RE: Safest Divi stocks11 Mar 2021 11:05
Ah I see- what I did in 40's with my savings.... I was a higher rate tax payer, so everything I earned over the basic rate tax relief I put into my pension, I then used my savings to supplement my income. Higher rate (40%) cut in about £37.5k from memory- so every £1000 pm I earned I got £600 if I saved (but a few % interest), but £1,000 when I put into my pension. So gain was 40% :-) per month, massive- I couldn't do it in 1 hit and had to drain down my savings to gain max benefit. My pension which is private has grown massively as I'm global equity based (high risk) but there are many many other lower risk options. I'm not a financial advisor, just someone who takes care of his money- long term, equities. I invest myself, my pension is managed by an active managed company (you pay greater% but gain greater% so net gain is all I'm concerned about). I have other investments too- the key is balance. I would have had a heart attack by now if I'd managed my pension myself as it's rather large, and had I plopped it here at 230, would be jumping off a large building....
Also, you can look at setting up pensions for your kids- if you leave a big pension eg drawdown, you can, on death, leave it into their pensions from your pension and it is then free from inheritance tax- if I were you, I'd speak to a good financial advisor.