Thoughts on Premium Bonds

[MartinK9]

I moved to 1/2 Sovereigns when the full ones reached £450..

 

[TeeDee]

All IFs and Ands currently - but interesting and would compete with BRICS

 

[Toddy]

I won another £250 Himself won £600 !

 

[Chris]

I won another £250 Himself won £600 !

Drinks on him!

 

[Tengu]

Hurrah!

Thanks to Ernie.

 

[TeeDee]

I won another £250 Himself won £600 !

Now - idea - if only they had a gold backed premium bond.... I'd buy a few

 

[Toddy]

Is the government not gold backed ?

 

[TeeDee]

Is the government not gold backed ?

Pretty sure if you Google " Browns Bottom " you'll either get an interesting financial story of where our gold went or.. something far more visually interesting

 

[Chris]

Pretty sure if you Google " Browns Bottom " you'll either get an interesting financial story of where our gold went or.. something far more visually interesting

We do still have over 300 tonnes of it though, don’t we?

 

[TeeDee]

We do still have over 300 tonnes of it though, don’t we?

I'm not sure if its actually ours or we are holding for other nations.
If there is concern over the last official audit of Fort Knox I do wonder how much of our own holdings are actually ours.

The £22bn cost to Britain of Gordon Brown's gold sell-off

The soaring price of gold has made former chancellor Gordon Brown's (pictured) decision to sell off 395 tonnes of Britain's reserves even more costly.

www.thisismoney.co.uk