Premium Bonds - Not a bean for months now!!!!

[tight fart]

Nothing for me on £46k

[FilH]

Jan £550 on 50k
Feb £150 on 48k
Mar £200 on 45k

[Ham_and_Jam]

£400 on 2 x £50k

5.3% average on last 6 months. Can’t complain.

[MrsMiggins]

£375 on a combined £67k. Ok, but not the life altering amount I was hoping for! Needs more zeroes!

[Ham_and_Jam]

YorkshireStu said:

Since pulling my £50k out of Premium Bonds at the beginning of the month and putting it on Stocks it is up $4479 in the month ($ because trading in $)

Yep, definitely wasted my investment potential with my 4 month Premium Bond's trial!

I can’t complain on the returns I’ve had on PBs, but wanting to look at additional various investment options.

Can you point me to any info regarding the stocks trading you do, and which is the best trading platform in terms of ease / value for money.

[xeny]

YorkshireStu said:

Since pulling my £50k out of Premium Bonds at the beginning of the month and putting it on Stocks it is up $4479 in the month ($ because trading in $)

Yep, definitely wasted my investment potential with my 4 month Premium Bond's trial!

a) the past couple of months have been exceptional for equities.

b)PBs and equities are pretty much at opposite ends of the expected risk/return spectrum - you're pretty much guaranteed different outcomes.

[stevensdrs]

£125 on max holding for me this month. That's the bare minimum I would expect to get, so nothing to get excited about yet again.

[Athlon]

Jan 0
Feb 0
March £100

[Zag_a_muffin]

£2125 for the fiscal year with the full allocation.

[Hustle_]

£25

[Stella Tortoise]

£625 on max holding.

Best month so far.

[Cats_pyjamas]

Fair haul for me this month. £275 across 5 prizes on 25k.

[Quattromaster]

£50 on a combined £65,500.

Rubbish

[Elderly]

Alex Z said:

£250 on £42k this time. I might top up to the full amount soon.

Assuming that you've been paying your winnings back into Premium Bonds,
once you've reached the maximum, you lose the valuable investment benefit of compounding.

[ReallyReallyGood]

March draw was my first…

Zero on 10k

[Spydaman]

£175 on about £70k which equates to about 2.5% return since starting.

[SistersofPercy]

£100 on £12k.
Pleased with that, especially as I took some out and forgot to put it back.

[Gerradi]

Jan 200
Feb 300
Mar 425
Full quota Best I've had since 2019

[The Leaper]

ReallyReallyGood said:

March draw was my first…

Zero on 10k

Good luck.

I've had £10,000 since 2004 and so far total prize money is around £400. The worst investment I have ever made?

R.

[G-wiz]

Winnings in past year on x4 50k max holdings: