About us

We are two millennial investors and Qualified Accountants, who are on a mission to give busy Brits the tools and confidence to invest in the stock market.

How it began

Back in 2020, we found ourselves stuck inside a tiny London flat with a lot of free time on our hands. We had also started investing at the beginning of the year, and our finance backgrounds helped us to get more and more interested. That's how we ended up creating an investing-focused Instagram account in May 2020, which is how @stocksandsavings was born.

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Where are we now?

Five years later, we are able to dedicate all our time to bringing financial insights and education to over 190,000 people on Instagram. We also launched The Stocks and Savings Podcast, with it breaking into the Top 10 UK Business Podcasts on Spotify in 2024.

What next?

According to a survey by HSBC, fewer than 1 in 5 Brits invest in the stock market. Our goal is make the world of investing less intimidating, allowing more people to have the opportunity to build wealth through investing. That is why we created our Investing Course for Beginners: to give more people the confidence to start investing and achieve their financial goals.

We will continue to grow Stocks and Savings through our Instagram, our podcast, and our newsletter, as we try and help as many people as possible save, invest, and build wealth whilst enjoying life. 
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So, how did we end up here?

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Andreea Ion

When I turned 18, I was determined to build a better life for myself, so I emigrated from Romania to the UK to study Economics and Finance.

One day at university, as I was studying different investing strategies, I could see the power of investing and I knew then that I should start taking advantage of everything the stock market had to offer.

But investing still felt so out of reach and I felt confused and overwhelmed. There was just no one to help me bridge the gap between theory and practice, so I ended up waiting another two years because it all felt so intimidating!

In 2020, I finally took the plunge and started investing with just £50 while continuing to learn as I go. 

Three years on, I am so happy that I started when I did, because I now have a multiple five figure portfolio and I'm on my way to financial independence. 

I want more people to experience that feeling! This is why I changed my career from Accountant to Financial Educator - to break down the jargon that's been keeping so many people away from the stock market & to help Brits navigate the world of investing. 
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Jamie Galvin

Growing up, the idea of investing and building long-term wealth was very rarely discussed. The goal was always to try and do well at school, get a good job, save money, buy a house, and retire. 

And that's what I did for a while. I have a Mathematics degree from Queen Mary University of London, I'm a Qualified Accountant, and I've worked in finance at Vodafone and in equity research before moving full time onto Stocks and Savings.

Over the years, I've tried to learn as much as possible about the world of finance. I might not have learned that much about it growing up, but now I'm determined to share everything I've learned with anyone who will listen. 

We have helped hundreds of thousands of people across the UK become more confident with finance and investing

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