Banking sector shares are expected to be among the last to recover to their highs and shares are only cheap for a reason - that their company is poorly valued.

Check out sites like Bloomberg, ADVFN, IG Index, Hargreaves Lansdown, T2W.com. This is just a small list of news, advice. dealing sites and the last one is a trader's forum.

Buy youreslf a few investment books including Fundamental Analysis 0(news) and Technical Analysis (charting) and details of staking plans.

Investing monthly in a share or unit / investment trust can help smooth out the volatility of the stock market especially ig buying in a market like where we are now over a long term, say 5 years or longer.

I hope the list of comapnies I have given is not removed as it just gives you a good starting point for reference.

Don't fall in the trap of ADVISORY CFD'S as these brokers will badger you to buy and sell holdings many times thus pocketing loads of commission on the transactions. Better to self-educate and learn by your own mistakes.

Many good firms have paper-trading (demo) accounts which are very useful to follow and see if you are cut out for investing.

Good luck and if you need more help, just holler but don't ask me for specific stock selections.....

Dear Community,

Ive been wondering through the last few days whether it a good opportunity to invest in the major banking institutions in the UK at the moment and maybe others like CitiBank, whose shares have dropped drastically within the last 6 months or so.

Im under the understanding that these shares will increase in the next few years and killing can be made. Am I under the right understanding?

Also what sites that a easy to use, can I log onto to start dabbling in the stock market, so I can practice.

Also is the bloomberg software available to the general public and is it simple to use?

Thanks for your replies in advance,

Cheers

Marcus