"“We have lent a huge amount of money to the U.S. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.” "


Chinese premier Wen Jiabao 12th March 2009


""We have a financial system that is run by private shareholders, managed by private institutions, and we'd like to do our best to preserve that system."


Timothy Geithner US Secretary of the Treasury, previously President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.1/3/2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Thrift rewarded with Index Linked Savings Certificates over 11 years with ns+i


From ns+i website (National Savings and investments) 3-year 18th Issue Guaranteed compound rate over 3 years - Index-linking + 1.00% Index-linking + 1.25% basic rate, 1.67% higher rate

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

RPI is 0.1% + 1% at the moment.RPI was always higher then CPI not now.NS work on the RPI.Wonder if NS will change it to CPI (at the moment at 3%).A year ago RPI was about 5% and CPI at 3%. Not a good return at the moment.There again inflation may take off at any time?. NS may stop doing this saving plan if they/government think inflation will take off.Maybe a wise thing to put some money into this before it stop`s?...

http://tinyurl.com/2b6ftd

I should point out that they say your money is 100% safe...that is true.They don`t tell you that if the country goes broke they will pay you back when you want your money?.I think it will be a case off you will get your money but only when we can give it back to you...you should live so long?.

ziz said...

Lord Patel has a current RBOS acct with all his DDs SO's etc.,(and has for yonks) Moved family millions cash into Abbey with some deposit bonds , deposit Acct - 2/3 years ago.

Contemplating mving it into RBOS - Dep Act - if you can't rely on the Gubment? Who ?

ns & i an vary redemptions, make them conditional etc.,

No easy answers

Lady Patel unnerved the family by buying a Lottery ticket on Saturday , first for many years - 2 numbers came up.

Anonymous said...

I have thought and thought about how to save...My thoughts...

Gold etc,they have in the past by law taken gold savings off the people as you know.Hmmm...the only thing I can come up with that is (I think) the safest place for your savings is...arable farmland.

Yes it can go down and down but you can bet that at sometime in the future you will score BIG time with it...it always comes good in the end...always has given time. Nothing else I can see is as safe,long term.There again they can take that off you as well. Nothing is safe.

Anonymous said...

The rich have always been big land owners...what does that tell you.

Anonymous said...

Gold has taken off and many say it will go even higher.Silver is still very cheap...at the moment,that I think will change BIG time.Good idea to put a few bob into some physical silver. DON`T buy silver shares or these bank saving silver for you in a bank vault is Switzerland...that is a BIG NO NO.

Get yourself down here...me thinks...

http://www.atsbullion.co.uk/

Anonymous said...

"Lady Patel unnerved the family by buying a Lottery ticket on Saturday , first for many years - 2numbers came up."

No luck then Postman,not like some I know...

November 13, 1998

http://tinyurl.com/aewaag

Anonymous said...

The best way to use your money is to buy an isolated or well-guarded piece of land and grow potatoes.

Anonymous said...

The rich have always been big land owners...what does that tell you.

That this guy had the right idea

paul said...

The best way to use your money is to buy an isolated or well-guarded piece of land and grow potatoes.

Or, rather than a mass return to agrarian culture and the inevitable 'tragedy of the commons (ie feudalism)', perhaps it might be better how to ponder the re utilisation of in place assets and public goods along the lines of social need?

Anonymous said...

"Buffett Predicts an “Onslaught of Inflation”

February 28, 2009...

http://tinyurl.com/azfman

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