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Investing essentials

25 April 2025

SIPP vs ISA

Stocks and shares ISAs and Self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) can be ideal wrappers for holding investments in shares and funds. Learn about SIPPs vs ISAs here.

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Investing for beginners

21 August 2024

Why invest?

In the opening chapter of our ‘Investing for beginners’ video series, Dan Coatsworth details several...

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Building your portfolio

16 September 2025

What is an IPO?

An IPO stands for Initial Public Offering and is also known as a ‘listing’ or ‘going public’. It’s...

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What is an IPO?

6 August 2025

Tax on US shares

You can use your AJ Bell account to buy US shares directly, or funds that invest in US companies and...

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7 May 2025

Ethical investing

Ethical investing is an investment approach considering Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)...

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Bond

A type of investment in which you lend money to a company or government. In return you get interest payments and repayment of the money you lent at the end of a specific term. The interest rate and term are set at the start of the investment.

Investing in bonds is generally considered safer than shares. But there are still risks, primarily default risk (i.e. the company or government becoming insolvent), inflation risk, and the risk that interest rates rise over time.

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