I want to invest £30k. Where is best place?
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Depends what your after?  I would suggest bonds as the 'safest' form of risky investment.  I know that makes no sense but speak to a highstreet bank - they abviously use finacial advisesers with considerable knowledge of the market to pick them a few investments.  In turn you get the opportunity to 'back' thoe investments with your own money - the back will take their cut of the top and leave you the rest.\n\nOtherwise a shortterm alternative would be premium bonds (although I think the max is £20k per person then if I remeber correctly every £100 essentialy buys you a lottery ticket - this Premium bonds lotrery takes place every month and although you don't make interest (hence only look at this a short term investment (unless your lucky!) you do stand the chance of winning between £50 and £1m a month...
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I started my investing with Edward Jones. They are lucrative and they have strict requirements before even considering someone for employment.  I have long since moved onto my own (and have done very well at it too) for first timers go ahead and pay the fees to invest in the long run its worth it.
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Buy a $1,000 Series I Savings Bond.  It's also one of the safest ways to invest.
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beginnersinvest.about.com and earlyearners.com\nTwo websites you can check out. Best way to start investing is to just by setting aside a small about each week or month i.e. 25.00/week and letting it set in a savings account until you find a certain investment you would like. Whatever you do make sure that the investment is something you are comfortable with. And whatever anyone tells you nothing will guarantee a return except goverment obligations such as government issued bongs and banks. OTher than that there is risk. However risk isn't necessarily bad. Just research before you buy.
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If you want to be 100% safe long term bank deposits would be safest. Next best thing are bank bonds/certificates the Gov't Banks issue out.\n\nOf course, investing in anything else would introduce risks and possibly increased returns/losses.\n\nAny investment that probably promises me anything more than 5% with no risk would be highly questionable.
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I've been quite successful with the Franklin Templeton family of funds. There are lots of\ndifferent funds to choose based on your risk tolerance.
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A mutual fund is your best bet.  Remember that "quick" money means risky when it comes to investing.  Better to go slow and not lose your money.
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You want Lloyds of London.\n\nhttp://www.lloyds.com/
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It depends on where you live. I work for a Bank and the best place in my mind is with my investment specialist, if you have any questions you can email me and I'll give you more information
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snc investments, sncfx.com\ni think its the best
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Try invest in a global equity fund with www.vanguard.com.
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If you're in Britain, the Co-operative Bank is good.\n\nIt's the only one with a complete ethical investment policy, and I've always found them helpful and less impersonal than the Halifax, my previous bank.
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You need to open a brokerage account somewhere.\n\nwww.tdwaterhouse.com is one place.\n\nYou can buy shares there and check on your investments.
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Reliance can be a good option because the fund liquidity is maximum as they provide you ATM cum Debit card, from where you can get your money refunded anytime.
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I'd suggest speaking to a stockbroker about costs etc, and the returns would depend on the performance of the company.  I think they're about £4 a share just now, and they performed very well last year.  I've thought about it too because Tesco seem to be taking over the world just now...!
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Blimey...there is certainly more to you that meets the eye isn't there Mr Raidehz??!! Am completely ignorant on all things business/stock etc...so have to compliment you as I'm sure its all pukka..what you says sounds completely confident and from someone who really knows his stuff...\nSo - a question for you: If I had @ £10,000 to invest, what is the best thing for me to invest it in right now to virtually guarantee good payback within a relatively short timespan......?
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www.bankrate.com\n Best mutual fund is subjective to your goals.  That question cannot be answered.