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Originally posted by gravediggah
my background is as follows: I am very new to this, but would like to learn as much as I can before I start trying to put money into this
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If you wanted to read a pretty good book on the do's/donts of investing, read "Beyond Greed and Fear" by Shefrin.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...121423-0661453
Probably one of the better books I had to read for classes. Lots of examples that cover everything from normal trading of stocks to options and big don'ts like insider trading. INcludes trading off of old news and such. Really gets into the psychological impacts of trading also.
One of the most interesting parts of trading for me was the psychological impacts, that area of study let me combine my psych degree with my finance concentration. I am thinking of having that be the basis for my doctorate thesis.
LK