My apologies, as I say i'm a newbie, I guess I need to get use to this forum.

I'm new to BitCoin and interested in buying BTC as a long term investment, and was wondering the best way and place to buy BTC. I see on some trading sites they use bank account details as a payment method, is this safe? Im also interested in people predictions, will BTC ever be valued at over 5 figures?
Any help is much obliged