Could someone recommend a good online broker based in the UK and/or trading platform?
It is important that you evaluate different investing strategies yourself before making any commitments to see which strategy would be suitable for the amounts of money you are looking to invest. If you only have a few hundred, remember that any broker will charge a fee for EACH transaction you make ie buying AND selling. So a broker that charges, say £10 per trade, means you will be paying the broker £10 to buy some shares in the first place, then another £10 to sell the share for you. Clearly, if you are investing small amounts then the trading fees will impact significantly on any profits you are hoping to make. This is particularly true when one considers that any good investor will want to diversify their portfolio, meaning spreading their money around by investing in many different companies in different industries to reduce risk. For example, if you had many shares in only different banks over the past couple years then you would have made a fair profit. However, with the collap
