TRY IT YOURSELF

1 Shares are shown in pennies, so all you have to do is move the decimal point two places over to the left to figure out how much you’ll pay in pounds – so a 1,150.00 share will cost you £11.50. Carol Vorderman… we’re coming for you. 2 To make your life easier, it’s best to pick a British company if it’s your first time investing. After all, things are complicated enough without getting involved in (and potentially confused by) the whole exchange rate thing. 3 The Moneybox app allows you to ‘microinvest’ – you link it to your bank account, and it rounds up small purchases to the nearest pound and invests that money in stocks and shares in companies such as Netflix and Apple.