So, you think you might like to invest in shares, but you’re stuck at the first hurdle thinking: “Yes, but what do I actually do?” Well, you’re not alone, and this series on investment for beginners is for you.
We’ve taken a look at what shares are and how stock markets work, with the emphasis on what you actually do and how you go about setting up the necessary accounts, transferring money around, and actually buying and selling shares.
We’ve even set up a sample portfolio, to contain shares about ten companies, and we’re keeping track of news and results and managing it as if it were a real money portfolio.
Here are the links to the series so far:
2016
- 16 Mar 2016 – What Did Results From Aviva plc, Barclays PLC And Persimmon plc Do For Us?
- 19 Feb 2016 – Will ARM Holdings plc, Apple Inc. And Persimmon plc Drive Our Growth Forwards?
- 05 Feb 2016 – GlaxoSmithKline plc Gains Ground, while BP plc And Barclays PLC Are Faltering
- 18 Jan 2016 – Falls From GlaxoSmithKline plc, Persimmon plc & BP plc Push Returns Down To 25%
2015
- 31 Dec 2015 – Persimmon plc Up 31%, Rio Tinto plc Down 34%
- 22 Dec 2015 – Persimmon plc Up Further, But BP plc And Rio Tinto plc Plunge
- 27 Nov 2015 – Big Winners: Aviva plc (71%), Apple Inc. (84%) And Persimmon plc (212%)
- 15 Nov 2015 – Beginners’ Portfolio Ahead, Despite Being Held Back By BP plc, Rio Tinto plc And GlaxoSmithKline plc
- 28 Oct 2015 – The Beginners’ Portfolio Was Right To Sell Vodafone Group plc, Tesco PLC, Quindell PLC & Blinkx Plc
- 13 Oct 2015 – Are BP plc and Rio Tinto plc Finally On The Way Back?
- 15 Sep 2015 – The Slump Is Crushing Aviva plc, GlaxoSmithKline plc, BAE Systems plc And ARM Holdings plc
- 18 Aug 2015 – What Have Quindell PLC, Blinkx Plc & Sirius Minerals PLC Done For Our Growth Prospects?
- 06 Aug 2015 – What Have Vodafone Group plc, GlaxoSmithKline plc And Barclays PLC Done For Our Blue-Chip Prospects?
- 14 Jul 2015 – A Bad Year For Rio Tinto plc, BP plc And GlaxoSmithKline plc
- 26 Jun 2015 – A Great Year For Barclays PLC, Persimmon plc And Apple Inc.
- 11 Jun 2015 – After Blinkx Plc and Quindell PLC Failures, Why Sirius Minerals PLC?
- 22 May 2015 – We’re Already Up 30% On Sirius Minerals PLC!
- 12 May 2015 – The Beginners’ Portfolio Buys Sirius Minerals PLC
- 28 Apr 2015 – Should We Buy Lloyds Banking Group PLC, SSE PLC Or Sirius Minerals PLC?
- 15 Apr 2015 – I Wish I’d Bought Royal Dutch Shell Plc Instead Of BP plc
- 16 Mar 2015 – The Beginners’ Portfolio Dumps Tesco PLC!
- 03 Mar 2015 – Apple Inc., Persimmon plc and Aviva plc Help Us To 46% Profit
- 11 Feb 2015 – ARM Holdings plc Up 20% While Quindell PLC Slumps 49%
- 23 Jan 2015 – Tesco PLC, Aviva plc And ARM Holdings plc Lead The 2015 Recovery
- 08 Jan 2015 – Tesco PLC, BP plc And Rio Tinto plc Are Off To A Dreadful Start In 2015
2014
- 23 Dec 2014 – Top Three For 2015: Barclays PLC, BAE Systems plc and Persimmon plc
- 02 Dec 2014 – The Beginners’ Porfolio Sells Blinkx Plc, Buys ARM Holdings plc
- 18 Nov 2014 – The Damage From Quindell plc And Tesco plc
- 15 Oct 2014 – We Dump Quindell PLC!
- 01 Oct 2014 – Portfolio Hammered By Quindell PLC And Tesco PLC
- 12 Sep 2014 – Apple Inc. Up 40%, Quindell plc Down 20%!
- 22 Aug 2014 – Quindell PLC Results Fail To Ignite
- 08 Aug 2014 – Pain at GlaxoSmithKline plc and Quindell PLC
- 24 Jul 2014 – Rio Tinto plc and Apple Inc. Are Surging
- 17 Jul 2014 – Was I Right To Buy Quindell PLC?
- 03 Jul 2014 – Shock Fall For Blinkx Plc!
- 26 Jun 2014 – The Beginners’ Portfolio Buys Quindell PLC!
- 11 Jun 2014 – Apple Inc. Splits, GlaxoSmithKline plc Investigated, and Tesco PLC In the Dumps
- 27 May 2014 – Why Barclays PLC Could Be Our Best Buy Yet
- 20 May 2014 – Dividends From Tesco, GlaxoSmithKline and BP
- 20 May 2014 – 60% From Aviva plc!
- 10 May 2014 – Barclays PLC Coming Good
- 06 May 2014 – Price Falls For Barclays PLC And Blinkx Plc
- 01 May 2014 – BP plc vs Royal Dutch Shell Plc
- 29 Apr 2014 – GlaxoSmithKline plc vs AstraZeneca plc
- 24 Apr 2014 – Apple Inc Confounds The Critics
- 03 Apr 2014 – What To Expect From BP plc
- 28 Mar 2014 – Apple Inc. Up, Tesco PLC Down, Cash From Persimmon plc
- 26 Feb 2014 – Disappointment From BAE Systems plc, Cash From Apple Inc.
- 20 Feb 2014 – The Beginners’ Portfolio Buys Barclays PLC!
- 13 Feb 2014 – Rio Tinto Deliver Results
- 11 Feb 2014 – Shall We Buy Barclays PLC or Standard Chartered PLC?
- 03 Feb 2014 – The Beginners’ Portfolio Tops Up On Rio Tinto plc
- 31 Jan 2014 – Shock Fall For Blinkx Plc!
- 28 Jan 2014 – We Ponder Buying Barclays PLC
- 24 Jan 2014 – Christmas At Tesco PLC