I know absolutely nothing about investing...

[The Sauce]

CD's, govt. bonds, tax shelters, blah blah blah... I finally have enough money to start saving and have no bloody idea what to do with it. Anyone here capable of giving a primer - Investing for Complete Blithering Imbecils?

 

[glenn1]

a good start....

 

[HappyPuppy]

Go to the library and check out some books on investing. There are as many plans as there are people. The safest way to start, though, is buying mutual funds.

 

[Zebo]

Vangaurd family of mutual funds are considered by most "value" investors the safest and most prudent in this market right now.

 

[gotsmack]

I put the money my work gives me for retirement into a S&P 500 index fund.

 

[FoBoT]

Sample Low-cost Investment Funds

Clark's Rolodex: Investing / Investments

 

[xuanman]

I would recommend The Motley Fool

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
Vangaurd family of mutual funds are considered by most "value" investors the safest and most prudent in this market right now.

Yep, another vote for Vanguard -- time it right and you can pick up some VFINX cheap during the war jitters, great for a long-term investment.

If you're only investing short-term you might be better of with a zero-risk (but low-profit) investment like an account at www.INGdirect.com or a bank CD from www.etradebank.com

www.fool.com does have some good content.

 

[xuanman]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: Carbonyl
Vangaurd family of mutual funds are considered by most "value" investors the safest and most prudent in this market right now.

Yep, another vote for Vanguard -- time it right and you can pick up some VFINX cheap during the war jitters, great for a long-term investment.

If you're only investing short-term you might be better of with a zero-risk (but low-profit) investment like an account at www.INGdirect.com or a bank CD from www.etradebank.com

www.fool.com does have some good content.

if you're going to go with VFINX, just go with SPYders

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: xuanman
I would recommend The Motley Fool

He beat me to it.

 

[ReiAyanami]

dont buy AMD, they'll be lucky if they dont go under considering they burned thru most of their cash in the last 6 months and have less than 6 months of $ left.