Stocks & Shares ISAs

Thank you for the feedback above folks.

We've done our best to meet the constant demand from users for an article on this subject.

As you'll note this is what we call a 'first incarnation' article - and we always welcome your thoughts as on an expansive piece like this people don't necessarily read it the way we intend it to be read. So we have to tweak it to try and reflect that.

I'm actually off work this week, but was involved in the planning and angles we chose to take before I went, though not the final draft.

We're constantly tweaking this and improving it, and your feedback where appropriate will be incorporated. I have a meeting next week, as I normally do with new guides, when back to review the guide again looking at feedback as well as data analysis of the article use itself (plus as I didnt edit this personally, my take on it) as we aim to hone and improve it.

It's not easy writing a guide like this, and I think the team have done a great job. The difficulty is it must be aimed both first time investors who haven't a clue where to start, and more experienced investors who just want to know the cheapest place to do it. More difficult is the fact that our focus is on platforms not funds as we don't aim to become an investment choice site.

One thing I would note is that a few of the criticisms above seem to have missed where we say exactly what you're saying "we should say". Eg we already have a full Junior ISA guide. We have a SIPP guide. Yet we segment articles on the subject - this is only a 'stocks and shares ISA' guide for adults.

The point about cash ISAs v shares was for those who wanted to do both talking which is more favourable for tax in different circumtances, that obviously didn't come across, so I've asked the team to look at tweaking the text to make it more clear.

The team have done very detailed research and number crunching into different scenarios to pick these providers. As always we first do the research, pick the top providers, then go seee if the top providers had affiliate links, in this case most did - if they hadn't we would've still linked and written in the same way (its worth noting in this sector, virtually all proividers have affiliate programmes, so the vast majority of those we didn't pick have them too).

Anyway back to the main point, hopefully over the next few weeks (then months, then years) you'll see the article iteratively improve and help more people - and your feedback will have been a valuable part of that so thank you.

Martin

PS Sorry if this is scrappily written, I've bashed it out quickly while Mrs MSE isn't looking - as Im meant to be going work Cold Turkey!