How to start investing or become a smarter investor

How to start investing or become a smarter investor

Investing has proven to be the best way to beat inflation and grow your wealth over the long-term, but how do you get started?

And if you do already invest but feel you’ve lost track of your goals or ended up with a jumble of investments, how can you improve things?

In this second edition of a two-part podcast special on saving and investing, Simon Lambert and Georgie Frost dive into how to be a smarter investor.

They bust the jargon and look at why people should invest, how to get started, what investments you can choose and how to find the right ones for you.

Simon discusses his experience of investing, what he got right along the way and importantly the things he got wrong.

But why should you invest? Well, between 1900 and 2017 owning UK shares would have delivered an average return of 5.5 per cent, beating cash savings at 1 per cent and property at 1.8 per cent, according to the respected Credit Suisse Investment Yearbook.

There’s no guarantee that history will be repeated, but companies should always have the ability to put money to productive use and reward investors with rising share prices off the back of their profits, dividend payouts, or interest on bonds.

Listen to the podcast and tell us what you think.

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Hosts: Georgie Frost, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce, Helen Crane

Producer: Georgie Frost

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