Archives for January 2010

What is the best way to learn about personal finance and investing? I know nothing and want to learn?

bsamuelstrauss asked:

I know nothing about personal finance. My parents never taught me and I need a complete introuduction to budgeting, saving, and investing. Step by step guidande kind of stuff. Does any have advice?
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I’m 18 – How can I begin to learn about finance/investing basics from scratch?

Aquar We Us asked:

I know absolutely nothing about the finance and investment world, but I’d like to keep in touch with what’s going on in the economy.
What are some good books or free sites that will give me the low-down? Eventually, I’d like to be able to understand everything in the news about [...]

Have any of you become very successful in corporate finance or investing?

Travis F asked:

If so, can you explain how you came to be – education, jobs, careers, independently studying, reading, classes/seminars, attitude? I am currently reading the book Barbarians at the Gate and the aspects of corporate finance revealed in this book are very interesting to me.
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What books are good on the subject of personal finance and money , investing, buisiness etc?

C.S. Lewis asked:
fairly good or good, books on things to do with money, finance, buisiness, and investing?
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What is the best finance/investing book you have ever read?

Gal E asked:
Why?
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Do you think high school should have a mandatory basic finance and investing course?

JistheRealDeal asked:
It seems that young people would be better off if they learned the importance of saving and investing for their future rather than rather than blowing all their money on the here and now. A child is very lucky if they have financial guidance from family, but this is most often not the [...]