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Buying shares as a one off

jem1961
jem1961 Posts: 54 Forumite
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Hi how can i buy £1000 worth of shares in one company as a one off, keep for a while investment, do I have to have an account?

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  • sparkychris
    sparkychris Posts: 572 Forumite
    Hello!
    I did this a few weeks ago. Opened an account at youinvest.com , downloaded an app onto my hudl and bought some shares.
    Easy peasy!
    :cool::cool: lurker:cool::cool:
  • puk999
    puk999 Posts: 552 Forumite
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    sparkychris wrote: »
    Hello!
    I did this a few weeks ago. Opened an account at youinvest.com , downloaded an app onto my hudl and bought some shares.
    Easy peasy!

    youinvest.co.uk

    youinvest.com is some parked page redirect to nothing thingy.
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,158 Forumite
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    jem1961 wrote: »
    Hi how can i buy £1000 worth of shares in one company as a one off, keep for a while investment, do I have to have an account?

    Got to mention/ask this. Do you have other investments etc? If not are you aware of the risks of buying one share? Even a company like Tesco is down about 60% and smaller ones could go bust completely.
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • robatwork
    robatwork Posts: 7,228 Forumite
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    One of the cheapest execution-only brokers you need would be x-o. Google them.
  • sparkychris
    sparkychris Posts: 572 Forumite
    puk999 wrote: »
    youinvest.co.uk

    youinvest.com is some parked page redirect to nothing thingy.

    Oh yeah! Ta!
    :cool::cool: lurker:cool::cool:
  • sparkychris
    sparkychris Posts: 572 Forumite
    jimjames wrote: »
    Got to mention/ask this. Do you have other investments etc? If not are you aware of the risks of buying one share? Even a company like Tesco is down about 60% and smaller ones could go bust completely.

    Yep! The shares I bought were tesco and they've dipped over 10 per cent in two weeks!
    :cool::cool: lurker:cool::cool:
  • sumitahuja78
    sumitahuja78 Posts: 5 Forumite
    jem1961 wrote: »
    Hi how can i buy £1000 worth of shares in one company as a one off, keep for a while investment, do I have to have an account?

    just found a best share broker in your local area..
  • Archi_Bald
    Archi_Bald Posts: 9,681 Forumite
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    Have a read of this thread: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5098412
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