{"product_id":"simple-investing-for-absolute-beginners-stuart-welch-9781067649968","title":"Simple Investing For Absolute Beginners: A UK Insider's Plain English Guide To Stocks, ISAs and Getting Started","description":"You know you should be investing. You've known for a while, actually. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaybe a few years. You've half-listened to conversations about ISAs and index funds and thought yes, I really must look into that. And then you haven't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten by someone who ran \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esome of the businesses UK investors use\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStuart Welch spent twenty-five years at the heart of UK financial services - as Chief Executive of NatWest Stockbrokers, CEO of TD Direct Investing, and Global Head of Personal Investing at Fidelity International. He has seen, from the inside, exactly how the investment industry works - and exactly how it talks to ordinary people. Too often, that conversation is more complicated than it needs to be. This book is his attempt to fix that. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy you haven't started yet - the real reasons intelligent people delay, named plainly and dismantled one by one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat investing actually is - and why leaving your money in a savings account is quietly costing you more than you think\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISAs explained clearly - the single best starting point for UK investors, with a step-by-step guide to choosing a platform and opening an account\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe truth about risk - why markets will fall, why that's fine, and why the investors who stay calm are the ones who come out ahead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompound growth - why starting with  25 a month today beats waiting until you have more\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow the industry really works - a frank look from the inside at why investing feels complicated, and who benefits from that\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvesting for the next generation - how to give children or grandchildren a financial head start\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour pension and your ISA - how the two fit together and what to check\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree steps that make you an investor - by the end of this book, you won't just understand investing. You'll be doing it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eYou don't need thousands of pounds. You don't need a financial degree. You need a small amount a month and less than an hour. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery year you wait is a year of growth you'll never get back. The door was never locked. It was just a bit stiff, and nobody bothered to oil it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book will oil it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Welch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1067649964\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781067649968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Huttons Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Stuart Welch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172430553343,"sku":"9781067649968","price":10.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_028f516e-ced4-41f8-83e2-7b18badd777d.jpg?v=1788951088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/simple-investing-for-absolute-beginners-stuart-welch-9781067649968","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}