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Sarah Pennells analyses the the dos and dont's when it comes to investing for the first time. This week's Young Money Champion, James Connington, starts off by discussing how he started investing and whether he encountered any surprises or disadvantages. Michelle McGrade, from TD Direct Investing, focuses on the ethics behind it; Tom Stevenson, from Fidelity Worldwide Investing, emphasises the importance of investing, while Simon Webster, from Facts and Figures, explains what the term ‘investing in ISAs’ means.

The Bank of Japan left its monetary policy unchanged Tuesday but downgraded its view of the economy. Sarah Lowther discusses the decision and outlook with Seijiro Takeshita, Professor of Management and Information at University of Shizuoka, Japan

David Emm, Principal Security Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, joins Share Radio to talk about the increasing number of companies being attacked by Ransomware. Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines, then typically asks users to pay ransoms in hard-to-trace digital currencies to get an electronic key so they can retrieve their data.

Simon Smith, Director and Head of Research at FX Pro, joins Share Radio to talk about the latest in the foreign exchange market. Sterling is still at lows against the dollar, so what is causing this? Simon also looks at safe havens, which are soaring, and discusses China ahead of the G20 Summit. Also, can you spot Simon's five hidden Bob Marley song references.

Sarah Pennells is joined by Young Money Champion Rachael Healy and experts from Student Universe, Year Out Group and Projects Abroad to discuss the cost and benefits of a gap year and provide advice for getting the most out of your gap year.

Heiko Peters, Economist at Deutsche Bank's Macroeconomics team, talks to Sandra Kilhof and Mark Johnson from Frankfurt about the current state of the German economy, and what it means for the Eurozone.

Charles Forrester, Senior Research Analyst for IHS Jane's Defence Industry, talks to Sandra Kilhof and Mark Johnson about Lockheed Martin's $9 billion takeover of Black hawk helicopter maker, Sikorsky.

The team from This Is Money, the award-winning finance section of the Mail Online, are back in the studio for their weekly catch up where they tell us some of the stories they've been investigating this week including: why supermarkets should be saying sorry; the rise and rise of the discounters; and the secret cost of smiley faces.

Linda Lewis talks to the guys behind FourEx, a London start-up company who have designed an automated foreign exchange currency kiosk which takes notes and coins from over 170 countries.

Sarah Pennells is once again joined by a financial journalist from the Telegraph, Sophie Christie, to help discuss the topic of traveling abroad. Also joining Sarah in the studio are, Bob Atkinson from, Travelsupermarket.com, Mariette Ferreira, from Farefx and personal finance commentator and Founder of MoneyComms, Andrew Hagger.