Investing

• Investing is most commonly thought of as an attempt to profit on transactions, stocks, or assets.
• Often, there is a “safety first” approach, as the most conservative-minded investors will trade off higher returns i...

An investment is a gamble: instead of the security of guaranteed returns, you're taking a risk with your money. 

You can invest in Shares, Bonds, Funds, Government bonds (gilts), UK property market or even Farmland, Vintage cars, Wine, Fledgling technology, firms or art.

For mo...

• It means investing in common stock, which is another way to describe business ownership or business equity.
• When you own equity (the value of the shares issued by a company) in a business, you are entitled to a share of the profit or losses generated by that company's operatin...