04-04-2012, 01:15 PM
There's a big difference between investing for the long term and trying to make some money in the market. A financial advisor is good for the former, but is overkill for the latter. My advice for messing around in market is to read, read, read. You really need to get a sense of popular opinion and understand the best ways to hedge yourself against making stupid investments and losing a shit ton. I think the best way for a noob to get into it is to start reading a bunch of "common man" financial websites to get comfortable with what people are talking about. You have to build context because without it you are going to end up chasing and losing money because you're doing what everyone else is a few days/weeks/months late.
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"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth