Barclays Smart Investor Review | Stocks and Shares ISA (Real Customer)

£6 for buying and selling is laughable!!!

Great video as always 🎉

Well done

I've been using Smart Investor for around 8 years now, they're a bit pricey with trades, but they have some ETFs that 212 don't offer.

Terrific video. Thank you for the helpful information.

Being a big player doesn't mean they are best for Retail investors. Their fees are frankly laughable. Trading212 offers free trading on shares, and 5.2% on cash.

Surprised you give Barclays such a glowing review, given these poor interest rates & high fees for buying the same ETFs available on other platforms at a much lower price. I'd like to think that the objective for any retail investor is keeping fees as low as possible, to maximise investment return through the power of compounded interest? Spending significantly more through a platform that sells exactly the same products seems bonkers

Much cheaper fees on reg investment. Also you can set up a regular investment & make 1 transaction , then cancel to safe costs

Great video and review. I've been with Barclays Smart Investor for over 15 years and no real issues. They used to be called Barclays Stockbrokers before the name change a few years ago.

Barclays is great but the fees are one of the highest when you have larger amounts to invest. This will be deal breaker for a lot of people. HL are cheaper as the fees are capped.

Investengine for me

I registered with Barclays after one of your initial video reviews - Didn’t disappoint. Interesting updates!

Barclays app and web site are terrible. Can't understand why you would recommend them? Try working out your CGT, or when you bought and sold shares, total dividends for tax year, etc.! Why don't you show their app or the site pages? I moved away from them years ago but I know people who are still with them and they get very frustrated with the poor shares reporting, views, options, stats, etc.

Loved the videos - so helpful. I’ve subbed and I’ll watch many more!

Really helpful video. Thank you. It's interesting to hear about the changes they've made.

Hi - love the videos! What exactly are the funds that are free to invest in? Like, if Barclays doesnt charge to invest in them, is it riskier? Or is it just as safe? Would be interested to know more about the funds compared to etfs. Cheers!

So can you decide when u want to invest or does it invest your whole money automatically? From your main account

Very informative review the only thing I would point out is that the 1year and from the start performance features are not always accurate. Mt share isa is part of my planned pension for the future as such I do not take cash profits when I sell shares I recoup my money and take free shares ie I buy 1000 shares at £1 each and the share price goes to £2.10 I sell 500 shares get a small profit and hold 500 that have cost me nothing, according to my portfolio on Barclays it will still say that I paid £500 for the shares which in fact cost me nothing.

I find Barclays fees comfortably low, however, when buying international shares (I am uk based), I think the foreign exchange rates are extremely high. Interested to hear your opinion how they compare against other platforms when taking into account not only dealing fees but also exchange rates.

How much money I can pay to Smart Investor account? Is this 20 k?

I haven’t made a video on Barclays Smart Investor for a long time. A lot has changed since I put out my last video so I wanted to update my review.

Wishing you all the very best with your investments ☺️