Investing in shares

Reaper

I accept ISAs are worthwhile in the right circumstances, but the OP hasn't said how much they are talking about. If it's a couple of hundred quid then paying an extra charge to hold it in an ISA wrapper may not be necessary.

uk_steve

OP dont be affraid just do it if your heart feels right!

i have been doing this for just over 2 weeks now

i have been doing skimming the top and long term investments as well
across diffrent sectors
(2 diffrent methods is my portfolio methord at the moment)

lets talk about my Skimming the top stocks and shares


skimming the top in the last 2 weeks now has earned me £1200 to date
after stamp duty and fees

with a cash flow of 8k for this purposes



Good luck


Also just like to say Do Not go into stocks and shares if you cant absorb your money if it all goes wrong!!!!!!

ebonylight

Hi thanks for all your tips suggestions and advice - like I mentioned in the first post I'm not looking to do anything yet as I have a big old debt to get rid of and can't risk losing any money. But I will get the books you mentioned (from my library if possible) and have a read through, see what I need to learn, and then hopefully I'll be a lot better grounded when I come to "trade" or invest.

msfender

Have a look at www.bullbearings.co.uk ebonylight. It's a fantasy trading site that works like a real one. A good way to have a practice while you're reading up.

Blah99

ebonylight wrote: »

Hi thanks for all your tips suggestions and advice - like I mentioned in the first post I'm not looking to do anything yet as I have a big old debt to get rid of and can't risk losing any money. But I will get the books you mentioned (from my library if possible) and have a read through, see what I need to learn, and then hopefully I'll be a lot better grounded when I come to "trade" or invest.

Buy the books yourself, you'll end up needing them and referring to them again and again. If you can't afford to buy the books, you can't afford to deal in the markets.

cloud_dog

ebonylight wrote: »

Hi thanks for all your tips suggestions and advice - like I mentioned in the first post I'm not looking to do anything yet as I have a big old debt to get rid of and can't risk losing any money. But I will get the books you mentioned (from my library if possible) and have a read through, see what I need to learn, and then hopefully I'll be a lot better grounded when I come to "trade" or invest.

As Blah says, there's no getting away from doing the ground work if you want to do it yourself, afew quid now will save you thousands later.

Why not start/run a virtual portfolio with an imaginery amount of money, i.e. £5k, pick 5 stocks/investments and see how you do. There are a number of websites that allow you to run virual/dummy portfolio's (I use https://www.iii.co.uk and monitor a number of porfolio's within it).

cloud_dog