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ojbyrne · 2008-07-17
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I really enjoyed Henry Blodgett's "The Wall Street Self-defense Manual: A Consumer's Guide to Intelligent Investing" (http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Street-Self-defense-Manual-Intell...).
It's basically a diatribe against active investing. Buy index funds and hold them.
Summary - buy index funds, keep your costs low, invest for the long term.