eat!7.58%5Banks and Buildling Societies. 6% interest. Yum12.12%8Premium bonds and other UK Govt backed savings. UK plc won't crumble.15.15%10Equities and shares. Buy low, sell high!6.06%4Overseas property. The boom has only just begun.3.03%2Tax havens like Monaco in a numbered bank account only.6.06%4AndyW's Post office account.13.64%9 -
Good poll!
Gold is an odd one... from looking at the recent performance, the knowledge that many will look to gold when markets are uncertain and the seemingly impending doom around the corner there seems to be no stopping it, but because noone actually needs gold, if things got really bad, it would just plummet... yes / no?It's about time I changed this sig... -
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Originally posted by MrRobin View PostGood poll!
Gold is an odd one... from looking at the recent performance, the knowledge that many will look to gold when markets are uncertain and the seemingly impending doom around the corner there seems to be no stopping it, but because noone actually needs gold, if things got really bad, it would just plummet... yes / no?Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by minsky1 View PostWhat about the Northern Rock option? 100% of your loot is safe, not just the first 35k!
I'd tick option 6. Govt backed. Lets face it New Labour aren't going to let the UK go bankrupt like some 3rd world banana republic are they?
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostGold is hugely overvalued at the mo and will be corrected at some point.
I'd say its got a long way to go yet.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostI'd tick option 6. Govt backed. Lets face it New Labour aren't going to let the UK go bankrupt like some 3rd world banana republic are they?
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostThe only really safe place is to put it all in National Lottery tickets.
or getting divorced from someone rich."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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