NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/misc/invest/13960

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From: [e-mail] (Christopher Lott AGSE)
Subject: Re: Beginner questions -- where can we go for help?
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>What advise do you have for beginner investors?
>
>I had
>hoped to find an answer in the FAQ (in this case, First Asked Questions).

Ok, as compiler of the above-mentioned FAQ, I want to confess - I have
included in the FAQ strictly factual articles (what is X, what is Y) and
have purposefully excluded articles on investment advice.  One exception
that I would gladly make is to include an article for exactly the question
posed above: "I'm a beginner, I have X dollars, where do I start?"

The general concensus that I have seen here seems to start with no-load
mutual funds, long-haul thinking, and a recommended reading list.

Would anyone like to write an article for the FAQ, say, max 100 lines,
that could get a beginner on the road to sensible investing?  (Note that
I didn't say profitable :-)  If a few people respond, I'll combine their
articles somehow and we'll iterate until we get a good version.

thanks.

chris...
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