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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Boring Money has transformed how I think about and invest money. It’s given me information and know how about where to start investing for me and my kids and Holly’s weekly newsletter is handy to keep... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Provides good information in clear everyday language. It doesn’t try to tell you to invest in x or y, and certainly will steer you away from big risks. It lets you know what you need to know to make... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love Holly at Boring Money! Her straight talking energetic humorous approach cuts through the noise. And her mission is to get us women investing! I’ve done the free online course, and cautious... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I subscribe to Holly's weekly blog which gives an excellent summary of major topics in the investment world. She has a knack for explaining complex topics in a very easy to understand lingo with a d... See more

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Boring Money helps normal people make smarter investment decisions - quickly and painlessly. We're an independent business founded in 2015 to cut through financial jargon and make investing accessible to everyone. No PhD required! Millions of Brits have used us as a trusted source for savings, investments, and pensions guidance. With over 24 years in the investment industry, our founder, Holly Mackay, got tired of watching people struggle through pages of gobbledygook. Here's the secret: once you get past the jargon, sensible investing is actually quite easy. What we do: ✔Compare ISAs, pensions, and investment platforms with independent ratings and reviews ✔Run annual Best Buy Awards based on 26,000+ customer ratings and rigorous testing. ✔Provide clear guides and articles explaining finance in normal language. ✔Offer tools like calculators and quizzes to help you make decisions. ✔Share honest customer reviews so you can learn from real experiences. ✔Help you take action - whether that's opening an ISA, choosing funds, or finding an adviser. We offer generic guidance, not personalised financial advice (we're not regulated advisers). If you've ever felt alienated, patronised, or exhausted by finance, you're in the right place!


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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Grand old Duke of York

Grand old Duke of York
To find the information of interest needed to re enter email address and then a code to access
All too time consuming

November 17, 2024
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Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We understand that having to re-enter your email address and use a magic link code to access our content can be time-consuming.

If you access our website from a different device or have logged out, this process is necessary to ensure we meet our security requirements. This system helps us maintain the integrity of our services.

We appreciate your understanding and patience. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to our support team at community@boringmoney.co.uk.

Best regards,
The Boring Money Team

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Holly at Boring Money - Entertaining, but......

Holly at Boring Money has always been an accomplished and entertaining wordsmith, but failing to disguise distaste for a particular politician is unlikely to receive universal approval and, if anything, may restrict the growth of her future audience.

November 8, 2024
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Reasonably easy to digest financial outlook articles.

I chose Holly's site for a reasonable and regular digest of UK and World financial overviews.
I like her style of financial journalism.
It suits me as an infrequent investor who has simply gained financial knowledge freely from the internet out of necessity to prevent erosion of life
savings.
I can tolerate the regular links to investment products; Holly has got to make a living too. They're balanced fairly with articles that I've learned a little from or confirmed my understanding.

August 5, 2023
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good info

I've been following the investment advice for many months excellent ETF advice.
Its a shame she can't talk about individual shares like Arm, Nvidia, Raspberry Pi, etc

July 10, 2024
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Thank you for your comment. We welcome all feedback that would help make our site more informative to our community. This has been passed on to our research teams to look into further.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful website and updates.

Wonderful website and updates.
Holly has a wonderful brain and talent for explaining finance to the masses.
I would really recommend the website to all those wanting to learn more about increasing their wealth, understanding investments and gaining impartial advice.

July 6, 2024
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We’re grateful for your feedback and appreciate you taking the time to share your rating with us. We hope you continue to enjoy our content.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Don't bother...

I signed up for some kind of market research panel to earn a bit of cash. Weirdly they never invited me to do a single piece of market research but they did start sending me spam emails about making investments which I never signed up for.

July 4, 2024
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Reply from Boring Money | Choose Better - Save More - Pay Less

Thank you for your feedback. We acknowledge the anticipation of being promptly contacted for a survey upon joining our panel. However, this process may not always be immediate. As stated during your registration, our projects, focusing on financial investment services, are conducted periodically throughout the year. Panel members are contacted based on project requirements, and participation is compensated at market rates. Selection for surveys is contingent upon the information provided in your onboarding survey, including details like your investment holdings and personal circumstances, and the type of research being conducted.

Additionally, we periodically offer competitions. Stay alert for updates, as we value input from our community members on such occasions.

Thank you again for agreeing to join our panel.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

I read the weekly blog which is always informative and as a bonus it's quite often entertaining as well.
Recently I asked Holly a question regarding NI voluntary contributions and contracting out because it seemed even the Pension Service did not know the answer. Holly went above and beyond to find an answer and eventually got as definitive an answer as possible from an ex minister no less.
That's what you call truly great service, and let's not forget, this was at no cost to myself.

July 4, 2024
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We are glad to hear we could be of help. Thank you for your feedback!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Best avoided

I joined this site because it advertised market research opportunities. It is nothing of the kind. I’m unsure if they are trying to be a Martin Lewis type site without the integrity or if it’s a front to sell financial products. Either way, I was lured into joining under false pretences. If they have to lie about what they do, they are not trustworthy. Avoid!

June 18, 2024
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Reply from Boring Money | Choose Better - Save More - Pay Less

Hi Joy. I'm Holly, the CEO of the business. I'm sorry you have formed this opinion of us and I'm not quite sure why? We do have a large research panel and work with members of this on lots of ongoing, paid market research projects, from smaller surveys to much larger projects. Part of our mission is to help the finance industry to make better products and services and this panel is fantastic for getting 'real people's voices' into boardrooms. We recruit people to projects as the opportunities arise and we pay competitive rates to people on our panel for this.

We do not sell any products and are independent. We do - as you say- have ISA and pension comparison tables to help our readers to make better choices. And we help people with articles, information and opinion too.

We work really hard to demystify money and to give an honest opinion to consumers. I'm sorry that somewhere along the line you have felt that we're not clear about what we do or offer, but at no point do we lie to our readers or panellists. Maintaining integrity is really important to me as the founder and CEO and I think my team are equally committed. Sorry you didn't like your experience on our site or on our panel. Holly

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

It might be good, but

It might be good, I had hopes, but having signed up to subscribe to updates, emails and every other contact, I get an email that promises information. But then I have to input my e mail address again and then wait for a 6 digit code to arrive by email. Life's too short for this. Just give me the information in the first email please.

March 4, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Insight to invests

Insight to invests, economy and company news.
Great work!! 🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🍷🍷🍷👊✌️

February 16, 2024
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