Where can I put my money that won't make me angry?

Reading the news about Goldman Sachs has got me a little bit angry. I know I don't have much cash, but I'm starting to think that I don't want it resting in a large bank.

Where can I put it where the profits will go somewhere other than banker's pockets? I'm not really talking about ethical accounts - I use those, but that just means the investments aren't in arms/sweat shops etc.

What I want is some kind of cooperative, cut out the middle man and stop lining the pockets of bankers. Is this possible? If so, please tell me how. Maybe we can all do it.

Donate to the forum.

Give it to me...

hippy the Wonderful bANKER..

A building society is what you are describing. only a few left but they are still out there.

Buy lots of nice vintage steel - strong investment.

like judas priest?

bank with the co-operative, they promise not to buy guns and shit with your money.

http://www.goodwithmoney.co.uk/ethical-banking/

Co-Op and mutual building societies. Are friendly societies something similar?

Drug dealing.
The price of dugs never goes down

I really rate magic beans.

I tell you though, my mam were well fucked off at first.

She soon changed her tune when that bird started shitting them eggs out.

We made a mint selling the massive dead bloke I twoked the bird off to the glue factory on the sly as well.

Fucking minted!

My mate swears on krugerrands. He has alot of money tied up in them. But he is a banker

Are friendly societies something similar?

Sounds pervy.

Or weirdos of some sort...

Like the 'Services Rendered Club' near us.

In your mattress?

Or the Co-op or these folk;

http://www.triodos.co.uk/

start a business

buy this drawing what I done of your bike. It will be worth a fortune when I've killed all them people and got infamous

Invest in GOOOOOOOLD.

G-string?

yeah

Invest in Gold?

Slip it in to the knickers of a stripper. She'll spend it wisely.

gold is at it's highest ever prices right now
i think it would be a bad time to buy
kind of like buying a house at the top of the market
the chances of loosing out are higher right now

gold is a safe haven though, what with sterling slipping and the dollar dropping

BUY EURO's ! it'll soon be at par with £

or buy houses little slump prices look more attractive that any time in the last 2 years

buy land and grow Asian people, then use them to make cheap cycle clothes

Smile is run by the Co Op and isn't a terrible bank. Personally I find the security measures they've put in place (using weird little calculator things to validate your bank transfers) a pain in teh arse, but they are ethical.