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Investing a lump sum

  • 28-05-2019 4:24pm
    #1
    kingkev100
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭


    My wife recently inherited a large sum of money. For us, it's a fortune and life changer... €130k. It will be all spent on our daughters education, from primary through to university. She will be going to a fee paying school, although now she's just in preschool.
    I was thinking of lumping all of it into the state ten year saving scheme. 16% return, no fees, no dirt and capital guaranteed... I no nothing of investing as I never in my life would this amount of money have been available to us. It has been sitting in our current account doing nothing for three weeks now. Any advice/suggestions appreciated


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  • #2
    Islander13
    Registered Users Posts: 1,218 ✭✭✭Islander13


    Pay some off your mortgage if you have one rather than leaving all in cash


  • #3
    Donegal1234
    Registered Users Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Donegal1234


    Invest some money in bitcoin and hold for 5 years or so. It’s already up +100% this year alone and halving event on next year.


  • #4
    Alkers
    Registered Users Posts: 6,811 ✭✭✭Alkers


    You need to give us some indication of your current financial situation in order to get the best advice.
    Are you working? Partner? Mortgage? Pension? Loans? Dependants?

    Fee paying schools are well and good but not necessarily always the best choice before you spend all the money.


  • #5
    Klonker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Klonker


    Go see a financial advisor would be my first bit of advice.

    Second bit of advice and I know you didn't ask for it is forget about the private school, waste of money.


  • #6
    phantom_lord
    Registered Users Posts: 10,894 ✭✭✭✭phantom_lord


    Don't listen to anyone that says to buy gold silver crypto or Tesla shares.


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  • #7
    daithi7
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭daithi7


    Low risk investment anyway, a rental property maybe


  • #8
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,521 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    State 10 year savings is a solid option. If you have a large mortgage though it could be worth clearing some of this and saving the reduced payments.


  • #9
    RedRochey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭RedRochey


    Go get a qualified financial advisor, don't risk such a large and important lump sum of money on the opinions of some random people on the internet


  • #10
    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 9,987 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    kingkev100 wrote: »
    I was thinking of lumping all of it into the state ten year saving scheme. 16% return, no fees, no dirt and capital guaranteed...

    Yep go for it. It is a good return for a low risk investment, unlike the BS options in property, highly speculative shares and current speculation that gets offered up here.


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