Fun with FinanceJust finished reading my first book on investing (see above available from Amazon.) This book was really readable with lots of good real world examples and experienced tips. The goal of investing is to maximize returns while minimizing risk, but the riskier an investment is, the more return one stands to gain or lose, so you understand the dilema. I already knew most of the math, but needed to know the lingo and theories, such as; volatility, efficent market hypothesis, hedging, leverage, put, call, and arbitrage. It covers everything from stocks to options, bonds, money markets and more. There seems to be no way anyone can predict the market, but only respond to trends and new information that is introduced, so the market in current views is essentially random (without insider information, bad Martha.) I was actually surprised at how simple the methods of current day professional investors are, surely at least compared to a rocket scientist (or for somebody like Jesus, man if the stock market was around back then he could've invested and bought all the disciples he wanted...nah the bible would be too huge then.) I have never invested in the "market" before because frankly, I consider it another form of gambling (some people get lucky and some don't), however if the right techniques are applied, maybe it is possible to beat the market...

Here is a good article about a guy who just sits around and lets his computer algorithms do the work for him. If his computer algortihm detects something deemed significant it dings like an egg timer. Let your PC do the investing