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[melonfool]

Thanks for all that - I don't think they'd want my brother to be in charge of the child's PBs, so they probably won't go down that route, but I might persuade them to put at lest a few k into PB for themselves.

They're making me POA and they seem to think that mean I have to give them investment and tax advice

Mel

[brightncheerful]

ime, bondholders whose prizes/winnings are paid direct into the bondholder's bank account are normally received at least a week before cheque/warrant payments arrive in the post.

[AleisterCrowley]

July's full results are now available.
Another £25 for me (wow) - that's 1.82% return YTD

[PinkDalek]

I knew it wouldn't last:

Sorry you didn't win
Good luck next month

Tax year to date, annualised, therefore down from a mahoosive 3.0% to 2.0%, after three draws.

[AleisterCrowley]

I account PBs by calendar year - always have. No idea why...

I've won something ever month so far this year, on a relatively meagre £12,400-ish starting balance @ 1 January
It will not last! Even so, 1.82% isn't bad

[Bouleversee]

£75 for me this month, slightly better but still not great on £50k.

[Mike88]

Nothing again for me. I am one of the unlucky few who wins zilch unless you call a £50 return over 3 years for an £18000 investment to be fortunate.

[swill453]

£75 for me this month, slightly better but still not great on £50k.

It's more than you should expect to win really.

Scott.

[Bouleversee]

£75 for me this month, slightly better but still not great on £50k.

It's more than you should expect to win really.

Scott.

Why? Some months I win nothing, others £25 and over the year it isn't more than the notional rate which is not a brilliant return. Actually, I expect to win £1m every month but unfortunately my expectations are never realised, though there is always next month. It's a lottery where you don't lose your stake and we have to accept it as such and take what we get, regardless of expectations, or get out. We can still have a moan if our winnings don't amount to all that much, though.

Anyway, what do you think I should expect?

[swill453]

Anyway, what do you think I should expect?

Well the equivalent interest rate is 1.4%, which would get you £58.33 per month. But some of the fund is taken up by the high value prizes, which most people don't get.

Martin Lewis's probability calculator says a person with £50K bonds and average luck would expect to win roughly £50 per month.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savin ... calculator

Scott.

[Bouleversee]

OK, but it varies from month to month. Last fiscal year I won £400 in total which equates to 0.8% on £50k. In two months I won £75 but there was one zero and the rest were 1 x £25. So don't begrudge me my £75 this month. We'll see what the year brings.

[XFool]

OK, but it varies from month to month. Last fiscal year I won £400 in total which equates to 0.8% on £50k. In two months I won £75 but there was one zero and the rest were 1 x £25. So don't begrudge me my £75 this month. We'll see what the year brings.

So it's working exactly as one would expect, if not how you'd like.