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- From: mt@media.mit.edu (Michael Travers)
- Subject: Re: 1st Time Investor
- In-Reply-To: sam@terapin.com's message of 25 Dec 92 22:12:16 PST
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- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 18:18:22 GMT
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- In article <sam.2xx7@terapin.com> sam@terapin.com (Sam Lewit) writes:
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- Does anyone have any ideas on where somebody starts in the stock
- market?
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- I'm not an expert, but I've recently tried to educate myself on this
- topic. Some points to help you:
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- 1) A good starting point: _The Wall Street Journal Guide to
- Understanding Money and Markets_, by Richard Saul Wurman et al. This
- is put out by AccessPress, which means it has friendly graphics and
- very clear basic information abouta stocks, bonds, money, options, etc.
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- 2) if you're that much of a beginner, you are probably better off
- buying mutual funds than individual stocks. This is assuming your main
- goal is to make an investment, rather than educate yourself about the
- stock market.
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- 3) There are almost as many mutual funds as stocks, so it's hard to
- choose. Business Week publishes a guide book that includes a table of
- all funds and various performance statistics. There's also an online
- fund screening service on CompuServe that I found useful; it may also
- be on GEnie. The MorningStar rating service is available in libraries.
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- Michael Travers / MIT Media Lab / mt@media-lab.media.mit.edu
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