TV star and money guru Martin Lewis used his ITV show to cover investing for beginners - with a blunt warning about cryptocurrency

Consumer champion Martin Lewis claimed Brits are “too risk adverse”, as he urged people to think about investing to make their money work harder.

For the first time, he used his ITV show to shine a spotlight on investing for beginners. Opening the Martin Lewis Money Show Live, the star said: “As a nation we are under investing. We are risk averse and that carries its own risk.

"If you put money into savings, even in the top paying savings over the last decade, they would have actually lost value as they have shrunk compared to inflation. So if you are putting away for the longer term and want more rapid growth, investing will often outperform savings.” R

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