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All the comments and stories posted to Hacker News that reference this book.I've been reading The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118921283
https://www.amazon.com/Bogleheads-Guide-Investing-Taylor-Lar...Basically: buy a few index funds, don’t sweat trying to beat the market, you’ll come out alright.
Learn about it. I would recommend A Random Walk Down Wall Street [1] and The Boglehead's Guide to Investing [2]. They will give you a good primer, but in essence the best thing you can do it nothing at all. As you get older you'll want to make sure bonds take up a larger percentage of your portfolio, but really you're fine. The old sayings is "time in the market, not timing the market".[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-down-Wall-Street/dp/03933... [2] - https://www.amazon.com/Bogleheads-Guide-Investing-Taylor-Lar...
I'd recommend http://www.amazon.com/Bogleheads-Guide-Investing-Taylor-Lari...I've recently been trying to learn more about investing and this book has been right on the money.
Basically, the advice is don't buy individual stocks, you can't pick them and outperform the market consistently. Instead, get an index fund or ETF that tracks the whole market, like https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundId=0085&.... Vanguard is the best for index funds as they have the cheapest expense ratios.
If you want to learn more about the basics of economics, which are important as well, I've enjoyed this lighthearted youtube series - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPNZwz5_o_5...
Bogleheads wiki: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Main_PageThe book containing similar content: http://www.amazon.com/Bogleheads-Guide-Investing-Taylor-Lari...
Don't forget the forum: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/index.php