Hi @pennyshares welcome to the forum.
Without any knowledge of you, you’re goals, risk appetite, how long you want to be invested and if you have any preferences as an investor there isn’t anyone who can help you. In many ways it’s a journey you need to go on yourself but you don’t need to grope at the investing world alone with no Sherpa. Freetrade have a few good articles here Learn about investing with Freetrade’s guides and that should be a good start.
For my two pence (cents if you invest in American stocks)
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Diversity is king and the easiest way is a good ETF (exchange traded fund) these charge a small fee to keep it balanced and track the chosen target as closely as possible. Some can be broad VWRL etc and some can be quite specific. Start board and go from there.
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Don’t let it take over your life, keep it simple and try not to check 3 times a day. Often the best decision you can make is not to trade.
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Take your time. If your horizons are in years or decades then waiting a few days to read an extra article isn’t going to kill you.