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Stock Market

It is possible to achieve capital growth and income by investing in any of the public companies listed on the London Stock Exchange or the UK equity markets. You can do this by buying shares in the company.

Buying shares

Buying shares means buying into the ownership of the company enabling you to vote in decisions affecting it and to share in profits. Profits are divided up and while some may be re-invested in the business, some will be distributed to the shareholders as dividends.

Stock market performance

While it is possible that your investment could significantly increase, regardless of the overall performance of the stock market, there are no guarantees and you could risk losing it altogether if the company were to go into liquidation.

It is therefore a high risk investment and should not be viewed as short-term.

Shares in the top FSTE 100 companies however will involve far less risk than shares in smaller companies. It is also possible to reduce the risk by holding a diverse selection of shares in different companies.

It is very easy to organise your share-trading either through a bank, stock broker or by on-line share dealing

• Gilts are government bonds which can be traded on the stock market

See our easy-to-understand guides for information about on-line share dealing, CFDs, Gilts and financial spread betting or complete our Quick Enquiry Form and a financial adviser will contact you to give you more details.

Below are links relating to Stock Markets:

• CFDs
• Gilts
• Online Share Dealing