Premium bonds - weird coincidence

[Chislenko]

£150 here

A meal out and a few beers, what's not to like 😊

 

[vickster]

A meal out and a few beers, what's not to like 😊

Or an outfit for my father’s funeral

 

[Legs]

Nothing for me, £500+£50 for Mrs Legs.

 

[PK99]

£numbers are meaningless without reference to total bond Bond Holding.

 

[Chislenko]

£numbers are meaningless without reference to total bond Bond Holding.

Perhaps that is information people would like to either
a: keep to themselves or
b: if they own a lot not appear to be boasting.

 

[mistyoptic]

£numbers are meaningless without reference to total bond Bond Holding.

I’ve got a 4.1% return for 2023. Percent return is probably more meaningful without revealing total holding

 

[vickster]

£numbers are meaningless without reference to total bond Bond Holding.

And yet in your OP, you didn’t mention

I did indeed say very early on in the thread and it’s not changed

 

[potsy]

I’ve got a 4.1% return for 2023. Percent return is probably more meaningful without revealing total holding

Bit hard to work mine out as I cashed a lot in at the start of the year, and am now slowly adding to it.
From what I can work out I'm around 4% return.

 

[Mike_P]

5.5% for 2023. Was just 0.75% last year.

 

[vickster]

Mine's about 2.245% for the last 12 months...at least it's tax free I suppose
And still rather better than my Vanguard shares ISA

 

[Chislenko]

3.525% here.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Mine's about 2.245% for the last 12 months...at least it's tax free I suppose
And still rather better than my Vanguard shares ISA

" Life Strategy " ? I have been investing in Stocks and Shares for many years, having an interest in Investments and reading books such as " A random walk down Wall Street " and " Monkey with a Pin " along with the highly regarded mainstream books on Investments.
I when I started I put a nominal £1000, in a Vanguard Life Strategy 80/20 accumulation tracker to act as a benchmark. It has done extremely well, and with the benefit of hindsight I'd have been financially better off just chucking the lot in Vanguard funds ( although I did enjoy the research and analysis on the individual investments that I made )

 

[vickster]

" Life Strategy " ? I have been investing in Stocks and Shares for many years, having an interest in Investments and reading books such as " A random walk down Wall Street " and " Monkey with a Pin " along with the highly regarded mainstream books on Investments.
I when I started I put a nominal £1000, in a Vanguard Life Strategy 80/20 accumulation tracker to act as a benchmark. It has done extremely well, and with the benefit of hindsight I'd have been financially better off just chucking the lot in Vanguard funds ( although I did enjoy the research and analysis on the individual investments that I made )

Yes probably, various mixes (20/40/60). I know nothing about shares, have no interest in managing investments and no time.
It’s just -3% now, probably the best it’s been for 2 years. Significantly more than 1k

 

[Chislenko]

A very poor start to the year, just £100 between myself and Mrs. C.

 

[potsy]

Big fat nothing for me