35,000 to invest

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kate156

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Hello
I have 35,000 to invest for at least 5 years. right now it is sitting in my currnet account, earning no interest.

can anyone advise a risk free place to put it, perhaps post office saving cetificates ?. I do not want to risk it being reduced to below 35,000 when the time comes that I want to close whatever account I put it into.

many thanks
Kate
 
Just be careful that a Bank doesn't try and talk you into an Investment product. They are experts in conning the public.
 
Ok, there's a difference between your situation (5+ year time horizon) and the one used in this article, but I think people should read it to clarify the poor return cash and bank deposits provide:

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Camel, correct, but there is little point in investing in product and to keep paying Management Charges every year. In some funds these are near 2% annually, which over a long period certainly adds up. People do require to do their own research and not to be enticed by horrible greedy manipulative sales persons, that are working on commissions.
 
for a large lump sum (like above) for best deposit return and safety is the post office a no brainer? No dirt good rate etc... I have a large amount myself to put away for a while and have an aversion to the "actively managed" funds by "experts"
 
Fidelity have just launched 25 no-commission funds worth a look. They operate under the iShares brand (no connection btw)
 
camel said:
If you're looking to avoid high management fees, maybe examine ETFs.
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Very soon on the Irish market there will be a facility to place funds in a very large Financial Providers Investment and Pension funds at zero / nil Management charges. The FP already has €5 billion under management, so this will attract many investors.

Camel, I agree with what you say about ETFs. However don't be mistaken that they cannot go down. It is simply not possible to beat the market.
 
johnny1234 said:
It is simply not possible to beat the market.
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Well that's obviously not a true statement.

In any case, I'm not advocating ETFs, I'm just putting it forward as a low cost investment vehicle. Nor did I say it couldn't go down. There are multitude ETFs out there. If the OP want to track the market then that's fine too, just buy an EFT that does that.
 
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