[Slings and Arrows]

Any advice is appreciated.

[Bracing myself for the jokes about 419 scams...]

[pissant]

Nigerian princes.

[Freedom2specul8]

There really is a good book called “investing for dummies” or investments for dummies. It’s like Investment 101, and a good source for terminology.

[ApplegateRanch]

The general way to learn is by doing, then regretting having done it to the point of vowing never making THAT mistake again; then trying something else, until you eventually find something that works for you.

IF you take a class or seminar, you'll get advice that used to work, until everyone else found out about it, and then started selling/teaching the book/method to all the other people in the seats around you.

If you go to a banker, you'll be advised to invest in whatever is most profitable to the bank. Asking a property investor will get you offered “bargains” on the “investment properties” he's losing money on, or otherwise can't unload. A stock broker will....

SO, bottom line, I would recommend that you invest in hard assets; the larger the caliber, the better.

[BJClinton]

If you have $50K+ to invest http://www.mutualfundstore.com/ is a great place to start. We have one of our funds through them and we’ve done surprisingly well with it.

[MeekOneGOP]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Investing+for+Dummies&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10

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Check out IBD’s CANSLIM method of investing, too!
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=CANSLIM&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g10

William O’Neil is a genius and made many $$ millions using
the CANSLIM method.

He made plenty of $$’s selling his books as well.

Not suitable for all investors, however.