ask Dcifrths...well, anything...about finance/mkts/ports that is.

[DcifrThs]

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I havent looked thru this post to see if this question was asked... I am looking to self-educate me, myself, and I. I am intesrested in the markets, and economies, but dont feel like spending the money on school. I am 30 years old and make deceny money. My goal is to be able to invest my own money myself thru an online broker. Any ideas?

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well yea...i mean, for one thing, you should learn the basics of expected returns to varying investments.

without a deep understanding though, your best bet is to use some sort of advisor. jively has posted very good basic starting points for portfolios.

but, as you said, you want to manage your investments yourself through a brokerage account.

in that case, you will need ot read. one book you should look at is David Swensen's "Unconventional Success: a fundamental approach to personal investment"

he is yale's endowment manager.

starting there you can get a sense of how your portfolio should look.

lemme know if i can do anything else or answer another question.

Barron