Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 18:57:53 +0100
From: GSV Three Minds in a Can 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: maxi-ISAs with online share dealing facilities - which?
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wonderful person Jake D  said
>Hello again..
>It's a good 7 years since I dabbled in online equity trading. At the
>time, I used Datek, the US online broker, and got quite familiar with
>the system.
>
>But I have not dabbled for 7 years and have forgotten most of what I
>knew.
>
>I now need to invest £85K. I think it would make sense to buy a maxi
>ISA and split the remeaning £78k between two instant-access savings
>accounts such as Northern Rock silver savings, and IceSave.
>
>The equity portion of the maxi-ISA would be for long-term growth; I
>wouldn't expect to draw from it prior to my retirement. I would
>probably invest in blue-chip companies over the long-term rather than
>speculate on smaller more volatile companies in the short-term since
>I'm not much into gambing. Does this make sense?
>
>Which maxi-ISAs are good value and easy to open and manage?

Why not a separate mini-ISA for the shares element? I don't know anyone 
who does a good rate on cash with easy to manage stocks/bonds in the 
same maxi ISA. For mini (stocks etc.), then Hargreaves Lansdowne works 
pretty well.

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