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thanks for all the responses

red joker-the irish book is loot by eddie hobbs-i presume you know of it,any idea if its any good?

anyway,i thought i'd just start off with some general personal finance books,since i am in no way organised about these things as it stands...

as for investment seminars,i'm not really interested in very complicated investment...

i've heard that the best thing for most people to do is put money in an index fund,or spread investments around as many companies as possible,which is what i'd be looking to do,since i already spend a lot of time with poker,i wouldn't want to be trying to assess different companies or anything..

is there an irish equivalent of an index fund where you can just invest a set amount and it will be spread over say 500 companies,or can i invest in the american version anyway?

sorry if my questions are very basic or don't make much sense,i'm totally new to all this