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That is what I was hoping to hear!

Thank you, that makes it a little clearer. If the target with a few longer term investments is merely to keep up with inflation, would you say that is a reasonable target? and carries a relatively low risk?

The roulette analogy is correct if you assume that the chance of the share price going up is <50%, when in a time of economic growth, I don't believe that to be the case. The multiplier effect should actually reduce the risk of significant failure. I should make it clear, I am not going to...

Absolutely, I understand there is risk. But when I say you shouldn't necessarily expect to lose money, I am referring to statements claiming 90% of investors lose money and its near impossible to be in profit. When in fact, just looking at the state of the world one year at a time, and perhaps...

But barring financial crises, investing in large firms (rather than trading), is a perfectly reasonable alternative to savings accounts, and you should not necessarily expect to lose money?

I am a beginner, my only experience was a one-off purchase of LBG shares when I worked for the company 2 years ago. The price had plummeted to 20p, now its at 75p. I thoroughly understand that this is an unusual return. But, when I stumbled upon this forum, in many of the beginner threads I...