British /biz/ users, how do I get started with investing?

That is a very broad question

Do you mean to ask which broker to use? What tax laws there are? Etc etc?

>>1585844
etoro

>>1585859
I was just wanting a brief summary of what things are and what they do but I realise now it is indeed too broad a question to ask.

How about this: what is the best bank to open an index fund with?

>>1585862
any bank. you can buy vanguard funds through your bank.

also buy waves on bittrex

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>>1585844
Join the EU.

>>1585949
what is the significance of the eyes and the hourglasses in the margins of the poster?

>>1585964
It means your time is done and we're watching you.

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>>1585949
>the EU

>>1585964

the hourglasses mean time's run out

the eyes may just be decoration.

it says "May God Punish England, May He Punish It"

>>1586241
>eyes may just be decoration

nice try illuminati

Don't bother.
Just buy literally any piece of land, but especially any kind of property.
Hold it for 10 years.
Sell it for £1 billion.

>>1586269
yeah I'm sure a semi in nottingham is going to be worth that in 10 years time

>>1586317
you might be suprised

>>1586329
too many people are into property now days especially all these retired boomers still going at it with the buy to let but i don't think it will crash nor increase in value like it has the past few decades

Grab yourself a second hand copy of michael brett's "how to read the financial pages", i got it on amazon for 1 penny second hand.

Read it. Then grab yourself jim slater's The Zulu Principle, and read it. Then, grab yourself tim hale's Smarter Investing, and read it.

Decide for yourself if you want to stick to passive funds, or get into picking stocks. Sign up for an account on Charles Stanley (my preferred broker, they don't charge fees for buying funds) and put some money in. Use their site to find funds or shares to buy.