Investing for Beginners (UK): Risk, Funds, Fees and Stocks and Shares ISAs

An impartial introduction to investing in the UK. Learn how investing differs from saving, how risk, time and diversification work, what funds and fees are, how stocks and shares ISAs fit in (including the 2027 cash ISA change), and how to protect yourself from scams. This course gives information, not personal advice.

This course gives general information about investing in the UK as at November 2026. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to buy any product. The value of investments can fall as well as rise. For advice about your own circumstances, speak to an FCA-authorised financial adviser.

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