Risk is unavoidable with investment in banks

Investing in bank shares is never for the faint-hearted.

The list of those who have lost significant sums investing in Irish bank shares seems to be a long one.

The losses which shareholders have suffered underline starkly the unavoidable risk that is always involved in owning shares in a bank - a risk as relevant and unchanging for any investor in any bank share at any time.

The fact that many retail investors ...